Re: [Update REQ 5294]: Re: Geomview: An Interactive 3D Geometry Viewer

[taob at gate.sinica.edu.tw]

On Wed, 15 Mar 1995, Tim Rowley wrote:
> 
> You could also try compiling with LessTif, a
> Motif clone currently being developed by the Hungry Programmers.

    LessTif currently does not support enough Motif calls to complete
Geomview.  Perhaps that will become a possibility in the future.

> We are currently only using Linux on the Intel platforms because
> it seems to be the most popular and well supported free unix.  If
> we get feedback from people requesting a *BSD binary, we will
> consider devoting the time to install one of the BSDs (which
> one?) and compiling Motif and Geomview.  So far you're the only
> one who has requested a *BSD binary.

    I think it is mostly a matter of letting BSD folks in the
academic world know about it (which I presume is the main market for
Geomview).  Another matter is that BSD'ers typically aren't as rabid
as Linux people.  ;-)  A single BSD-made Geomview has the advantage of
being binary-compatible across FreeBSD, NetBSD and commercial BSD/OS.
I grabbed the sources and other than the missing Motif symbols, the
rest of the code compiled rather cleanly, which makes me even more
anxious for a BSD version.  :)  Do you prefer to keep your development
internal to your group, or are you open to outside help for porting.
I might be able to drum up a few programmers who would be willing to
help out with this.
-- 
Brian ("Though this be madness, yet there is method in't") Tao
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