src/motif/mdi/README

   1 Motif Multi-Document Interface Version 1.0
   2 ------------------------------------------
   3
   4 INTRODUCTION
   5 ============
   6
   7 The Motif Multi-Document Interface (MDI) is a collection of C++ classes
   8 that emulates the behaviour of the Multi-Document Interface in Microsoft
   9 Windows.  The MDI framework allows a user to view multiple documents (windows)
  10 constrained to a single parent window.
  11
  12
  13 REQUIREMENTS
  14 ============
  15
  16 The following are required to build MDI:
  17
  18    C++ compiler
  19    X11R5/X11R6
  20    Motif1.2
  21
  22
  23 PLATFORMS
  24 =========
  25
  26 The MDI package is known to compile on the following platforms:
  27
  28    SGI IRIX 5.2
  29    SunOS 4.1.3
  30    Sun Solaris 5.4
  31    HP-UX 9.05
  32    AIX 4.1
  33    Alpha/OSF1 v3.2
  34    Linux 1.1.90 (gcc version 2.5.8)
  35
  36
  37 INSTALLATION
  38 ============
  39
  40 MDI is written in C++.  It does not use any language extensions like
  41 exceptions or templates, so it should compile with most C++ compilers.
  42
  43 To build MDI, you need to set the name of your C++ compiler in the file
  44 "config/MDI.tmpl".  An attempt is made to pick a logical default for your
  45 machine, but if it fails, you will need to edit this file.
  46
  47 After setting your compiler, just type:
  48
  49    xmkmf
  50    make Makefiles
  51    make
  52
  53 If successful, the MDI library (libXsw.a) will be created in the "lib"
  54 directory.  Additionally, a short test program (MDItest) will be created
  55 in the "test" directory.
  56
  57 If you are not successful, see the "Possible Problems" section below.  I
  58 have had no luck with imake as it seems to only work on about 1/2 of the
  59 platforms I have tried.  If imake does not work, don't despair.  The MDI
  60 library is really simple to build by hand.  Just follow the following steps
  61 and it will work just fine.  I have given detailed instructions in the
  62 "Possible Problems" section below where I had problems using imake.  If
  63 anyone sees a problem with my Imakefile (I assume there are many), please
  64 let me know.
  65
  66 In order to build the MDI package by hand, do the following:
  67
  68    1. "cd" into the "lib" directory (cd lib)
  69    2. Compile all of the source code (CC -g -c *.C).  Your compiler
  70       name will vary.  Some common compilers are:
  71          CC:   SGI, Sun, Solaris, HP-UX
  72          xlC:  AIX RS/6000
  73          cxx:  Alpha/OSF1
  74          g++:  Linux
  75          gcc:  Most other platforms
  76
  77    3. Create the library "libXsw.a" (ar rlv libXsw.a *.o)
  78    4. Run "ranlib" (not necessary on all machines)
  79    5. "cd" into the "test" directory (cd ../test)
  80    6. Compile the source code (see step #2 above)
  81    7. Link the test program (CC *.o -o MDItest ../lib/libXsw.a \
  82       -lXm -lXt -lX11).  Again, the compiler name will vary
  83
  84 If you still can't get it to work after all of that, email me and I'll give
  85 you a hand.
  86
  87
  88 POSSIBLE PROBLEMS
  89 =================
  90
  91 SunOS 4.1.3
  92    Kept getting this message when trying to make:
  93
  94       make: Fatal error: Don't know how to make target `XsComponent.o'
  95
  96    I ended up building the library and test case with the following:
  97
  98       cd lib
  99       CC -g -c *.C
 100       ar rlv libXsw.a *.o
 101       ranlib libXsw.a
 102       cd ../test
 103       CC -g -c *.C -I../lib
 104       CC -g *.o -o MDItest ../lib/libXsw.a -L/usr/lib -lXm -lXt -lX11
 105
 106
 107 Solaris 5.4
 108    The generated Makefile had some unsupported options being passed to
 109    the linker.  I don't know what they were for, so I just removed them.
 110    All worked fine after that.
 111
 112
 113 HP-UX 9.05
 114    I did not have "xmkmf" on this platform.  To build the library and test
 115    case, I did the following (paths may vary):
 116
 117       cd lib
 118       CC -g -c *.C -I/usr/include/Motif1.2 -I/usr/include/X11R5
 119       ar rlv libXsw.a *.o
 120       cd ../test
 121       CC -g -c *.C -I../lib -I/usr/include/Motif1.2 -I/usr/include/X11R5
 122       CC -g *.o -o MDItest ../lib/libXsw.a -L/usr/lib/Motif1.2 \
 123          -L/usr/lib/X11R5 -lXm -lXt -lX11
 124
 125
 126 AIX 4.1
 127    Running xmkmf on the top Makefile did not work.  Got the following:
 128
 129       "./Imakefile", line 8.1: 1506-215 (E) Too many arguments
 130       specified for macro NamedTargetSubdirs.
 131
 132    In order to build the library,  I cd'd into both the "lib" and "test"
 133    directory and did the following there:
 134
 135       xmkmf
 136       make
 137
 138
 139 Alpha/OSF1 v3.2
 140    Kept getting this message when trying to make:
 141
 142       Make: Don't know how to make XsComponent.o.  Stop.
 143
 144    I ended up building the library and test case with the following:
 145
 146       cd lib
 147       cxx -g -c *.C
 148       ar rlv libXsw.a *.o
 149       cd ../test
 150       cxx -g -c *.C -I../lib
 151       cxx -g *.o -o MDItest ../lib/libXsw.a -lXm -lXt -lX11
 152
 153
 154 Linux
 155    "make Makefiles" did not work correctly.  Just cd'd into both the
 156    "lib" and "test" directories and type:
 157
 158       xmkmf
 159       make
 160
 161    Also, if you don't have the C++ library (libC.a), you will get some
 162    undefined symbols like when linking:
 163
 164       ../lib/libXsw.a(XsComponent.o): Undefined symbol _cout
 165          referenced from text segment
 166       ../lib/libXsw.a(XsComponent.o): Undefined symbol
 167          ostream::operator<<(char const *) referenced from text segment
 168
 169    To get rid of these errors, you will need to recompile the library
 170    (specifically XsComponent.C) with -DNDEBUG.  This will remove the calls
 171    to the <iostream> library and will eliminate the need to link with the
 172    C++ library
 173
 174
 175 DOCUMENTATION
 176 =============
 177
 178 All documentation is written in HTML and can be found in the "doc" directory.
 179 The top-most documentation file is "mdi.html"
 180
 181
 182 AVAILABILITY
 183 ===============
 184
 185 The latest version of MDI is available at:
 186
 187    ftp://itimail.iti-oh.com/pub/project/sws/MDI-<version>.tar.gz
 188    ftp://itimail.iti-oh.com/pub/project/sws/MDI-<version>.tar.Z
 189
 190 The MDI WWW page is located at:
 191
 192    http://www.iti-oh.com/~sws/mdi.html
 193
 194
 195 COPYRIGHT
 196 =========
 197
 198 Copyright (c) 1996  Scott W. Sadler
 199 All rights reserved.
 200
 201 See license conditions in the COPYRIGHT file of the MDI distribution
 202
 203
 204 BUG REPORTS
 205 ===========
 206
 207 Please report any bugs, suggestions or criticisms directly to me at the
 208 address below.  I want to make this as quality a software package as
 209 possible: stable, efficient and portable.  It is the feedback from the X
 210 community that makes writing the software worthwhile.
 211
 212 Scott W. Sadler
 213 sws@iti-oh.com
 214 http://www.iti-oh.com/~sws
 215
 216
 217 HISTORY
 218 =======
 219
 220 03-Mar-96   Version 1.0 Released
 221