[ANNOUNCEMENT] [New Package]: XFree86-Xaw3d-1.5-1

[Nicholas Wourms <nwourms at netscape dot net>]

Xaw3d is the 3D version of the MIT Athena widget set for X11.


RELEASE NOTES:

I have used patches to the SuSE Linux version of this 
library to fix security and UI bugs.  Also, some patches 
have been added by me to address Cygwin building and to 
bring this library into the 21st Century.  Therefore, most 
of the bugs in the "Official README" no longer apply.  Given 
this is the first release, unknow bugs may still exist, so 
YMMV.  Otherwise, enjoy!


DESCRIPTION:

This is Release 1.5 (14 May, 1998) of a set of 3-D widgets 
based on the R6.1/R6.3/R6.4 Athena Widget set.  The Three-D 
Athena may be used as a general replacement for the Athena 
(Xaw) Widget set.

In general, you may relink almost any Athena Widget based 
application with the Three-D Athena Widget set and obtain a 
three dimensional appearance on some of the widgets.

Top and bottom shadow colors, shadow width, top and bottom 
shadow contrast should be self explanatory, and may be set 
via the usual and customary methods, e.g. app-defaults, 
.Xdefaults, programmatically, with editres, etc.  The user 
data resource may be used to "hang" application specific 
data on a widget, and is only settable programmatically.

You should install Xaw3d if you are using applications which 
incorporate the MIT Athena widget set and you'd like to 
incorporate a 3D look into those applications.  Xaw3d 
includes the header files and shared libraries for 
developing programs that take full advantage of Xaw3d's 
features.  You should install Xaw3d if you are going to 
develop applications using the Xaw3d widget set.


INSTALLATION:

To update your installation, click on the "Install Cygwin 
now" link on the http://cygwin.com/ web page. This downloads 
setup.exe to your system. Save it and run setup, answer the 
questions and pick up 'XFree86-Xaw3d' from the 'XFree86' 
category.

Cheers,
Nicholas


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this update.

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