OpenMotif 2.3 Released
Jun 27th, 18:16 UTC
Open Source Development Produces Major Release with New Features and Over 25 Bug Fixes
Bedford, Mass. - June 26, 2007 - The OpenMotif Project Team announced today the release of OpenMotif 2.3, marking the most significant version of OpenMotif since it was released to the open source community in May 2000.
OpenMotif 2.3 includes major feature enhancements and over 25 bug fixes requested by developers of enterprise applications. OpenMotif is the publicly licensed version of Motif, the industry standard user interface toolkit for UNIX systems provided on more than 200 hardware and software platforms including HP, IBM, Sun, SGI, and Linux (Red Hat and Novell SUSE).
This latest improvement to OpenMotif is a testament to the open source development process that a worldwide team of developers continues to leverage in order to provide the Motif community with the most current tools.
"Many organizations depend on OpenMotif to meet the unique needs of their large-scale applications. ICS continues to support the OpenMotif Project Team's initiative to deliver the most up-to-date tools for UNIX and Linux GUI developers," said Peter Winston, President and CEO of Integrated Computer Solutions.
OpenMotif is an often overlooked open source initiative that is literally running thousands of mission-critical applications such as the MBTA subway system in Boston, MA, NASA Mission Control Systems, FAA air traffic control systems, and innumerable homeland security and USA defense applications.
ICS hosts the official development tree for OpenMotif at the
MotifZone.
New Feature Highlights
OpenMotif 2.3 includes many new features including:
- Client-side anti-aliased fonts supported via XFT
- UTF-8 and UTF8_STRING atom support
- Now show text and pixmaps in Label, LabelGadget and derived widgets
- Supports PNG and JPEG image formats the same way XPM is supported
The full list of feature enhancements and bug fixes can be found in the OpenMotif
Release Notes.
Download OpenMotif 2.3 from the
Motif download page.
About Motif
Motif is the industry standard graphical user interface toolkit (IEEE1295). It is used on more than 200 hardware and software platforms including HP, IBM, Sun, SGI, and Linux (Red Hat and Novell SUSE). It provides application developers, end users, and system integrators with the industry's most widely used environment for multi-platform graphical applications. Motif is the leading user interface toolkit for the UNIX based operating system.
Commercial Motif is the release of OpenMotif for traditional UNIX workstations such as those offered by Sun, SGI, IBM, and HP. ICS offers Commercial Motif to maintain compatibility with OpenMotif.
About Integrated Computer Solutions, Inc.
Integrated Computer Solutions, Inc. (ICS) of Bedford, MA, was founded in 1987 and is the world's leading provider of advanced visual development tools and professional services for UNIX and Linux professionals. ICS' BX PRO and UIM/X families of GUI builders have been long recognized as the software of choice for visually creating mission-critical, high-performance Motif applications.
ICS is the sponsor of the OpenMotif Project Team and hosts the MotifZone, the official website for the OpenMotif development project, at http://www.openmotif.org.
(Submitted by Mark Hatch of ICS)
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