[cad-linux] Problems compiling drawingboard.cpp

I received a message over the weekend from a user (named Brad) on sourceforge 
with the solution to the multiple "add cv-quals" compiler error in the 
drawingboard.cpp module of the drawing viewer.  I never knew this, but you 
can edit xpm files by using a simple text processor.  All that is required to 
eliminate the problem is to open up each xpm file (they are all located in 
the directory called XPM) with a text processor and add the word "const" in 
the second line of each between the words static and char.  For instance the 
first 2 lines of the pan icon should read thus:

/* XPM */
static const char*panbutton[]={

I'll have this corrected in the next version when I install Keith's icons.


Continuing on with the discussion by Guy late last week - I hear you.  I 
spent the better part of my free time for 3 days trying to get a printer to 
talk to Linux (actually it was the other way around).  The initial install of 
Caldera's Open Desktop was easy, but changes after that have not really been 
simple.  You end up learning a whole lot about the computer and operating 
system, but it really chews up the time.  I read a while ago that Linux was 
popular with small users (me) and large to midsize companies (who can afford 
full time computer professionals), but it is making little if any progress in 
the small business environment.  As a small business owner I can see why - 
the simplicity of installing windows, including hardware and software 
upgrades, is a great draw.  When I am playing with computers during the day I 
am not doing billable work and therefore I am (ultimately) not eating.  I 
also don't see casual users, my wife for example, ever getting into the inner 
workings of Linux.  That being said: while I don't think Linux is quite ready 
for prime time I really believe it is here to stay and is already a viable 
alternative to Apple or Windows.  Additionally I really enjoy playing with 
it.

One other thing about Linux I really like:  It seems to attract the nicest 
people (or maybe it is just the CAD part - because Cadopia is pretty friendly 
also).  I tried to get information from the Autodesk forums one night and was 
shocked at some the posts I read there.  Over here most people just seem very 
willing to try to help others.

Andy

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