Hi,
I have tried couple of open source X-emulation software like Xterm and Mobaxterm to connect to XPP. While using both these I am able to open XPP Pathfinder but not able to open any division in edit or view mode.
Any inputs, what I may be doing wrong or missing on something?
Just a follow-up to note that starting with the XPP 9.2.0 release that the XyView and Sdedit (and other GUI) applications became GTK-based (instead of Motif-based) on the Linux and Windows platforms.
Jonathan Dagresta
SDL XPP Engineering
That is indeed the best resolution to this problem. Just upgrade to 9.2 and forget about all possible trouble with X-windows and Xwindows emulators. It has haunted us long enough :-)
Or better yet, we (SDL) would recommend upgrading to XPP 9.4.
I need a better understanding of how GTK works. Can you point me to anything I could read? Does the XPP documentation include everything I would need to know? Would an XPP power user currently using Windows and Exceed to connect to a Linux XPP server, even need Exceed in XPP 9.4? We do a lot of work on the command line, we also use nedit a lot (yeah, old). (Related question: good Linux nedit replacement recommendations, i.e. with nice syntax highlighting, notepad++ niceness or similar?)
Jay,
When you have a Linux based XPP server and you use Windows workstations, you will still need something like Exceed in order to connect to your XPP server from your workstation and run xzplorer, xyview, nedit, etc...
It is only in a pure Windows environment (server and workstation) that you no longer need a X-window emulator, as the xyview and co (all that was Motif based before) is now GTK based.
PS: best to open up a new question regarding your nedit replacements
Jay,
The XPP documentation does not describe "how GTK works" any more than it described "how Motif works" - they are both "GUI" packages, but GTK is a lot more "modern" than Motif (which is considered somewhat "obsolete" now in many forums). If you want more specific information about "how GTK works", then you should be able to find everything you want to know on the web.
The XPP documentation describes everything you need to know to "use XPP" (i.e. what GTK configuration files and settings are used to control or affect the XPP GUI).
GTK on UNIX is still X11-based, so you still need an X/Server (i.e. eXceed).
GTK on Windows (or at least the GTK we use for XPP) is native-Windows based, so that's why you no longer need an X/Server in a pure Windows environment.
Jonathan Dagresta
SDL XPP Engineering
Jay,
The XPP documentation does not describe "how GTK works" any more than it described "how Motif works" - they are both "GUI" packages, but GTK is a lot more "modern" than Motif (which is considered somewhat "obsolete" now in many forums). If you want more specific information about "how GTK works", then you should be able to find everything you want to know on the web.
The XPP documentation describes everything you need to know to "use XPP" (i.e. what GTK configuration files and settings are used to control or affect the XPP GUI).
GTK on UNIX is still X11-based, so you still need an X/Server (i.e. eXceed).
GTK on Windows (or at least the GTK we use for XPP) is native-Windows based, so that's why you no longer need an X/Server in a pure Windows environment.
Jonathan Dagresta
SDL XPP Engineering
Thanks, Jonathan! Good answer to a poorly-asked question. This was the key info I needed: "GTK on UNIX is still X11-based, so you still need an X/Server"
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