The XawPlus wiget set and applications

			   Version 3.0

			  May 8th, 2000

			Author: Roland Krause


 * What is XawPlus and what is new ?

XawPlus is a clone of the original Xaw library, providing a more up to date
look and some extensions to the original Athena widget set. This library is
as compatible as possible to the original. It should  be possible to compile
the source code of an Xaw client without any changes (except the include path
of the XawPlus header files) to get the new look of XawPlus to this client.

XawPlus makes it possible to use XPM pixmaps, tooltips, a truncate mechanism
for too long label strings and UTF8 coded UNICODE labels without changing the
code of your application.

XawPlus comes with a set of adapted applications using also the new
features of XawPlus.

If you need further and more up to date informations please visit
http://members.aol.com/XawPlus.


 * What is different to XawPlus 2.1 ?

Port to X11R6.4:
	XawPlus now based completely on the X11R6.4 sources of Xaw.
	All extensions of XawPlus are merged into these sources.

More compatibility to the original:
	XawPlus is now much more compatible to the original. The
	implementation for the 3D extensions are moved to the Simple
	widget. The Add3dExt class is not longer required and was
	removed. The class tree is now identical to the class tree
	of Xaw. The definitions of unsupported resources are moved
	back to the XawPlus header files to make it easier to
	recompile Xaw clients with XawPlus.

The IconList widget is removed:
	All extensions of the IconList widget are now merged into the
	code of the List widget.

Full UNICODE support for Label based widgets:
	Label now has full UNICODE support, independent of the locale
	settings.


 * How do I build XawPlus and its clients ?

To build XawPlus, the GNU compiler set is required. Try version 2.7.x
or better. It should be possible to use any other compiler set, but
in this case it is required to modify the $CC entry in all makefiles.
XawPlus comes with the following archive files:

 xawplus-3.0.0.tgz		The library itself
 xawplus-3.0-apps.tgz		Adapted Applications for XawPlus:
				bitmap, editres, ghostview, pixmap,
				xcalc, xcalendar, xe, xed, xfd, xfm,
				xfontsel, xless, xmag, xman, xminesweep,
				and xtartool
 xawplus-3.0-doc.tgz		The documentation in HTML

In the first step log in as superuser root and put the xawplus archive
to /tmp and untar it. Change to the XawPlus directory and type 'make' to
compile and install the library. This should work on all linux boxes.
For other systems take a look at the makefile.
In the next step put the applications archive to /tmp, untar it and compile
it using the script ./BuildAll in the applications file tree.


 * On what machines XawPlus is tested on ?

At this time on linux boxes using Intel hardware with X11R6 and partially
on an alpha system with ULTRIX.

If there are any hints, suggestions or bug reports feel free to mail me:


Roland Krause May 8th, 2000

rokrause@aol.com