The version of xwaves that is now in the public domain, and available through
Cambridge University Press (free, I believe) has a Linux version.
John Kingston
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> Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 21:25:38 +0000
> From: "R.H. Smith" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Xwaves for Linux?
>
> Dear all,
>
> Does anyone know whether there is a version of Xwaves available for Linux,
> and if so how to get hold of it?
>
> (This would be of great benefit to a student of ours who has a visual
> impairment, as Linux offers the best/only way of magnifying his visual
> display without restricting the proportion of the display that can be
> accessed. When we alter display resolution on our Silicon Graphics
> machines running IRIX, it's only possible to see what's going on in the
> top-left quadrant of the screen. Which makes using Xwaves very slow and
> frustrating!)
>
> I'd be extremely grateful for any leads. Thanks!
>
> Rachel Smith
>
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> Rachel Smith
>
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> Dept. of Linguistics Cambridge
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> Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 10:32:22 +1300
> From: Paul Warren <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Xwaves for Linux?
>
> Hi Rachel
>
> I successfully run Xwaves 5.2 from the final release under RedHat Linux =
> 7. (linux is one of the standard install options, and there are =
> instructions with the CD)
>
> Of course, Xwaves is no longer supported or available for release, so if =
> you don't have a copy from before Entropic got closed behind Gates then =
> I'm not sure what you should do. However, as you are in the phonetics =
> lab in Cambridge, Sarah Hawkins or Geoff Potter should have the final =
> release CD, and you should be able to do the install from that.
>
> Paul
>
> Dr Paul Warren
> Senior Lecturer
> School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies
> Victoria University of Wellington
> Wellington
> New Zealand
>
> www.vuw.ac.nz/lals
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> phone office: +64 4 463 5631=20
> admin. assist. + 64 4 463 5600
> fax +64 4 463 5604
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> > From: R.H. Smith
> > Reply To: R.H. Smith
> > Sent: Tuesday, 4 February 2003 10:25 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Xwaves for Linux?
> >=20
> > Dear all,
> >=20
> > Does anyone know whether there is a version of Xwaves available for =
> Linux,
> > and if so how to get hold of it?
> >=20
> > (This would be of great benefit to a student of ours who has a visual
> > impairment, as Linux offers the best/only way of magnifying his visual
> > display without restricting the proportion of the display that can be
> > accessed. When we alter display resolution on our Silicon Graphics
> > machines running IRIX, it's only possible to see what's going on in =
> the
> > top-left quadrant of the screen. Which makes using Xwaves very slow =
> and
> > frustrating!)
> >=20
> > I'd be extremely grateful for any leads. Thanks!
> >=20
> > Rachel Smith
> >=20
> > ____________________________________________________________________
> >=20
> > Rachel Smith
> >=20
> > Phonetics Laboratory 663 King's College
> > Dept. of Linguistics Cambridge
> > Sidgwick Avenue CB2 1ST
> > Cambridge CB3 9DA Tel. +44 (0)1223 572651
> > U.K. mobile 07786 730817
> > Tel. +44 (0)1223 763057
> > +44 (0)1223 335026
> >=20
> >=20
>
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