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Subject:  72)  Where can I get an X server on a Macintosh running MacOS?

    eXodus from White Pine Software (603-886-9050) runs on any Mac with
at least 1MB of memory and supports intermixing of X and Mac windows and
also supports the SHAPE extension. Version 5.0 became available 10/93.

    Apple's MacX runs on MacPlus or newer machines with >= 2MB of memory
and system software 6.0.4 or later. Version 1.1 is fully X11R4-based.  It
supports full ICCCM-compatible cut and paste of text AND graphics between the
Macintosh and X11 worlds, the SHAPE extension (including SHAPEd windows on the
Macintosh desktop), an optional built-in ICCCM-compliant window manager, X11R4
fonts and colors, a built-in BDF font compiler, and built-in standard
colormaps. Upgrades to MacX are available by ftp from aux.support.apple.com.
Info: 408-996-1010.
    [Note: MacX is also the name of a vax-mac xmodem transfer utility.]

    Machten sells a MacOS X server based on R4 and also a Mach
implementation for the Macintosh, including X and Motif support.

    Also:

    Liken (1-800-245-UNIX or [e-mail]) software enables monochrome
68000 Mac applications to run on a SPARC system running X.
    Xport (1-800-245-UNIX (415-572-0200) or [e-mail]) enables Mac
applications to display on an X-based workstation by turning the Mac into an X
client. [Note: there are questions on whether this product is still available.]
    Intercon has a product called Planet-X which enables Mac applications
to display on an X server.

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Subject:  73)  Where can I get X for the Amiga?

    The new Amiga 3000 machines offer an X server and OPEN LOOK tools and
libraries on a full SVR4 implementation.

        GfxBase, Inc. provides "X11 R4.1" for the AmigaDos computer; it
contains X11R4 clients, fonts, etc., and a Release 4 color server. An optional
programmer's toolkit includes the header files, libraries, and sample programs.
Info from GfxBase, 408-262-1469. [Dale Luck
(uunet!{cbmvax|pyramid}!boing!dale); 2/91]

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Subject:  74)  Where can I get a serial-based X server for connecting from home?

    Until LBX (q.v.) is more common, an option includes NCD's PC-XView
with PC-Xremote.
    sxpc 1.2 (by Robert Andrew Ryan ([e-mail])) is a simple X
protocol compressor. Sources are on atk.itc.cmu.edu (in sxpc-1.0.shar.Z), or
from ftp.x.org (in contrib/sxpc-1.2.shar.Z)

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Subject:  75)  Where can I get a fast X server for a workstation?

    The R5 server should be among the fastest available for most machines.

    Sun sells a "Direct Xlib" product which improves rendering for
applications running on the same machine as the X server; the replacement Xlib
library accesses graphics hardware directly using Sun's Direct Graphics Access
(DGA) technology.

Several companies are making hardware accellerator boards:

    Dupont Pixel Systems (302-992-6911), for Sun.

    Megatek's (619-455-5590) X-cellerator board for the Sun 3 and Sun 4 is
based on the TI 34020; the company claims performance improvements of 5x to
10x over the sample X11R3 server.

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Subject:  76)  Where can I get a server for my high-end Sun graphics board?

        Takahashi Naoto (Electrotechnical Laboratory, [e-mail]) has
modified the X11R5 server to support the Sun CG8, CG9, and CG12 boards.
The files are on ftp.x.org in contrib/Xsun24-3.[01].tar.Z.  Note that both
files are necessary to build Xsun24-3.1.

    The R5 Xsun Multi-screen server is a general purpose replacement for
the MIT server/ddx/sun layer; it supports multiple framebuffers of the same
type and implements several other features above the MIT implementation.
Available on ftp.x.org in the file contrib/R5.Xsun.multi-screen.tar.Z. [Kaleb
Keithley, now [e-mail], 12/91; the file was updated 24 Mar 1993.]

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Subject:  77)  Where can I get an "X terminal" server for my low-end Sun 3/50?

    Seth Robertson ([e-mail]) has written Xkernel; the current
version [1.4 as of 8/91, 2.0 expected RSN] is on sol.ctr.columbia.edu
[128.59.64.40] in /pub/Xkernel.gamma. It turns a Sun 3/50 into a pseudo- X
terminal; most of the overhead of the operating system is side-stepped, so it
is fairly fast and needs little disk space.
    A similar approach is to run the regular X server by making /etc/init
a shell script which does the minimal setup and then invokes Xsun, like this
example script from [e-mail]:

#! /bin/sh
exec >/dev/console 2>&1
/etc/fsck -p /dev/nd0
case $? in
     0)    ;;
     4)    /etc/reboot -q -n
         ;;
     8)    echo ND fsck failed - get help
         /etc/halt
         ;;
     12)    echo Interrupted
         /etc/reboot
         ;;
     *)    echo Unknown error in reboot fsck - get help
         /etc/halt
         ;;
esac
/bin/dd if=/tmp-fs of=/dev/nd2 bs=512 count=128 >/dev/null 2>&1
/etc/mount /dev/nd2 /tmp
/etc/ifconfig le0 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 132.206.41.255
/etc/mount -o ro apollo:/u2/x11/lib /local/lib/X11
/etc/route add default 132.206.41.1 1 >/dev/null
set `/etc/ifconfig le0`
exec /Xsun -once -multidisp -mux -query \
    `(sh -vn </local/lib/X11/xdm-servers/$2 2>&1)`

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Subject:  78)  What terminal emulators other than xterm are available?

    People from PCS have rewritten xterm from scratch using a multi-widget
approach that can be used by applications. Emu supports features like color,
blinking text/cursors. Emulations can be added on the fly; one emulation
provided is for the Vt220. A version is on the R5 contrib tape; the newest
release is on ftp.x.org [10/93] in contrib/emu.tar.gz.  For more information,
contact [e-mail].

    A set of modifications for color support to xterm is on ftp.x.org in
xterm_color.diffs.Z.

    mxterm, a Motif-based xterm is available from the Paderborner
ftp-Server [e-mail] (131.234.2.32), file
/unix/X11/more_contrib/mxterm.tar.Z. A version is also on ftp.x.org, as
is apparently a set of color modifications.

    The Color Terminal Widget provides ANSI-terminal emulation compatible
with the VTx00 series; a version is on ftp.x.org in contrib/CTW-1.1.tar.Z. A
Motif version is on ftp.stna7.stna.dgac.fr in pub/Term-1.0.tar.Z.

    kterm 4.1.2 is an X11R4-based vt100/vt102 (and Tektronix 4014) terminal
emulator that supports display of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean text (in VT
mode).  Also supported are: ANSI color sequences, multi-byte word selection,
limited Compound Text support, and tab and newline preservation in selections.
kterm 4.1.2 is also available from these anonymous ftp sites:
    clr.nmsu.edu:pub/misc/kterm-4.1.2.tar.Z  [128.123.1.14]
    ftp.x.org:contrib/kterm-4.1.2.tar.Z
    kum.kaist.ac.kr:pub/unix/Xstuffs/kterm-4.1.2.tar.Z  [137.68.1.65]
[courtesy of Mark Leisher <[e-mail]> ]
    kterm-5.2.0.tar.gz is now on ftp.x.org [1/94].

    mterm, by [e-mail], is an X terminal emulator
which includes ANSI X3.64 and DEC emulation modes.  mterm can be had by ftp to
larry.mcrcim.mcgill.edu (132.206.1.1), in X/mterm.src/mterm.ball-o-wax.

    color_xterm is available from ftp.x.org.

    Cxterm is a Chinese xterm, which supports both GB2312-1980 and the
so-called Big-5 encoding.  Hanzi input conversion mechanism is builtin in
cxterm.  Most input methods are stored in external files that are loaded at run
time.  Users can redefine any existing input methods or create their own ones.
The X11R5 cxterm is the rewritten of cxterm (version 11.5.1) based on X11R5
xterm; it is in the R5 contrib software.  [thanks to Zhou Ning
<[e-mail]> and Steinar Bang <uunet!idt.unit.no!steinarb>.]

    XVT is available on ftp.x.org's contrib in xvt-1.0.tar.Z and
xvt-1.0.README. It is designed to offer xterm's functionality with lower swap
space and may be of particular use on systems driving many X terminals. A
second version, 2.0, is on unix.hensa.ac.uk in misc/unix/xvt/xvt-2.0.tar.Z
(see also xvt-2.0.patch[12]).

    x3270 is in X11R5 contrib/.

    The typescript application and inset in the Andrew User Interface
System offers a shell script interface.  It does not provide curses support,
but does permit general cut/copy/paste to construct commands or extract a
portion of the log.

    hanterm (2.0), by [e-mail], is an xterm modified to
support Hangul (Korean writing system) input/output.  It's available at
several Korean archives(cair.kaist.ac.kr,kum.kaist.ac.kr,etc) and
seoul.caltech.edu in the US. This version makes obsolete an older version not
based on xterm.
    Another experimental hanterm implementation, hanterm (3.0 alpha), is
underway by Chang Hyeong-Kyu at [e-mail]; it was written to support
a 3-byte Hangul code (dictionary ordered), which can compose all possible
Hangul characters.

Also:
    IBM sells a 3270 emulator for the RS/6000 (part #5765-011); it's based
on Motif.

    Century Software (801-268-3088) sells a VT220 terminal emulator for X.
VT102, Wyse 50 and SCO Color Console emulation are also available.

    Grafpoint's TGRAF-X provides emulation of Tektronix 4107, 4125, and
42xx graphics terminals; it's available for most major platforms. Information
(inc. free demo copies): 800-426-2230; Fax. [phone]; uunet!grafpnt!sales.

    IXI's X.deskterm, a package for integrating character-based
applications into an X environment, includes a number of terminal-emulation
modules. Information: [phone]. [5/90]

    Pericom produces Teem-X, a set of several emulation packages for a
number of Tek, DEC, Westward, and Data General terminals. The software runs on
Sun 3, Sun 4, Apollo, DEC, ISC, IBM/AIX. Information: US: 609-895-0404,
UK: [phone]. [5/90]

    SCO's SCOterm ([e-mail]), part of its Open Desktop environment, is
a Motif-compliant SCO ANSI color console emulator.

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Subject:  79)  Does xterm offer colored text or a blinking cursor?

    No; these features are not offered by the xterm program.  However,
several of the emulators mentioned above do offer these features; the list is
partial:
    - mterm, color-xterm, CTW and emu support colored text
    - mterm and emu support blinking text
    - mterm and emu support block and underline text cursors
    - emu supports a blinking text cursor

[Thanks to Michael Elbel ([e-mail]); 10/93]

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Subject:  80)! Where can I get an X-based editor or word-processor?

    You can ftp a version of GNU Emacs, the extensible, customizable,
self-documenting, real-time display editor, including X11 support, from
prep.ai.mit.edu [18.71.0.38]:/pub/gnu/. Version 19 has some mouse/menu support.

    Epoch is a modified version of Gnu Emacs (18) with additional
facilities useful in an X environment. Current sources are on cs.uiuc.edu
(128.174.252.1) in ~ftp/pub/epoch-files/epoch; the current [3/92] version is
4.0. [In Europe, try unido.informatik.uni-dortmund.de].  There are two
subdirectories:  epoch contains the epoch source, and gwm contains the source
to the programmable window manager GWM, with which epoch works well.]
You can get on the Epoch mailing list by sending a request to
[e-mail].

    Lucid Emacs is a version of GNU Emacs derived from an early version of
Emacs version 19.  It currently requires X Windows to run;  X support is
greatly enhanced over GNU Emacs version 18, including support for multiple X
windows, input and display of all ISO-8859-1 (Latin1) characters, Zmacs/Lispm
style region highlighting, a customizable Motif-like menubar, more powerful
keymap support, flexible text attributes, support on regional and screen-local
basis through X resources and/or lisp, and support for the X11 selection
mechanism. Lucid Emacs is free; the latest version (9/93) is 19.8, and is
available from labrea.stanford.edu (36.8.0.112) in the pub/gnu/lucid directory.

    The Andrew system on the X11 contrib tapes has been described as one of
the best word-processing packages available. It supports word processing with
multi-media embedded objects: rasters, tables/spread sheets, drawings, style
editor, application builder, embedded programming language, &c. Release 5.1
became available 2 June 92.  [Fred Hansen ([e-mail])]
    You may be able to use the Remote Andrew Demo service to try this
software; try "finger [e-mail]" for help.

    The InterViews C++ toolkit contains a WYSIWIG editor called Doc; it
saves and loads files in a LaTeX-*like* format (not quite LaTeX).  The package
can also import idraw-PostScript drawings.

    aXe (by [e-mail]), a multi-buffer, multi-window text
editor based around the Xaw Text Widget, is available on ftp.x.org and
arjuna.newcastle.ac.uk (128.240.150.1) as aXe-6.0.tar.Z (also get the patch
to 6.1) [1/94].  aXe offers a hypertext help system and extension via Tcl.

    TED is a simple Motif-based text editor; it is a wrapper around the
Motif text widget which offers search/replace, paragraph formatting, and
navigation features. TED is available from ftp.eos.ncsu.edu (152.1.9.25) as
/pub/bill.tar.Z; here are also executables there.

    Point, by [e-mail] (Charlie Crowley), is Tcl/Tk-based
and offers dyanimic configuration and programming in the Tcl macro language.
The editor is available from unmvax.cs.unm.edu (129.24.16.1) as
pub/Point/point1.1-tar.Z.

    asedit, by Andrzej Stochniol ([e-mail]) is on ftp.x.org in
contrib/asedit.tar.Z. It is a simple text editor built around the Motif Text
widget. Version 1.2 was released 10/93.

    jed is available from rhino.cis.vutbr.cs in pub/software/czech.

    xcoral is on ftp.inria.fr; it also has bindings similar to emacs and
has a built-in browser for C and C++ code. A version is also on
ftp.Uni-Oldenburg.DE:pub/unix/appl/edit/xcoral-1.72.tar.Z.

    The powerful "sam" editor by Rob Pike is split into a host portion and
a front-end graphics portion, which now has an X implementation.  sam is now
available by anonymous ftp from research.att.com, in dist/sam/bundle.Z.  Watch
that space for updated versions.  There is a mailing list for sam users;
requests to <[e-mail]>. A set of extensions
which augment the mouse activity with the keyboard is available from
uxc.cso.uiuc.edu in pub/sam/samx2.shar.Z. [5/93]

    textedit is part of Sun's OpenWindow's DeskSet and the public XView
distribution.

    The vi-like-microemacs editor VILE supports a pure-X mode, in which
it operates much like vi running in an xterm window. Version 3.65 is available
on ftp.cayman.com in pub/vile.

    NEdit 2.0 is a Motif-based text editor. Sources are on ftp.x.org
and fnpspb.fnal.gov. Information: [e-mail].

    BETH is a Browsing and Editing Tcl Hypertool available from
harbor.ecn.purdue.edu in /pub/tcl/code/beth3.0.tar.gz. Info:
[e-mail] (David Svoboda)

    A calendar/rolodex program from [e-mail] (Marc Mengel)
can browse and edit other colon-separated field files. It requires Tk.

    The DGC Tools, on harbor.ecn.purdue.edu in
pub/tcl/code/dgctools-0.2.tar.Z, include Tke, a TclX/Tk-based
multi-window X11 text editor.  Info:  [e-mail] (Dave Clemans)

    The js tools, on harbor.ecn.purdue.edu in
pub/tcl/code/jstools-tk3.2v1.0.tar.Z and on princeton.edu in
pub/js/jstools-tk3.2v1.0.tar.Z, include a extensible text editor. Info: Jay
Sekora ([e-mail])

    Mxedit, a fully functional Tk based editor based on a stand-alone Tk
edit widget, is on harbor.ecn.purdue.edu in pub/tcl/code/mxedit.2.1.tar.Z.
and parcftp.xerox.com in pub/mxedit/mxedit.2.1.tar.Z.  Info:
[e-mail] (Brent Welch)

[thanks in part to Larry W. Virden ([e-mail])]

Also:

    Elan Computer Group (Mountain View, CA; 415-964-2200) has announced the
Avalon Publisher 2.0, an X11/OPEN LOOK WYSIWYG electronic publishing system.

    FrameMaker and FrameWriter are available as X-based binary products for
several machines. Frame is at 800-843-7263 (CA: 408-433-3311).

    WX2 (formerly InDepthEdit) is available from Non Standard Logics
([phone]; [e-mail]).

    Buzzwords International Inc. has an editor called 'Professional Edit'
that runs under X/Motif for various platforms.  Info: [phone].

    DECwrite is available from DEC for some DEC hardware and SunWrite is
available from Sun.

    IslandWrite will soon be available from Island Graphics (415-491-1000)
([e-mail]) for some HP & Apollo platforms.

    Interleaf is currently available from Interleaf (800-241-7700,
MA: 617-577-9800) on all Sun and DEC platforms; others are under development.

    The Applixware office integration tools from Applix (1-800-8APPLIX,
MA: 508-870-0300) include a multi-font WYSIWG document composer; for several
systems.

    ArborText, Inc. provides an X11 version of its Electronic Publishing
program called "The Publisher". The Publisher is available on Sun, HP and
Apollo workstations. Contact Arbortext at 313-996-3566. [5/90]

    Iris Computing Laboratories offers the "ie" editor. Info:
[phone] or [e-mail].

    BBN/Slate from BBN Software Products includes a menu-driven word
processor with multiple fonts and style sheets.  It supports X on
multiple platforms. (617-873-5000 or [e-mail]) [11/90]

    Innovative Solutions (505-883-4252; or Brian Zimbelman,
is![e-mail]) publishes the user-configurable Motif-based Xamine
editor.

    Qualix offers a product. Information: [e-mail] or 800-245-UNIX
(415-572-0200).

    Typex is a Motif-based editor available for several systems.
Information: Amcad Research, 408-867-5705, fax -6209.

    WordPerfect offers an X-based version of WordPerfect 5.1 for several
workstations. Information: 801-222-5300 or 800-451-5151.

    Bradford Business Systems (714-859-4428) offers SpeedEdit for several
systems.

    VITAL (713-781-7406) offers the Crisp editor, a work-alike superset of
the popular BRIEF editor, for several systems.  Previously-available source
versions have been withdrawn from circulation.

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Subject:  81)  Where can I get an X-based mailer?

    xmh, an X interface to mh, is distributed with the X11 release.

    Xmail is an X-based window interface to Berkeley-style mail handlers;
it is styled primarily after the Sunview mailtool application and builds on
most Unix systems. The current release [1/92] is 1.4, available in the MIT
X11R5 contrib tape and from ftp.x.org and uunet. Info: Jeff Markham,
[e-mail].

    adcmail (0.9 pre-release), on ftp.csc.liv.ac.uk provides all the
normal mail facilities (message management, aliases, etc.); work is underway
to tidy things up a little and to add MIME compliancy.

    MMH (My Mail Handler), a motif interface to the MH mail handler, is
available from ftp.eos.ncsu.edu (152.1.9.25) in pub/bill.tar.Z; it is bundled
with the TED editor, which it uses for composing messages. Motif 1.1 is
required; if you don't have it, look for DEC and SPARC executables in the same
place.  Information and problems to: Erik Scott, [e-mail]. [1/92]

    The Andrew Toolkit supports the Andrew Message System; it is available
from ftp.x.org and many other X archives and from emsworth.andrew.cmu.edu
(128.2.30.62), or send email to [e-mail]. Release 5.1 became
available 2 June 92.
    You may be able to use the Remote Andrew Demo service to try this
software; try "finger [e-mail]" for help.

    XMailTool is an Xaw-based interface to a BSD-style mail reader; version
2.0 was released 9/92. Information: Bob Kierski, [e-mail] or 612-683-5874.

    Cem is a Motif-based mailer using standard mailbox formats; it is on
nelson.tx.ncsu.edu in pub/Cem. Information: Sam Moore ([e-mail]).

    MuMail, an X-based elm-like mail program is available at
sipb.mit.edu:/pub/seyon/MUMAIL or sunsite.unc.edu in
/pub/Linux/system/Mail/Mumail-2.3b-tar.Z.

    Xelm is a work-in-progress by [e-mail] to construct an X
version of the elm mailer.

Also:

        Alfalfa Software offers Poste, a UNIX-based mailer that has Motif- and
command-based interfaces.  It includes support for multimedia enclosures, and
supports both the Internet and X.400 mail standards.  Information:
[e-mail], [phone].

    Z-Code Software offers Z-Mail for most Unix systems; binaries support
both tty and Motif interfaces. The mailer includes a csh-like scripting
language for customizing and extending mail capabilities.  Information:
[e-mail], [phone].

    Several vendors' systems include X-based mailers. DEC offers dxmail;
Sun offers an X-based mailtool; SCO ([e-mail]) includes SCOmail in its Open
Desktop product. HP offers the MPower product.

Several integrated office-productivity tools include mailers:

    The Applixware office integration tools from Applix (1-800-8APPLIX,
MA: 508-870-0300) include a mailer.

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Subject:  82)! Where can I get an X-based paint/draw program?

Drawing Packages:

    xpic is an object-oriented drawing program. It supports multiple font
styles and sizes and variable line widths; there are no rotations or zooms.
xpic is quite suitable as an interactive front-end to pic, though the
xpic-format produced can be converted into PostScript. (The latest version is
on the R4 contrib tape in clients/xpic.)

    xfig (original work by Supoj Sutanthavibul, with additional work and
currently maintained by Brian V. Smith ([e-mail])) is an
object-oriented drawing program supporting compound objects.  The xfig format
can be converted to PostScript or other formats. Recent versions are on the
R5 contrib tape or on ftp.x.org in /contrib/R5fixes (version 2.1.8 [10/93]).

        idraw supports numerous fonts and various line styles and arbitrary
rotations. It supports zoom and scroll and color draws and fills. The file
format is a PostScript dialect. It can import TIFF files. Distributed as a part
of the InterViews C++ toolkit (current release 3.1, from
interviews.stanford.edu) .

    tgif by William Cheng ([e-mail]) is available from most
uucp sites and also from ftp.x.org and from cs.ucla.edu. It is frequently
updated; version 2.14 was released 8/93 (up to patch9 12/93).

    figure in the Andrew User Interface System (versions 5.2 and above) is
a general drawing package which also allows arbitrary Andrew insets to be part
of the drawing.

    Picasso 3.8, an interactive drawing tool in the style of idraw,
is on zenon.inria.fr in pub/tk (it requires tk and tclX).

Commercial Draw Products:

    FrameMaker has some draw capabilities. [4/90]
    Dux Ta-Dah!, 1-800-543-4999
    Arts&Letters Composer, 214-661-8960
    Ficor AutoGraph, 513-771-4466
    IslandGraphics offers IslandDraw.  Info: 415-491-1000.

    BBN/Slate from BBN Software Products includes a full-featured draw and
paint program with object grouping and multiple patterns; multiple X platforms.
(617-873-5000 or [e-mail]). [11/90]

    Corel Draw, 613-728-8200; ported to X by Prior Data Sciences
800-267-2626

    sphinx is a family of tools for the realization of dynamic drawings;
it contains the vector-drawing objecft grinx and an interactve X-based editor.
The toolbox is available from in GmbH ([phone], [e-mail]).

Paint Packages:

    XPaint 2.1, by David Koblas ([e-mail]), is a color
bitmap/pixmap editing tool featuring most standard paint program options.  It
allows for the editing of multiple images simultaneously and supports various
formats, including PPM, XBM, etc.  The current version is available for ftp
from ftp.x.org as contrib/xpaint-2.1.1.tar.Z [1/94]

    A new OpenWindows PostScript-based graphical editor named 'ice' is now
[2/91] available for anonymous ftp from Internet host lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu
(129.236.10.30).  ice (Image Composition Environment) is an imaging tool that
allows raster images to be combined with a wide variety of PostScript
annotations in WYSIWYG fashion via X11 imaging routines and NeWS PostScript
rasterizing. (It may require OpenWindows and Sun C++ 2.0.)

    The "pixmap" program by Lionel Mallet ([e-mail]) for
creating pixmaps is on the R5 contrib tape; it resembles the bitmap client.
Version 2.4 is now available [2/94] on ftp.x.org and avahi.inria.fr.

    A version of Robert Forsman's ([e-mail]) xscribble,
an 8-bit paint program for X, is now on ftp.cis.ufl.edu in pub/thoth/. [2/93]

    Although MetaCard is not generally classified as a paint program, a
full 24-bit color image editor is built into the program, which can be used for
light image editing and for producing color icons ([e-mail]). MetaCard
is available via anonymous FTP from ftp.metacard.com, csn.org, or
128.138.213.21.

    pixt by J. Michael Flanery ([e-mail]) produces XPM output; it
is available on ftp.x.org.

    xpe on ftp.x.org produces XPM output.

    Phoenix is a 24-bit editor for editing of photos, notably. An
alpha is on nic.funet.fi:pub/graphics/packages/phoenix.

Commerial Paint Products:

    DEC Ultrix includes the dxpaint bitmap editor.
    OpenWindows includes the olpixmap editor.
    SCO ODT includes the SCOpaint editor.
    HP VUE includes the vueicon editor.
    Dux Ta-Dah!, 1-800-543-4999
    Arts&Letters Composer, 214-661-8960
    IslandGraphics offers IslandPaint. Info: 415-491-1000.

    BBN/Slate from BBN Software Products includes a full-featured draw and
paint program with object grouping and multiple patterns; multiple X platforms.
(617-873-5000 or [e-mail]). [11/90]

Several integrated office-productivity tools include draw/paint capabilities:

    The Applixware office integration tools from Applix (1-800-8APPLIX,
MA: 508-870-0300) include draw/paint capabilities.

[thanks in part to Stephen J. Byers ([e-mail]), J. Daniel
Smith ([e-mail]), and David Koblas
([e-mail])]

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Subject:  83)  Where can I get an X-based plotting program?

These usually are available from uucp sites such as uunet or other sites as
marked; please consult the archie server to find more recent versions.
See also the comp.graphics FAQ.

 gnuplot    X (xplot), PostScript and a bunch of other drivers.
    ftp.x.org [and elsewhere]:contrib/gnuplot3.4a.tar.Z

 gl_plot    X output only [?]
    comp.sources.unix/volume18

 graph+
    yallara.cs.rmit.oz.au:/pub/graph+.tar.Z [131.170.24.42]
    comp.sources.unix/volume8

 pdraw,drawplot        2D and 3D X,PS
    scam.berkeley.edu:/src/local/3dplot.tar.Z [128.32.138.1]
    scam.berkeley.edu:/src/local/contour.tar.Z [128.32.138.1]
    scam.berkeley.edu:/src/local/drawplot.tar.Z [128.32.138.1]
    uunet:~ftp/contrib/drawplot.tar.Z

 xgraph        plot, zoom. Outputs PS or HPGL.
    shambhala.berkeley.edu:/pub/xgraph-11.tar.Z [128.32.132.54]
    sun1.ruf.uni-freiburg.de:X11/contrib/xgraph-11.tar.Z [132.230.1.1]
    nisc.jvnc.net:pub/xgraph-11.tar.Z [128.121.50.7]
    comp.sources.x/volume3
    or many other sites

 ACE/gr (formerly xvgr and xmgr) XY plotting tools
    ftp.ccalmr.ogi.edu [129.95.72.34]
    XView version: /CCALMR/pub/acegr/xvgr-2.10.tar.Z
    Motif version: /CCALMR/pub/acegr/xmgr-2.10.tar.Z
    [mirrored on ftp.x.org in /contrib/acegr]

 XGobi        An interactive dynamic scatter-plotting tool from Bellcore
    lib.stat.cmu.edu: general/xgobi* [log in as statlib with your email
    as the password; or send email to [e-mail] containing
    the one-line message "send xgobi from general"]
    Information from: Debby Swayne, [e-mail].

 Robot        a scientific XView-based graph plotting and data analysis tool
    ftp.astro.psu.edu:pub/astrod/robotx0.47.tar.Z [128.118.147.28]

 plotmtv    a multi-purpose 2D/3D plotter
    tanqueray.berkeley.edu:/pub/Plotmtv1.3.1.tar.Z
 XgPlot        Motif-based x-y graphing with a movie-loop display
    ftp.x.org:XgPlot-4.1.tar.Z


[2/91. Thanks in part to: [e-mail] (Ed Vielmetti); [e-mail]
(Geoffrey Leach); Paul A. Scowen ([e-mail]); [e-mail]
(Mike Black)]

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Subject:  84)  Where can I get an X-based graph-drawing program?

    Xgrab reads a textual specification of a graph, lays out the graph
using heuristics to minimize the number of edge crossings, and displays the
graph as labeled nodes and edges in an X window. Sources are on
ftp.cs.washington.edu (128.95.1.4) as pub/xgrab.tar.Z. Interviews 2.6 is
required. [12/93]
    The DaVinci visualization tool can be used to display graphs.

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Subject:  85)  Where can I get an X-based spreadsheet?

A version of "sc" for X and which supports Lotus files is available from
vernam.cs.uwm.edu in xspread2.1.tar.Z. It also includes graphing functions.
Information: [e-mail].

The GNU package OLEO is available in prep.ai.mit.edu:pub/gnu/oleo-1.5.tar.Z;
it can generate PostScript renditions of spreadsheets.

Also:

Several of the below are part of integrated office-productivity tools which may
also include word-processing, email, conferencing, image processing, and
drawing/painting, among other features.

Vendor                        Product    Contact Information
------                        -------    -------------------
Access Technology             20/20      508-655-9191
Informix                      WingZ      800-331-1763
Quality Software Products     Q-Calc/eXclaim    800-628-3999 (CA:213-410-0303)
Unipress                      Q-Calc     201-985-8000
Uniplex                       Uniplex    214-717-0068, 800-356-8063
Digital                  DECdecision   1-800-DIGITAL
Applix                  Applixware 508-870-0300, 1-800-8APPLIX.
AIS                  XESS     919-942-7801, [e-mail]
BBN Software Products         BBN/Slate  617-873-5000 [e-mail]
Elsid Software Systems          Ripcam     613-228-9468
Andrew Consortium          table     [e-mail]

SAS by the SAS Institute now has a spreadsheet module; the X version is
available on the current popular RISC platforms.

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Subject:  86)  Where can I get X-based project-management software?

Vendor                            Product        Contact Information
------                -------        -------------------
Productivity Solutions        Ultra Planner    617-237-1600
Quality Software Products     MasterPlan Version, 310-410-0303 [e-mail]
Digital Tools, Inc.        AutoPLAN    408-366-6920, 800-755-0065
NASA                COMPASS        404-542-3265,
                        [e-mail]
GEC-Marconi Software Systems    GECOMO Plus    703-648-1551
GEC-Marconi Software Systems    SIZE Plus    703-648-1551
TEI, Inc            VUE        408-985-7100
Mantix                Cascade        703-506-8833
Advanced Management Solutions    Schedule Publisher    800-397-6829
Auburn University        ??        ??

[thanks to Pete Phillips; 7/92]
[thanks to Atul Chhabra ([e-mail]); 10/92]

Pete Phillips ([e-mail]) posts to comp.sources.wanted a
FAQ on project-management programs.

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Subject:  87)! Where can I get an X-based PostScript previewer?

    Ghostscript is distributed by the Free Software Foundation
(617-876-3296) and includes a PostScript interpreter and a library of graphics
primitives. Version 2.6.1(.4) is now available; the major site is
prep.ai.mit.edu, although ftp.cs.wisc.edu is also recommended. [6/93]
Version 3.0 will include a full implementation of PostScript Level 2.

    GSPreview (by the Computing Laboratory of the University of Kent at
Canterbury) is an X user interface (WCL-based) to the Ghostscript 2.4-2.6
interpreter.  The source is available for anonymous ftp from
ftp.x.org as gspreview.2.3.tar.Z. [6/93]

    GhostView (by Tim Theisen, [e-mail]) is full-function user
interface for GhostScript. Check ftp.cs.wisc.edu or prep.ai.mit.edu for
/pub/ghostview-1.5.tar.Z [7/93]. There are also several executables available
on ftp.cs.wisc.edu:/pub/X/ghostview-exe for various architectures.

    XPsView (by Francois Bourdoncle, [e-mail]) is a Motif
wrapper around PsView, which is a X11 DSC Document viewer that can use both
XDPS and GhostScript as the interpreter engine. An early version was an the
Alpha Freeware CD. More recent versions are on gatekeeper.dec.com in
/pub/DEC/PRL/psview-1.32.tar.Z.

Also:

    ScriptWorks is Harlequin's software package for previewing and printing
PostScript(R) descriptions of text and graphics images; previewers for X are
available. For information call [phone] or send email to
[e-mail].

    Image Network's Xps supports the full PostScript language and renders
in color, grayscale, or monochrome. Fonts displayed are anti-aliased. Info:
Image Network, [phone].

    Digital's dxpsview runs on UWS 2.1 and 2.2.

    Sun's pageview runs with the X11/NeWS server.

    Showpage, the PostScript previewer from Adobe Systems, is available
from ICS as part of the Display PostScript System for Sun Solaris 1 (SunOS).
More information is available from ICS at [e-mail], or [phone],
or Fax at [phone].

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Subject:  88)  Where can I get an X-based GKS package?

    The latest freely-available XGKS can be obtained from
[e-mail]; this is a 2c implementation derived from the
X11R4 contrib XGKS from IBM and the University of Illinois. The release
is on unidata.ucar.edu [128.117.140.3] as pub/xgks.tar.Z. [12/90]
    In addition, Grafpak-GKS is available from Advanced Technology Center
(714-583-9119).
    GKSUL is available from [e-mail] (ULowell CS department). It is
a 2b implementation which includes drivers for a variety of devices. It can be
passed an X window ID to use. The package includes both C and Fortran bindings.

[11/90; from [e-mail] and from [e-mail]]

    An XgksWidget is produced by Neil Bowers ([e-mail];
[e-mail]); the latest [10/91] conforms with the new version of
XGKS (2.4). It is available on ftp.x.org in contrib/xgks-widget.tar.Z.

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Subject:  89)  Where can I get an X-based GL package?

    Xgl 2.0 is available [11/93] from ftp.thp.Uni-Duisburg.DE
(134.91.32.1), in files pub/source/X11/Xgl-2.0.tar.{Z|gz}.
    Certain vendors (SGI, IBM) are offering a GL package for X.

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Subject:  90)  Where can I get an X-based PEX package?

    The first official release of PEX is with X11R5; fix-22 brings the
Sample Implementation server to version 5.1.

    The final PEX 5.1 Protocol specification is now available via anonymous
ftp to ftp.x.org, in the directory /pub/DOCS/PEX/. Changes made from the
Public Review draft are listed in the file "5.1P_changes" in that directory.
[9/92]

    The final PEXlib 5.1 document is on ftp.x.org in pub/DOCS/PEXlib.
[11/92]

    There is now available from the University of Illinois an
implementation of the PEX 4.0 specification called UIPEX. It contains a "near-
complete" implementation of PHiGS and PHiGS PLUS. The file
pub/uipex/uipex.tar.Z is on a.cs.uiuc.edu (128.174.252.1); the porting platform
was an RT running 4.3.  Questions and comments can to go [e-mail].

    In addition, the PEXt toolkit by Rich Thomson ([e-mail]) is
available on ftp.x.org as PEXt.tar.Z; it includes a PEX widget making it
easier to include PEX in Xt-based programs.

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Subject:  91)  Where can I get an X-based TeX or DVI previewer?

    The xtex previewer for TeX files is available from a number of archive
sites, including uunet; the current version is usually on ftp.cs.colorado.edu
(128.138.204.31) in SeeTeX-2.18.5.tar.Z; pre-converted fonts are also on that
machine. The distribution all includes "mftobdf" which converts PK, GF, and PXL
fonts to BDF format, where they can then be compiled for use by your local X
server.
    The xdvi dvi-previewer is fairly comprehensive and easy to use. It is
also available from a number of sites, including uunet and ftp.x.org; current
version is patchlevel 16 [12/92].

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Subject:  92)  Where can I get an X-based troff previewer?

    X11R4 has two previewers for device-independent troff: the supported
client xditview, and the contributed-but-well-maintained xtroff. An earlier
version of xtroff also appeared on the R3 contributed source. xditview is also
in the R5 distribution.
    In addition, the xman client can be used to preview troff documents
which use the -man macros (i.e. man pages).
    If psroff is used its output can be viewed with a PostScript previewer.

    Groff, a C++-based [tn]roff document formatter from the Free Software
Foundation, includes an X-based document previwer based probably on xditview.
Groff can put out both dvi and PostScript, so xdvi or GhostView can be used
to preview formatted documents.

In addition:

    xproof, an X previewer for ditroff has been contributed by Marvin
Solomon ([e-mail]); version 3.5 is available on ftp.x.org in
contrib/xproof*.     [8/90]

    Elan Computer Group (CA: 415-964-2200) produces eroff, a modified
troff implementation, and Elan/Express, an X11 eroff previewer.

    SoftQuad (416-963-8337; USA only 800-387-2777, [e-mail] or
[e-mail]) offers SoftQuad Publishing Software, including a substantially-
rewritten troff formatter, a better intermediate language with backwards
compatibility, and an X11[R3,R4] previewer. (This is the package adopted by
AT&T's own MIS department, and used in and re-sold by many parts of AT&T).
[information from Ian Darwin, SoftQuad ([e-mail]) 3/90]

    Image Network (1-800-TOXROFF; CA: 415-967-0542) offers the Xroff
package, which includes a fine modified troff implementation and a set of
X11-based page previewers. (This is the package OEM'ed by several hardware
vendors.)

[mostly courtesy [e-mail] (Mark Moraes)] [2/90]

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Subject:  93)! Where can I get a WYSIWYG interface builder (or other shortcuts)?

    A new release of the DIRT interface builder by Richard Hesketh works
with X11R5 and includes some support for the Motif widget set. From the README:
  This builder allows the interactive creation and rapid prototyping of X user
  interfaces using the X Toolkit and a number of Widget Sets.  Dirt generates
  "Wc - Widget Creation" resource files and this distribution also includes the
  Widget Creation Library (version 1.06, with the exception of the demos and
  Mri/Ari source code) with the kind permission of its author David E. Smyth.
Check dirt.README, dirt.A2.0.tar.Z, and dirt.PS.Z on ftp.x.org.

    The InterViews 3.0.1 C++ toolkit contains a WYSIWIG interface builder
called ibuild. ibuild generates code for an InterViews application complete
with Imakefile and an X-resource file. Documentation is /pub/papers/ibuild.ps
on interviews.stanford.edu (36.22.0.175).
    Quest Windows's (408-496-1900) ObjectViews C++ package includes an
interactive building tool.

    Druid (Demonstrational Rapid User Interface Development) runs on SPARC
machines using OSF/Motif 1.0; it is intended eventually to be a full UIMS but
apparently now has only support for creating the presentation components, for
which it generates C/UIL code. Info: Singh G, Kok CH, Ngan TY, "Druid: A System
for Demonstrational Rapid User Interface Development". Proc. ACM SIGGRAPH Symp
on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST'90). ACM, NY, 1990, pp:167-177.

    The XF builder (version 2.2.11) is a TCL builder; versions are on
barkley.berkeley.edu. You may subscribe to a mailing list by sending
"sub xf-l <Your name>" to [e-mail].

    ADEW in the Andrew User Interface System supports WYSIWYG user
interface construction with the full selection of AUIS insets, including text,
rasters, tables, and the usual interactors.  Semantics can be coded in C or in
Ness, the AUIS extension language.

Also:
    In addition, these commercial products (unsorted) are available in
final or prerelease form [the * following the product name indicates that the
product is known to allow the designer to specify for each widget whether a
particular resource is hard-coded or written to an application defaults file,
for at least one form of output]. Some are much more than user-interface tools;
some are full user interface management systems; information on most is not
up-to-date:

Product Name        Look/Feel    Code Output        Vendor

HP Interface        Motif 1.1    C(Xm)            HP/Visual Edge
 Architect/ UIMX
OPEN LOOK Express    OPEN LOOK    C(Xol+ helper lib)    AT&T /
                                Visual Edge
UIMX 2.0 *        Motif 1.1    C(Xm + helper code)    Visual Edge
                                514-332-6430
                                & distributors
X-Designer 1.1 *    Motif 1.1    C(Xm); C/UIL        Imperial
                                Software
                                Technology, Ltd
                                  ([phone])
                                [e-mail]
XFaceMaker2 (XFM2) *     Motif 1.0    C;C/script (C-like procedural
                    language);C/UIL
                                 NSL
                            (33 1 43 36 77 50)
                            [e-mail]
Builder Xcessory 3.0 *    Motif 1.2    C(Xm); C/UIL[r/w]    ICS
                    Ada; and reads GIL    (617-621-0060)
                                [e-mail]
Builder Xcessory 2.6 *    Motif 1.1    C(Xm); C/UIL[r/w]    DEC
                    [VMS; OSF/1]        (1-800-DIGITAL)
XBUILD 1.1 *        Motif 1.0    C(Xm); C/UIL         Nixdorf
                                (617-864-0066)
                            [e-mail]
iXBUILD            Motif 1.1    C(Xm); C/UIL        iXOS Software
                                [e-mail]
                                089/461005-69
TeleUSE 2.1 *        Motif 1.1.5    C(Xm); C/UIL[r/w]    Alsys(TeleSoft)
                                (619-457-2700)
                            [e-mail]
                            in Germany: in GmbH,
                            [phone],
                            [e-mail]
ezX 3.2            Motif 1.1    C(Xm +helper lib);C/UIL;Ada
                                Sunrise
                                (401-847-7868)
                                   [e-mail]
Snapix            Motif        C/Xm            ADNT
                                [phone]
OpenWindows Developers    OPEN LOOK     GIL [-> C/XView]    Sun
Guide 3.0                GIL [-> C++/XView]
                    GIL [-> C/OLIT]
                    GIL [-> C/PostScript for TNT]
ExoCode/SXM        Motif        C(Xm)            Expert Object
ExoCode/Plus        OPEN LOOK    XView            708-676-5555
TAE+ 5.3        Xw;Motif    C(Xw,Xm); C/TCL (TAE Control Language,
                    like UIL[needs helper library]);
                    VAX Fortran; Ada; C++
                            Nasa Goddard
                            301-286-6034
                            Century Computing
                            301-953-3330
MOB, XSculptor        Motif; OpenLook    C/Xm,UIL; C/Xol        Kovi
                                408-982-3840
PSM            PM, MSW 3.0,    C/UIL            Lancorp
            Motif 1.1.2,Mac                Pty Ltd.
                                [phone]
                                Fax:  [phone]
                                (Australia)
MOTIFATION *        Motif 1.1.x|1.2    C(Xm)            PEM Stuttgart
                               +49 (0) 0711/713045
                               +49 (0) 0711/713047 fax
                            [e-mail]
UIB            Open Look/Motif    C++(OI)            ParcPlace
                                [phone]
ILOG BUILDER        Motif                    ILOG
                                1 415 390 9000
                                [e-mail]
XVT-Design        Motif,OL,Windows,&c            XVT
                                303-443-4223
                                [e-mail]
Mimex            Motif 1.2    C(Xm); C/UIL[r/w]    Kernex
                                408-441-7376


Look for magazine reviews for more complete comparisons of meta-file formats,
documentation, real ease-of-use, etc; Unix World and Unix Review often carry
articles. See also SunExpert 5/93.

    ParcPlace is making freely available its popular ObjectBuilder(tm)
and Object Interface (OI(tm)) products for the Linux operating system.
ObjectBuilder is a GUI builder written completely in C++, that enables UNIX
C++ developers to apply the principles of object-orientation to the
development of user interfaces. OI, a C++ class library, provides the toolkit
foundation for ObjectBuilder. OI implements the look-and-feel of both Motif
1.2 and OPEN LOOK. OI is built directly on top of Xlib and is unencumbered by
runtime royalties to any party.  ObjectBuilder and OI are very extensible,
actively facilitating the use of subclassing to create new, reusable, user
interface components.  Sources are on tsx-11.mit.edu in
/pub/linux/packages/OI and available from ParcPlace ([phone]).

    In addition, Neuron Data (1 415 321-4488) makes Open Interface, a
window-system-independent object toolkit which supports interfaces which are
or resemble (supersets of) Mac, Windows, and Motif and Open Look; the package
includes an interface builder.

    In addition, the GRAMMI builder supports the development of Ada/X
applications using its own set of objects which have Motif look and feel.
GRAMMI is written in Ada and generates Ada specs and stub bodies.  Call
1-800-877-1815 or send mail to [e-mail] with subject "send grammi"
[without quotes].

    In addition, these non-WYSIWYG but related products may help for goals
of rapid prototyping of the application interface:

    WCL: the Widget Creation Library. Basically describes the widget
hierarchy and actions in a resources file; available from fine archive servers
everywhere, including devvax.jpl.nasa.gov (128.149.1.143) in pub/. Wcl provides
a very thin layer over Xt without any internal tweaking. Version 2.5 is current
[3/93].
    TCL/TK: TK is a Motif-like object set for use with the TCL scripting
language. There is also a package tclMotif on ftp.x.org which may be used to
add TCL scripting to Motif programs; version 1.1 was released 2/94.
    WAFE: Wafe is a package that implements a symbolic interface to the
Athena widgets (X11R5) and OSF/Motif.  A typical Wafe application consists of
two parts: a front-end (Wafe) and an application program which runs typically
as a separate process. The application program can be implemented in an
arbitrary programming language and talks to the front-end via stdio.  Since
Wafe (the front-end) was developed using the extensible TCL shell, an
application program can dynamically submit requests to the front-end to build
up the graphical user interface; the application can also down-load
application specific procedures into the front-end, which can be executed
without interaction with the application program. Wafe is available from
ftp.wu-wien.ac.at:pub/src/X11/wafe/wafe-0.96.tar.gz [10/93].
wafeperl 0.2, which links Perl 4.036 to Wafe 0.96, is available [12/93] from
ftp.wu-wien.ac.at in pub/src/X11/wafe/wafeperl-0.2.tar.gz.
    XGEN: a scripting language which can be used to prototype Motif
environments; available on ftp.x.org.
    WINTERP: an Xlisp-based Motif toolkit allows for interpretive
programming. The copy on the R4 tape is outdated; get a copy off ftp.x.org or
email to [e-mail].
    The Serpent UIMS permits the building of user-interfaces without
specific knowledge of coding but with an understanding of attributes being set
on a particular [Motif] widget.  Beta Release 1.2 is available from
ftp.sei.cmu.edu (128.237.1.13) and can be found in /pub/serpent.  Serpent is
also available on ftp.x.org (18.24.0.11) in /contrib/serpent. Email questions
can go to [e-mail]. A commercial version of Serpent is available as
"Agora" from ASET, 221 Woodhaven Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15228.
    Garnet is a Common Lisp-based GUI toolkit. Information is available
from [e-mail].
    MetaCard is a hypertext/Rapid Application Development environment
similar to Apple/Claris Corporation's HyperCard ([e-mail]). MetaCard
is available via anonymous FTP from ftp.metacard.com, csn.org, or
128.138.213.21. (Mailing list: [e-mail]).

Articles comparing these tools include:
    UnixWorld 5/92; SunWorld 12/92; LAN Computing 12/92; SunExpert 5/93.

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        "Just the FAQs, ma'am." -- Joe Friday
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