OpenMotif 2.2.3 Beta available....

[Mark Hatch]

Hi,

The MotifZone is pleased to announce that OpenMotif 2.2.3 is ready for beta
testing! It can be downloaded from http://www.motifzone.com.

OpenMotif 2.2.3 is primarily a bug fix release with over 30 bug fixes. In
addition, major work has been done on improving the thread safeness of the
new provisional widgets added in OpenMotif 2.2.2. The changelog for
OpenMotif is attached.

Public comment is also being requested on the specification for the future
OpenMotif 2.2.4 release. This release is intended to address many of the
enhancement requests and technical comments expressed by the community.

Regards,

Mark

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OpenMotif 2.2.3 Changelog

· Fixed many compilation warnings in Xm
· Removed incorrect includes in public header files
· Renamed widget Ext18List to MultiList, Ext18List alias provided.
· Renamed Ext18List demo program to MultiList
· Renamed widget CombinationBox2 to DropDown, CombinationBox2 alias
provided.
· Renamed ComboBox2 demo program to DropDown
· Fixed compilation failures in FontSelector, MultiList, and xmanimate demo
programs
· Added thread safety calls to ButtonBox, ColorSelector, Column, DropDown,
DataField, FontSelector, MultiList, IconBox, IconButton, Panned, TabBox,
TabStack, Hierarchy, Outline, and Tree
· Moved definitions in xmstring.list from XmStrDefsI.h to XmStrDefs.h
· Removed invalid definitions
· Fixed bug #278 (Man page for XmText does not display tables)
· Fixed bug #1013 (XmDrawnButton page describes hierarchy for bulletinboard)
· Fixed bug #1131 (64-bit int/long botch in XmRenderT.c)
· Fixed bug #1139 (XmNotebook doesn't resize tabs)
· Fixed bug #1152 (64-bit int/long botch in XmRenderT.c)
· Fixed bug #1153 (Don't let the tooltip run off the right/bottom of the
screen)
· Fixed bug #1154 (RadioBox button fails to select button if button is set
from callback)
· Fixed bug #1164 (RadioBox XmRowColumn ignores XmNradioAlwaysOne)
· Fixed bug #1166 (Double-click on a MultiList does not consistently
register a double-click event)
· Fixed bug #1170 (DropDown desensitization/sensitization)
· Fixed bugs #1172, #1173, #1188, and several other bugs in ToggleButton.
· Fixed bug #1181 (Linux Motif binaries do not work with Solaris/Xsun
Xserver)
· Fixed bug #1183 (XmNpageNumber when set on a MajorTab widget will crash
the application)
· Fixed bug #1197 (Compilation Error due to bad syntax in yacc file)
· Fixed bug #1205 (Bug in man-page of XmManager)
· Fixed bug #1168 (DeAssocNavigator warning when destroying widgets that
have XmScrolledWindow)
· Fixed bug #1184 (XmScrolledText widget no longer has vertical scrollbar)
· Fixed bug #1206 (XmNpopupHandlerCallback of XmContainer not called)
· Fixed bug #1207 (Extending selection using scrolled text widgets scrolls
up too fast)
· Fixed bug #1232 (Race condition in ToolTip code can cause crashes, even if
no tooltips are used.)

[Martijn Sipkema]

[...]

Post by Mark Hatch
Public comment is also being requested on the specification for the future
OpenMotif 2.2.4 release. This release is intended to address many of the
enhancement requests and technical comments expressed by the community.

You should change the license instead of adding non-standard widgets (that
contain lots of bugs).

--ms

[Mark Hatch]

Post by Martijn Sipkema
[...]

Post by Mark Hatch
Public comment is also being requested on the specification for the future
OpenMotif 2.2.4 release. This release is intended to address many of the
enhancement requests and technical comments expressed by the community.

You should change the license instead of adding non-standard widgets (that
contain lots of bugs).

Hi,

The license is controlled by the Open Group (opengroup.org) and *not* the
OpenMotif development team. I think that the community is in 100% agreement
with you that it would be better Motif was available under a recognized open
source license. Unfortunately, all we can do, is to lobby the Open Group to
change their license. Please feel free to join us by sending them email too!

In regards to the "non-standard" widgets and lots of bugs comment, please
feel free to send feedback on the OpenMotif beta 2.2.3 to the OpenMotif
developer's list. You can join that list by visiting www.motifzone.net. I
assure you that specific technical feedback will be well received and acted
upon.

If you're interested in Motif continuing to evolve and improve, please
provide feedback on user requirements for OpenMotif 2.3+. There are a set of
dicussion groups on this subject hosted on the MotifZone.

Cheers,

Mark

[Martijn Sipkema]

Post by Mark Hatch

Post by Martijn Sipkema
[...]

Post by Mark Hatch
Public comment is also being requested on the specification for the

future

Post by Martijn Sipkema

Post by Mark Hatch
OpenMotif 2.2.4 release. This release is intended to address many of the
enhancement requests and technical comments expressed by the community.

You should change the license instead of adding non-standard widgets (that
contain lots of bugs).

Hi,
The license is controlled by the Open Group (opengroup.org) and *not* the
OpenMotif development team. I think that the community is in 100% agreement
with you that it would be better Motif was available under a recognized open
source license. Unfortunately, all we can do, is to lobby the Open Group to
change their license. Please feel free to join us by sending them email too!

I did send them an email, but got no reply. I was said earlier that changing
the
license is planned, but I don't see it happening anytime soon.

[...]

Post by Mark Hatch
If you're interested in Motif continuing to evolve and improve, please
provide feedback on user requirements for OpenMotif 2.3+. There are a set of
dicussion groups on this subject hosted on the MotifZone.

Why not discuss that here, or better in comp.windows.x.motif?

--ms

[Mark Hatch]

Post by Martijn Sipkema
[...]

Post by Mark Hatch
If you're interested in Motif continuing to evolve and improve, please
provide feedback on user requirements for OpenMotif 2.3+. There are a

set

Post by Martijn Sipkema
of

Post by Mark Hatch
dicussion groups on this subject hosted on the MotifZone.

Why not discuss that here, or better in comp.windows.x.motif?
--ms

Why not! comp.windows.x.motif would probably be most appropriate (There is
actually a reasonable size thread going on there.). The email list is
preferred by many because they don't have to actively go and read
newsgroups. Plus with the confirmed subscription approach to email lists,
you avoid having to weed through the spam.