source: x/lib/lesstif.xml@ 721f994b

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  <!ENTITY lesstif-size          "3.4 MB">
  <!ENTITY lesstif-buildsize     "40 MB">
  <!ENTITY lesstif-time          "2.73 SBU">
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<sect1 id="lesstif" xreflabel="LessTif-&lesstif-version;">
<?dbhtml filename="lesstif.html" ?>
<title>LessTif-&lesstif-version;</title>

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

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

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&lesstif-download-http;"/></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><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"/></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>find -name Makefile.in | \
    xargs sed -i 's@$(prefix)/LessTif@$(prefix)/share/LessTif@g' &amp;&amp;
./configure --prefix=/usr \
    --enable-build-20 \
    --enable-build-21 \
    --disable-debug \
    --enable-production \
    --disable-build-tests \
    --with-xdnd &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

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

<para><option>sed -i 's@$(prefix)/LessTif@$(prefix)/share/LessTif@g'</option>:
This moves the location of the non-FHS compliant 
<filename class="directory">/usr/LessTif</filename> directory to 
<filename class="directory">/usr/share/LessTif</filename>.</para>

<para><option>--enable-build-20</option>: Build the
<application>Motif</application> 2.0 compatible version of the
<application>LessTif</application> libraries.</para> 

<para>
<option>--enable-build-21</option>: Also build the
<application>Motif</application> 2.1 compatible versions.</para> 

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

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

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

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

</sect2>

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

<sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>

<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="../../lib-config.xml"/>

</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Testing <application>LessTif</application></title>
<para>It is advisable to test the installation of
<application>LessTif</application> with the test suite located in
<filename class="directory">lesstif-&lesstif-version;/test</filename>. It is 
not required to install any of the resulting binaries to validate the
installation. The following commands executed from the source
directory will suffice:</para>

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

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application>LessTif</application> package contains
<command>mxmkmf</command>, <command>mwm</command>, 
<command>xmbind</command>, <command>uil</command> and 
<application>LessTif</application> libraries.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>mxmkmf</title>
<para><command>mxmkmf</command> is the <application>LessTif</application> 
version of <command>xmkmf</command> which creates a 
<filename>Makefile</filename> from an <filename>Imakefile</filename></para>
</sect3>

<sect3><title>mwm</title>
<para><command>mwm</command> is a window manager that adheres largely to the 
<application>Motif</application> <command>mwm</command> specification.</para>
</sect3>

<sect3><title>xmbind</title>
<para><command>xmbind</command> configures the virtual key bindings of 
<application>LessTif</application> applications</para>
</sect3>

<sect3><title>uil</title>
<para><command>uil</command> 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>
</sect3>

<sect3><title>lesstif libraries</title>
<para><application>LessTif</application> libraries are an
<application><acronym>OSF</acronym>/Motif(R)</application> source code 
compatible library for the <application>X</application> Window System.</para>
</sect3>

</sect2>

</sect1>