Jacek Matulewski

XWin/Linux programs

See some notes below to find the short description of how to run the applications from this web page.
All programs listed below are free to use without any conditions.
Source codes are aviable (includes some additional codes - student exersises). Please send me all modifications made to it.

XEdit

Version: 1.01
Download: xedit101.tar.gz
File size: 506 kB

Description: Just an imitation of the well known Notepad from Microsoft Windows.

XCommander

Version: 1.01
Download: xcommander101.tar.gz
File size: 506 kB
Notes: It includes XEdit as a integral part of the package.

Description: It is file manager. It looks like and behaves very similar to Total Commander (formely Windows Commander).

Information on libraries necessary to run above programs

To run XCommander and/or XEdit one needs a set of following libraries:

libborqt-6.9.0-qt2.3.so
libborqt-6.9-qt2.3.so -> libborqt-6.9.0-qt2.3.so

libqtintf-6.9.0-qt2.3.so
libqtintf-6.9-qt2.3.so -> libqtintf-6.9.0-qt2.3.so

libqt.so.2.3.0
libqt.so.2 -> libqt.so.2.3.0

It can be found in Kylix's bin directory (default is /usr/local/kylix3/bin) if it is installed or can be downloaded in one archive file: libqt3.tar.gz

Remember to set the enviroment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH which should contain the name of the directory in which these file are available. In order to easily set this variable one may use the script (included in all above packets):

#!/bin/bash
declare -x LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/kylix3/bin:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
XCommander &

For tcsh shell it should looks like:

#!/bin/tcsh
setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/local/kylix3/bin
XCommander

The enviroment variable can be also set in profile configuration file.