> Ok, I'm going to thoroughly expose my ignorance of all things X & Motif... > I'm taking a class on Motif programming and thought I could use my Linux > machine at home to compile the code...no go, obviously. So I guess I'm > wondering - is Motif thoroughly un-free? I attempted to go to their > website (why would someone call themselves Open Software Foundation yet > sell Motif for such huge fees?) but didn't understand price schedules at > all...so, how the heck does this whole thing work? Also, is lesstif usable > yet or am I stuck compiling on my school's server?
Motif is a true commercial product. You can get Motif for Linux for about $100 (www.metrolink.com is one of the vendors). Lesstif is probably not a good thing to learn Motif with. Behavior of XmForm is confusing enough by itself, Lesstif still has a LOT of problems with this widget. Alex Y. -- _ _( )_ ( (o___ +-------------------------------------------+ | _ 7 | Alexander Yukhimets | \ (") | http://pages.nyu.edu/~aqy6633/ | / \ \ +-------------------------------------------+