Re: xforms, offix: what are they?
Randy Edwards <redwards@together.net> writes:
> I've got two packages installed which dselect reports are obsolete.
> They're xforms 0.81-4 and offix 2.3a1. Does anyone know what they are and
> whether it's safe to remove them?
xforms is a toolkit for making GUIs. There are a few programs that
rely on it, so it might be important if you use any of those
programs. I think I have it installed, as I might have one or two
things I use occassionally which use it.
OffiX is a attempt to enhance the gui experience in X. Most notably
it includes libdnd--a drag 'n drop library, support for which has been
hacked into xemacs, afterstep, xv, and a few others. It's kind of
nifty, but if you don't know what it is, and don't use dnd, you can
probably live without it. Of course, if any of your apps are
dynmically linked against libdnd, they can't live without it =).
So I'd say in both these cases you should investigate that you're not
actually using them, otherwise best to just leave them there.
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