Re: exceed

[David Kline <dkline@aps.anl.gov>]

xlitepro from labtam is reasonable as well (~$65 for a single seat) 
....  http://www.xlitepro.com
/david

Dale L. Brewe wrote:
> I use MI/X from Microimages for MEDM. It is very reasonably priced (I 
> think I paid $200 for 10 floating licenses), and is adequate for my 
> needs.
> dale brewe
> Jiro Fujita wrote:
> > I assume you are looking for Exceed so that you can use MEDM on Windows.
> > Exceed is a commercial X server software for Windows.  MEDM for
> > Windows is compiled against Exceed, therefore, you "need" Exceed,
> > although apparently X-win32 and ReflectionX actually works just fine.
> >
> > I have heard of people using X-win32.  As far as I know, ReflectionX
> > works, according to a page from Princeton Plasma Physics Lab:
> > http://nstx.pppl.gov/nstx/Controls/Access/medmInstall.html
> >
> > Exceed is "required", because MEDM requires Motif library, and Exceed
> > is one of X servers for Windows that comes with Motif library.
> > Due to the license restriction on OpenMotif, there is no free X server
> > for Windows that can run MEDM out there (on the other hand, it is
> > perfectly legal to run MEDM on Linux).
> > Apparently, MEDM only need is Motif library, as I have run MEDM with
> > Xming on a Windows XP machine that happened to have Exceed installed
> > without any issues (I was playing around once upon a time).
> > I don't know the price difference between Exceed vs X-win32 vs
> > ReflectionX, but according to Ken Evans at APS/ANL, the only one he
> > guarantees to work is Exceed (although he told me that others have
> > been using different X servers on Windows without any issues, provided
> > that their X server of choice come with Motif library).
> >
> > On the other hand, if you are simply using Windows as a remote X
> > display, then, as Geoff suggests, all you need is any X server.
> > Cygwin is a bit bulky and cranky, but it works (I prefer Xming any
> > day, however).
> >
> > On 9/19/07, Heinrich du Toit <heinrichdt@tlabs.ac.za> wrote:
> > > How do I get exceed?
> > > (For Win32 extensions)
> > >
> > > Xming doesn't work - keyboard not responding.
> > > X-win32 doesn't work - keyboard not responding.


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David M. Kline                   dkline@aps.anl.gov
Beamline Controls and Data Acquisition (BCDA)
Argonne National Laboratory, Advanced Photon Source
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