RE: WindowMaker and XFree86

[Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>]

I copied the Libproplist code from Red Hat Linux SRPMS disks.  It compile
out of the box.  You can do internet search and download it.  I do not know
the URL.  BTW:  I think LibPropList is also available from WindowsMaker
Home Page.

Suhaib


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Capiez Lionel [mailto:lcapiez@prosodie.com]
> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 6:32 AM
> To: cygwin-xfree@sourceware.cygnus.com
> Subject: RE: WindowMaker and XFree86
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> As a coincidence, I also tried to compile WindowMaker 
> yesterday. However,
> being new at Cygwin/Xfree86, I got stuck at the libPropList 
> stage. Could you
> please tell me where you got libPropList from and how you got 
> it to compile?
> (should anything trickier that a "make" be involved)
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Lionel 
> 
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> 
> 
> 
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : vdibartolo@smallworld.com [mailto:vdibartolo@smallworld.com]
> Envoyé : jeudi 10 mai 2001 18:00
> À : cygwin-xfree@sourceware.cygnus.com
> Objet : WindowMaker and XFree86
> 
> 
> All,
> 
> 	I recently compiled WindowMaker 0.64.0 on my Windows NT 
> 4.0 SP5 box
> using CygWin 1.3.1 and XFree86 4.03.  I'm wondering if anyone 
> has a similar
> setup as I have and is experiencing a couple of annoying 
> glitches and some
> inoperability.  To save time, here's a short list of things:
> 
> 	1.  First and foremost, gcc crashed my Win98 machine 
> when I tried to
> compile the libPropList required for WindowMaker, which is 
> why I'm only
> using it on Winnt
> 	2.  WindowMaker doesn't consistently load the first time I run
> startxwin.bat.  I usually have to execute startxwin.bat 2 
> times for it to
> "stick" (i.e. load).  See the bottom of the email for the 
> relevant lines in
> my startxwin.bat file.
> 	3.  When WindowMaker does come up, I get the following message:
> "wmsetbg warning: could not open domain file
> /home/administrator/GNUstep/Defaults/WindowMaker".  This file 
> exists and is
> readable (with proper case on each path element).
> 	4.  Any changes I make to my environment (e.g. adding 
> workspaces,
> renaming them, adding docked icons) are saved to
> /home/adminstrator/GNUstep/Defaults/WMstate when I save them, 
> but are not
> loaded when I restart WindowMaker for another session later.  
> This and the
> above point (#3) seem to indicate that WindowMaker is having problems
> resolving the path to "/home" being that the filesystem is 
> Windows and the
> path is more like "E:\cygwin\home".  Sound likely?
> 	5.  Small but annoying - the "xterm" item on the WindowMaker
> right-click menu launches an xterm just file but I cannot rid 
> myself of the
> xterm in any way other than killing it.  This behavior is not 
> shared by the
> rxvt term.  If I dock an icon that launches xterm or 
> otherwise open an xterm
> this problem goes away.
> 
> 	Any help on any of these would be appreciated.  I am 
> assuming that
> these errors are particular to WindowMaker in CygWin 
> otherwise I would have
> posted to a WindowMaker-specific list.  Thanks again.
> 
> 	-Vinny
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> --------------
> ------------
> 
> startxwin.bat (REM'd lines removed):
> 
> @echo off
> SET DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0
> SET 
> PATH=.;%PATH%;\cygwin\bin;\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin;\cygwin\usr\local\bin
> 
> start XWin -screen 0 1024x768x32 -whitepixel 255 -blackpixel 
> 0 -engine 4
> start wmaker&
> @echo on
>