Re: FVWM: libfvwm - Why not a shared object library?

From: John Gotts <jgotts_at_engin.umich.edu>
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 10:57:34 -0400

In message <199607161912.MAA00423_at_cherryflower.or.us>, you wrote:

> Is there any reason why libfvwm is not implememented as a shared
>object on OS's that have them, such as Linux? Seems like all it would
>take would be to use some #ifdef's in the .tmpl file, and add the Imake
>rules for shared libraries inside them.

> I will pick up the O'Reily Nutshell Imake book next month if my
>student budget permits, and look into doing that. Maybe I can provide
>a patch; that is, if I can figure out how to do it without spoiling
>FVWM's makeability on OS's without shared libraries.

A while ago I was playing with the latest version of xmille (not available
by FTP anymore since the X Consortium removed the directory it was residing
in), which uses the XKw library. I managed to write an Imakefile that
generated a Makefile that created shared libraries. I believe the
implementation I used is portable (I used the Imakefile from Xaw3d as an
example), so it should work on all platforms that have imake configured
properly. Of course, it _should_ be a trivial matter to convert fvwm's
Imakefile, but I haven't looked at it in a long time...

I don't have the source here at work, but I can take a look when I go home
today. E-mail me if you're interested.

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John GOTTS <jgotts_at_engin.umich.edu> http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~jgotts
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Received on Thu Jul 18 1996 - 10:00:29 BST

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