Re: For comment : Nostalgia : XView/ Openwindows : Circa 1993/4

From	John McCue <jmccue@jmclin1.bstnma.east.verizon.net>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.x
Subject	Re: For comment : Nostalgia : XView/ Openwindows : Circa 1993/4
Date	2016-11-08 23:58 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:
> In comp.os.linux.x,  <dan.cave@gmail.com> wrote:
<snip>
> 
> Not too hard. The SlackBuild script will give a Slackware compatible way
> to compile from source:
> 
> https://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.2/libraries/xview/
<snip>

Interesting, I remember seeing a note about XView
not building on 64 bit systems.  Curious if that
limitation is now gone.

I gave it a try and yes, only available for 32 bit
Slackware :(  I also remember seeing a comment that
indicates the work to port XView to 64 bit systems
is a lot of work.

John

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For comment : Nostalgia : XView/  Openwindows : Circa 1993/4 dan.cave@gmail.com - 2016-11-08 03:45 -0800
  Re: For comment : Nostalgia : XView/  Openwindows : Circa 1993/4 Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2016-11-08 20:06 +0000
    Re: For comment : Nostalgia : XView/  Openwindows : Circa 1993/4 John McCue <jmccue@jmclin1.bstnma.east.verizon.net> - 2016-11-08 23:58 +0000
      Re: For comment : Nostalgia : XView/  Openwindows : Circa 1993/4 John McCue <jmccue@jmclin1.bstnma.east.verizon.net> - 2016-11-09 00:03 +0000
        Re: For comment : Nostalgia : XView/ Openwindows : Circa 1993/4 Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2016-11-09 00:50 +0000
          Re: For comment : Nostalgia : XView/ Openwindows : Circa 1993/4 anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2016-11-09 08:46 +0000
            Re: For comment : Nostalgia : XView/ Openwindows : Circa 1993/4 Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2016-11-09 19:58 +0000
      Re: For comment : Nostalgia : XView/  Openwindows : Circa 1993/4 Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2016-11-09 00:33 +0000
  Re: For comment : Nostalgia : XView/  Openwindows : Circa 1993/4 Dan Cave <dan.cave@gmail.com> - 2016-11-15 05:39 -0800

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