On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 11:43:01AM -0800, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > On 22-Jan-2001 Xucaen wrote: > > hi all. > > has anyone ever installed either of the following > > debian packages? > > > > stable 100% xacc-smotif 1.0.17-1 (1166.5k) > > A personal finance tracking program. > > stable 75% xacc 1.0.18-4 (344.4k) > > A personal finance tracking program. > > > > I was wondering what the difference between them > > is (besides their version numbers ;-). > > The xacc-smotif description says it is "linked > > statically with Motif. It may be more stable than > > the Lesstif based version" > > what does it mean to be statically linked to > > Motif? What is Motif? What is Lesstif? > > > > Motif is an old UNIX standard GUI library. It is closed source and you have > to > spend money to own it. Lesstif is a free recreation of this library based on > the publicly available API. (less is more).
just a small note: Motif has recently been open-sourced for platforms that are open source themselves, such as Linux and FreeBSD. Anyone who's interested and doesn't know already, may read about the details at http://www.opengroup.org/openmotif/ or http://unix.oreilly.com/news/motifopen_0500.html > To be 'statically' compiled means the libraries the program needs are compiled > into the program. This way you do not need a copy of Motif. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Erdmut Pfeifer science+computing gmbh -- Bugs come in through open windows. Keep Windows shut! --
