Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 18:23:45 -0500 From: Pedro Giffuni <giffunip@asme.org> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> Cc: Matthew Hunt <mph@pobox.com>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports/6812: New port: GNU plotutils Message-ID: <3581B880.460DD62D@asme.org> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980612150700.2140N-100000@localhost>
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I've looked at both applications with similar objectives.
For SPICE you don't need plot utils: SPICE has an option for MFB that you can
activate by adding -DUSE_MFB (or something like that) to files/FreeBSD. I tried
this before sending my latest patches to SPICE, but it didn't work under vt***
or under X11's Tektronix emulator. Maybe it's a matter of tweaking with mfbcap.
(One linux guy said he had MFB working under Linux, but from his patches I'm
sure he didn't have anything we don't).
BTW, MFB also supports the VGA (DOS) screen.
The advantage of plotutils is that it's SCO (and other SYSVs) compatible.
Good luck on that one,
Pedro.
Chuck Robey wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Jun 1998, Pedro Giffuni wrote:
>
> > Matthew Hunt wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, Jun 02, 1998 at 05:30:01PM -0700, Satoshi Asami wrote:
> > >
> > > > Actually, USE_X11 was probably a misnomer; it only means "set PREFIX
> > > > to /usr/X11R6". If the port compiles and runs fine without it, then
> > > > there is no need to define it, regardless whether it can be used for
> > > > non-X environments or not.
> > >
> > > Then shouldn't USE_X11 be removed from almost every port that uses it?
> > > Perhaps I'm confused, but if a port *needs* a PREFIX of /usr/X11R6,
> > > isn't it broken to begin with?
> >
> > No! As I understand, USE_X11 should only be used when the port requires
> > certain X11 resources, for example when files go to
> > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/$(NAME_OF_THE_PACKAGE), or when files go to the X11
> > help or icon directory.
> >
>
> Are you going to do plotutils, then? I want/need that for interfacing
> to spice, so I was going to do it myself (I just got back from a little
> hiatus, I'm working my way thru 4400 emails right now). If you want,
> I'd do it myself ...
>
> > Pedro.
> >
> >
> >
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