source: x/lib/lesstif.xml@ 720eb4f6

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<sect1 id="lesstif" xreflabel="LessTif-&lesstif-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="lesstif.html" ?>
<title><application>LessTif</application>-&lesstif-version;</title>
<indexterm zone="lesstif">
<primary sortas="a-LessTif">LessTif</primary></indexterm>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>LessTif</application></title>

<para>The <application>LessTif</application> package contains an Open
Source version of <application>OSF/Motif®</application>.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): 
<ulink url="&lesstif-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): 
<ulink url="&lesstif-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &lesstif-md5sum;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &lesstif-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated disk space required: 
&lesstif-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time: 
&lesstif-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title>Additional downloads</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Required patch: <ulink 
url="&patch-root;/lesstif-&lesstif-version;-testsuite_fix-1.patch"/></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application>LessTif</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para>X (<xref linkend="xfree86"/> or <xref linkend="xorg"/>)</para>
</sect4>

<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="lynx"/> or <xref linkend="Links"/> (used to generate the 
<filename>INSTALL</filename> documentation file) and 
<ulink url="http://dmalloc.com">Dmalloc</ulink></para>
</sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>LessTif</application></title>

<para>Install <application>LessTif</application> by running the following 
commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>patch -Np1 -i ../lesstif-&lesstif-version;-testsuite_fix-1.patch &amp;&amp;
./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-debug \
    --enable-production --with-xdnd &amp;&amp;
make rootdir=/usr/share/doc/lesstif-&lesstif-version;</command></userinput></screen>

<para>Now, as the root user:</para>

<screen><userinput role='root'><command>make rootdir=/usr/share/doc/lesstif-&lesstif-version; install &amp;&amp;
mv -v /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/mwm /etc/X11 &amp;&amp;
ln -v -s ../../../../etc/X11/mwm /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 &amp;&amp;
ldconfig</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>

<!-- Disabled these parameters as they are the default
<para><parameter>-enable-build-21</parameter>: Build the 
<application>Motif</application> 2.1 compatible version of the 
<application>LessTif</application> libraries.</para>

<para><parameter>-disable-build-tests</parameter>: Do not build the
<filename class="directory">test/</filename> tree (see Testing
<application>LessTif</application>).</para>
 -->

<para><parameter>--disable-debug</parameter>: Do not generate debugging 
information.</para>

<para><parameter>--enable-production</parameter>: Build the release version
of the <application>LessTif</application> libraries.</para>

<para><parameter>--with-xdnd</parameter>: Enable <acronym>XDND</acronym> 
<acronym>GNOME</acronym> compatibility support.</para>

<para><parameter>rootdir=/usr/share/doc/lesstif-&lesstif-version;</parameter>: 
This installs the documentation into an appropriate directory instead of the 
non-FHS compliant <filename class="directory">/usr/LessTif</filename> 
directory.</para>

<para><command>mv -v /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/mwm /etc/X11</command>: The 
<filename class="directory">mwm</filename> configuration directory is moved 
to its proper <acronym>FHS</acronym> location in 
<filename class="directory">/etc/X11</filename>.</para>

<para><command>ln -v -s ../../../../etc/X11/mwm /usr/X11R6/lib/X11</command>: 
A symlink required by some legacy applications is created pointing to the 
<filename class="directory">mwm</filename> configuration directory moved in 
the previous command.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Testing <application>LessTif</application></title>

<para>It is advisable to test the installation of 
<application>LessTif</application> using the included test suite. It is 
not required to install any of the resulting binaries to validate the
installation. Issue the following commands to build the test suite:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>cd test &amp;&amp;
./configure &amp;&amp;
make</command></userinput></screen>

<para>To run the tests, issue the following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>cd Xm &amp;&amp;
./testall *</command></userinput></screen>

<para>You'll need to manually close three of the test windows. The first one 
is from <command>test28</command> in the 
<filename class='directory'>list</filename> directory. The second one is from 
<command>test10</command> in the 
<filename class='directory'>menushell</filename> directory. You should click 
on the button in the window and choose <quote>exit</quote> (do it twice) to 
finish the test. The third test is from <command>test24</command> in the 
<filename class='directory'>scrolledwindow</filename> directory.</para>

<para>As many as 100 tests are known to fail. The patch applied at the 
beginning of the installation created a file used to compare known failures 
to the failures from the test run. This file was created from an installation 
using the current <acronym>LFS</acronym> book and should be a fairly accurate 
representation of the failures you'll encounter. You could see some minor 
variances, however.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Configuring <application>LessTif</application></title>

<sect3 id="lesstif-config"><title>Config files</title>
<para><filename>/etc/X11/mwm/system.mwmrc</filename> and 
<filename>~/.mwmrc</filename></para>
<indexterm zone="lesstif lesstif-config">
<primary sortas="e-AA.mwmrc">~/.mwmrc</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm zone="lesstif lesstif-config">
<primary sortas="e-etc-X11-mwm-system.mwmrc">/etc/X11/mwm/system.mwmrc</primary>
</indexterm>
</sect3>

<sect3><title>Configuration information</title>
<para>The config files are used to customize the behavior of the 
<command>mwm</command> window manager. Information about customizing these 
files can be found in the <filename>mwmrc(5)</filename> man page.</para>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

<seglistitem>
<seg>motif-config, mwm, mxmkmf, uil and xmbind</seg>
<seg>libDtPrints.so, libMrm.so, libUil.so and libXm.so</seg>
<seg>/etc/X11/mwm, /usr/include/Xm, /usr/include/Mrm, /usr/include/uil, 
/usr/include/Dt, /usr/lib/LessTif and 
/usr/share/doc/lesstif-&lesstif-version;</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>

<variablelist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>

<varlistentry id="motif-config">
<term><command>motif-config</command></term>
<listitem><para>is used to find out configuration information for packages 
needing to link to the <application>LessTif</application> libraries.</para>
<indexterm zone="lesstif motif-config">
<primary sortas="b-motif-config">motif-config</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="mwm">
<term><command>mwm</command></term>
<listitem><para>is a window manager that adheres largely to the 
<application>Motif</application> <command>mwm</command> specification.</para>
<indexterm zone="lesstif mwm">
<primary sortas="b-mwm">mwm</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="mxmkmf">
<term><command>mxmkmf</command></term>
<listitem><para>is the <application>LessTif</application> version of 
<command>xmkmf</command> which creates a 
<filename>Makefile</filename> from an <filename>Imakefile</filename>.</para>
<indexterm zone="lesstif mxmkmf">
<primary sortas="b-mxmkmf">mxmkmf</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="uil">
<term><command>uil</command></term>
<listitem><para>is a user interface language compiler which translates a plain 
text description of the user interface of a <application>Motif</application> 
application into a machine-readable form.</para>
<indexterm zone="lesstif uil">
<primary sortas="b-uil">uil</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="xmbind">
<term><command>xmbind</command></term>
<listitem><para> configures the virtual key bindings of 
<application>LessTif</application> applications.</para>
<indexterm zone="lesstif xmbind">
<primary sortas="b-xmbind">xmbind</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="libXm">
<term><filename class='libraryfile'>libXm.so</filename></term>
<listitem><para>is an <application><acronym>OSF</acronym>/Motif®</application> 
source code compatible library for the 
<application>X</application> Window System. You can download an excellent 
reference guide (mainly for programmers) for the Motif-2.1 specification 
from <ulink url="http://unc.dl.sourceforge.net/lesstif/6B_book.pdf"/>.</para>
<indexterm zone="lesstif libXm">
<primary sortas="c-libXm">libXm.so</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

</sect2>

</sect1>