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Last updated: 07-Feb-1997

/pub/unix-c/windows Programs to do windows on dumb terminals, plus programs to work in several popular window systems such as SunTools, X, etc.

3b1tools.tar.Z Windowing tools for the AT&T 7300 (3B1) computer. Contributor: Muhammad S. Benten <benten@tigger.uucp> asu-wms.tar.Z A public domain window management system for moderately dumb terminals. The terminals must support controllable scrolling regions as does the VT100, however. Runs under 4.xBSD. The Contributor: George Nelan <nelan@asu.csnet> calctool.tar.Z A desktop calculator which runs under SunView, XView, X11, NeWS, MGR, and on dumb terminals. Version 2.4. Contributor: Rich Burridge <richb@aus.sun.com> curses.tar.gz A shell-script implementation of curses. Includes a shell-script menuing system. Contributor: Dana French <dfrench@aig.vialink.com> mandelbrot.tar.Z A Mandelbrot viewping program for Sun workstations. The algorithm is new, and should be easy to rip out and use in other applications. Contributor: Pell Emmanuelsson <pell@isy.liu.se> mgr.tar.Z[1-2] "MGR is to X as UNIX is to Multics." A window system that runs on Sun workstations. Handles asynchronous updating of overlapping windows. Has a C interface library, fonts, applications, etc. There are 61 "shar" files in this tar file; I didn't unpack them. Contributor: Stephen A. Uhler <sau@bellcore.com> psterm.tar.Z The Grasshopper Group's version of Sun's "psterm" terminal emulator for the NeWS window system. This one includes scroll bars, variable width fonts, resizing by point size or rows/cols, and other things. Contributor: John Gilmore <gnu@hoptoad.uucp> screen.tar.Z A window manager which allows several windows on an ASCII terminal. Requires select system call, UNIX-domain sockets, and Berkeley ptys. Contributor: Oliver Laumann <net@tub.bitnet> screen3.tar.Z Multiple windows on an ascii terminal. Contributor: Juergen Weigert <jnweiger@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de> sun-icons.tar.Z Programs to manipulate SunTools icon bitmaps. Contributor: David C. Martin <dcmartin@ucbvax.berkeley.edu> suntools-mods.tar.Z Modifications to SunTools to allow things like selecting menu options from the keyboard, etc. NOTE: these mods are for SunTools 1.2 distributed with SunOS 2.0; they may require changes to merge into more recent versions of SunTools. Contributor: Don Libes <libes@nbs-amrf.uucp> wm1.tar.Z A window manager for dumb terminals. Runs on 2.9BSD. Contributor: <chris@pixutl.uucp> wm2.tar.Z Another window manager for dumb terminals. Runs under 4.xBSD. WM2.BUG contains a bug fix. Contributor: Tom Truscott <trt@rti-sel.uucp>