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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: Michele31415 on December 04, 2021, 06:02:36 PM
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I installed the GfxBase X11R4 X server on my 2000 and would like to write my own X11 programs. In the readme it says "Restructured a few files in X.lib to reduce the size of xpr by 35k."
This may be a dumb question, but where *is* X.lib? It's not in the X11 directory and it's not in LIBS:. find didn't find it either. I presumably need this if I'm going to compile programs on the Sun using bebbo's cross-compiler.
UPDATE
Apparently, the answer is that it's nowhere. To get it, you need the "optional programmer's toolkit" (http://web.mit.edu/course/21/21.japan_dev/doc/comp.windows.x_Frequently_Asked_Questions_%28FAQ%29_4_6( which I did not get. So I'm looking for that now. [time passes...] Nope - can't find it anywhere. Does anyone have a copy of this they might let me have?
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Hm, wow, that’s old stuff.
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Yeah, too old now I'm afraid. The Gfxbase X was apparently highly regarded in its day but without the headers I'm stuck. So I've moved on to Xami. At least thatl has headers for it - but no linkable client-side libraries :-( Fortunately, the README mentions that it's based on Xfree402 source code, by which I assume they mean 4.0.2. So I found that here: https://repology.org/project/libx11/packages and that's where I am now. Unless someone has these libraries already that they might be willing to share.
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Well Dale Luck is still alive https://www.linkedin.com/in/dale-luck-4b23791/
Or you could try the guy behind AmiCygnix
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Thanks. I *think* I found what I need on aminet, but they're sources. I'm trying to compile that all now with bebbo's great cross-compiler.