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  Ports of Free X11 Software



This page gives an overview of the packages I'm running on my OpenVMS, Linux, and Cygwin systems.
I did some porting work to get them working on OpenVMS but also includes other bug and warning fixes.

General notes:

Indebted to Jouk Jansen's: OpenVMS porting page

Programs:

oclock oclock

  • Purpose : simple analog clock using the SHAPE extension to make a round (possibly transparent) window.
  • Original source: click here to get the source distribution.
  • Patch for version of 1.0.6 : click here for Patch
  • Zip for version of 1.0.6 + patch : click here for Zip
  • README for this : click here for README
  • Tested on OpenVMS (x86_64, IA64 (Alpha may need some work)), Linux, Cygwin.

    • xeyes xeyes

  • Purpose : a follow the mouse X demo, using the X SHAPE extension.
  • Original source: click here to get the source distribution.
  • Patch for version of 1.3.0 : click here for Patch
  • Zip for version of 1.3.0 + patch : click here for Zip
  • README for this : click here for README
  • Tested on OpenVMS (x86_64, IA64, Alpha), Linux, Cygwin).
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    Last Revised: 9 March 2025