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X Window system updates

New X Programs

Since the May issue of the newsletter, we have installed some more tools for the X Window System. They are described briefly below; see the manual for more information (type man program-name to see the manual page).

• xps...A version of xpr (which prints X screen dumps) for laser writers. It seems to work, but it is sloooow.
• menuwm...A version of the uwm window manager which uses the XMenu (3) menu library. The menus are implemented as deck-of-cards stacking menus instead of the ``pull- right'' menus used by uwm.
• xbgsun...A program to set the background of your screen. This program reads a Sun raster file and changes the grey background of your screen to that raster. This lets you have cartoons, pictures, and so on as your background. We have several raster images, but they have not been installed on all machines. If there is enough interest (contact your site specialist) we may distribute them around.
• xman...A program for perusing manual pages. This program is sort of like a mouse-based version of the ECN help program. Please note that this is a Beta-test copy of this software, there may be bugs. If you discover any, please send them to me (login ``davy'') and I will make sure they are forwarded back to the author.
• xmore...A mouse-based file paginator. This program uses scroll bars, etc. to page through files with the mouse. As with xman, this program is in Beta-test and may have bugs. Please report them to me.
• xpostit...A few bug fixes have been made to xpostit; most of them are not noticeable. Notes are now saved when they're moved however, so you can't lose the note location even if the machine crashes.
• xproof...A troff previewer. This previewer is much more robust than xtp, which should no longer be used. It's still not as robust as suntroff, however.

X V11 Beta Received

Version 11 of the X Window System was released to beta-test sites on July 1st. Unfortunately, the Sun version of the X server had several problems and has been recalled. We expect to receive a new version very soon. The scheduled release date for Version 11 is September 15th.

X Documentation Available

The long-awaited X manual has been printed and is available in the Armory. This manual includes the manual pages for most of the X programs (everything installed before about mid-June). It also includes "Xlib - C Language Interface", the manual which describes how to write X programs, and several other documents for programmers. The cost of the manual is $6.80

Your site specialist should now have a short paper intended for beginners on how to start using X. This document is free for the asking, contact your site specialist. For those of you who basically know what you're doing and simply need to see some sample set-up files, I have a few copies of a document which explains my files in my office. Stop by room 14 of the Electrical Engineering building to pick one up.

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