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• Xprt:

  The new Xprint Server is configured to use lpr as its print helper so you have to install and configure lpr to use Xprt.

• xpcterm:

  if you want to get the German 'Umlaut' inside your ISC X11R4 client xpcterm when you are using the ega/vga font. Set up the user's .Xdefaults to contain:

           XEga*AT386.Translations: #override \
                     Shift<Key>odiaeresis: string(0x99) \n\
                          <Key>odiaeresis: string(0x94) \n\
                     Shift<Key>adiaeresis: string(0x8e) \n\
                          <Key>adiaeresis: string(0x84) \n\
                     Shift<Key>udiaeresis: string(0x9a) \n\
                          <Key>udiaeresis: string(0x81) \n\
                     Shift<Key>ssharp: string(0x3f) \n\
                      Meta<Key>ssharp: string(0x5c)  \n\
                          <Key>ssharp: string(0xe1)
           
  

  The only disadvantage is that you have to use Alt instead of AltGr to get the \ Backslash (on a German Keyboard)

  You have to call your xpcterm with the option -name XEga -fn ega

• Switching between X11R5 and X11R6 configuration

  to compile X11-Clients as either R6 or R5 clients, should be as easy as you only switch the PATH components so that either /usr/X11R6/bin/xmkmf or /usr/X386/bin/xmkmf would make the new Makefile.

• ISC Streams Pipes

  The old path to the pipes on ISC's R4 /tmp/.X11-unix has changed to /dev/X/ISCCONN. For compatibility reasons on ISC, the pipes in the new directory will be linked to a file inside the old. This will normally be a hard link, so it can't go across filesystems. On ISC Version 4.x this is now allowed. But you should use the new S5L on both filesystems. ISC30 systems should take care that the two directories are on the same FS. Else if you are using a ISC40 compiled binary, the Server could maybe abort due to a SIGSYS. We tried to catch this signal, so if it dumps please send me a note.

• Warnings you may see:
  • Since 3.2A, you could see a warning from pre X11R6.3 clients.

               Warning: Unable to load any usable fontset
               
    

    The case are the new gzipped fonts, but the Warning isn't serious.

  • If you start a server you may see the following message:

            _XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for named/enigma:0
            _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for named
               
    

    This message either isn't critical. Interactive doesn't support this kind of connection.

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