Re: Motif & Irix

Olivier> Martin, what is the right way to completely[1] disable motif by Olivier> default on irix ? The copy/paste motif-related bug[2] is heavily Olivier> depending of the patching level of the system and I'm not able to find Olivier> out which patches are necessary. These are not XEmacs bugs per se, so Olivier> I don't think this iss fixable. The things that COULD be motif are --with-menubars --with-scrollbars --with-dialogs --with-xim Of those, the only ones that DEFAULT to being motif (where available) are --with-xim and --with-dialogs. So `--with-dialogs=athena --with-xim=no' is one combination that should disable use of Motif. Let me know if this is not the case. I understand many would like to never use motif. We may add an option like that later, but don't we already have too many configure options? Martin Olivier> Of course it should still be possible to force motif in if one wants Olivier> to. Olivier> While we're at it, what would you think about warning messages for Olivier> some particular combinations of flags on some platforms at the end of Olivier> the configure ? Like for: Olivier> - linking motif in on irix Olivier> - not using union type on alpha[3] Olivier> - everything from PROBLEMS I'm not thinking about There is lots of work of this kind we could do in configure in 21.1. When we add these extra checks, it would be nice not to slow down configure any more. Martin