Re: XmEmc

["Lawrence Glaister" <lg-at-jfm.bc.ca>]

Hi John,
I tried your demo. It did run and I like the idea of the functions
disappearing
that can not be used in a particular mode. I have a 256 color screen here
and there
were some problems with the background color  and color number #add8e6.
It would probably be wise to choose from the 256 color vga palette if you
want
it to run on low res older displays. A kiosk touch screen would be great for
the
shop (I could put a liquid refreshment fridge in the base and keep the
welding rods
dry on the evaporator coils :=). There must be a bunch
these displays around on the surplus market now... has anyone seen them at
a reasonable price? IBM was always big on these displays at expositions...
perhaps we could get a bunch donated to the group for development work.
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Lawrence Glaister VE7IT             email: lg-at-jfm.bc.ca
1462 Madrona Drive                  http://jfm.bc.ca
Nanoose Bay BC Canada
V9P 9C9
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----- Original Message -----
From: Ray <rehenry-at-up.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list <emc-at-nist.gov>
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 8:22 PM


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> List
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> I am just in process of  uploading a file XmEmc.tgz to the dropbox.  This
> is a fixed version of John Moore's Motif gui for the EMC.  All you need to
> do is download, untar, and execute the resulting XmEmc file.
>
> There are a lot of interesting shop-floor, production festures in this
> demo.  And it is designed for touch screen and can be made to work easily
> on a low resolution screen.  While running it I could even imagine it on a
> smaller surplus kiosk style screen.
>
> Take a few minutes, try it and give John your feedback.  It doesn't run
> emc yet but it will.
>
> Ray
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