I was referring to the demand for Xprint functions in Motif being low - not
Motif itself.
The demand we're seeing for Motif libraries is to allow binary compatibility
of existing Solaris Motif apps, and only the current Solaris Motif binaries
will do that - I don't believe either OpenMotif or Lesstif are 100% binary
compatible.
Certainly someone who wants to build new applications using an open source
Motif-like library is welcome to use those, but that's not the problem we're
trying to solve (and not a path we especially encourage people down given
both GTK+ & Qt are better maintained, modern toolkits with support for
features such as accessibility helpers that Motif lacks).
-alan-
James Cornell wrote:
> OpenSolaris in their context is an open system. Regardless, the demand
> for Sun's branch has never been particularly high as Alan has said.
> I've seen Motif used more frequently (Commercial one) on SGI IRIX
> systems. (Yes I know they're on the decline) Lesstif is easier to
> integrate than Open Motif or Motif itself, but I don't know what
> specific Motif features have been left out from Open Motif and Lesstif.
>
> On 6/30/08, *Alan Coopersmith* <Alan.Coopersmith at sun.com
> <mailto:Alan.Coopersmith at sun.com>> wrote:
>
> Richard L. Hamilton wrote:
> >> There's no Motif. The Motif packages from Solaris
> >> Express Developer Edition
> >> should work, but would not be officially supported by
> >> Sun. We're looking
> >> into what it will take to provide Motif for
> >> OpenSolaris in the future.
> >
> > Any hints what's likely - OpenMotif, Lesstif, ?
>
>
> As Leo said, the current Solaris Motif 2.1 is most likely.
>
>
> > Will the xprint-related convenience functions (last I heard)
> > missing in the regular Sun Motif library be there? (will they
> > ever be added to Sun Motif?)
>
>
> I doubt it - there's never really been customer demand for them,
> and Xprint interest is waning.
>
>
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