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Re[2]: Metro-X unstable and buggy but, but, but........
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (W.D.McKinney)
Tue Oct 29 01:54:15 1996
From: "W.D.McKinney" <deem@deesign.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 21:12:57 -0900 (AKST)
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BORG <vladimip@iceonline.com> wrote:
>
> So, I can drag a file from xfm into Nedit or Xemacs
> and they'll open it? What if I drag a file from TkDesk
> and put it in Applixware Spreadsheet? Will the applications
> figure it out what to do? I seriously doubt... I think
> that's the main drawback of X Window System: lack of
> standards.
>
We are testing the limits of CDE as we have time. You can
add functionality , as right by clicking on the mail icon
on the front panel, my desktop brings up Ishmail.
I can drag a .gif over to a reduced icon of Xv and wala.
See http://www.all-linux.com/xinside/clue/CDE-top.html for
some good CDE for Linux info.
> I also notice that motif based apps take longer to
> execute and appear on the screen than the rest. Why?
If you are not running a system with Motif, then statically linked
files would be bigger and therefore longer to come up.
Regards
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