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Other Information Sources for X
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This node contains information on:
  1.  What X-related (in general) public mailing lists are 
      available?
  2. What publications discussing X are available?
  3.  How can I meet other X developers? (What is XUG? AFUX? EXUG?)


@begin(Q)
What X-related public mailing lists are available?
@end(Q)

@begin(A)
	The xpert mailing list is the general, public mailing list
on X maintained by the X Consortium. The mailings are gatewayed, so
xpert is almost identical to the comp.windows.x Usenet newsgroup.  

	***	If you get comp.windows.x, you don't need to 	***
	***	be added to the xpert mailing list. 		***

	Otherwise, you can join the list to receive X information
electronically. It is best to find a local distribution; perhaps
someone within your company is already receiving the mailing. As a
last resort, send mail to xpert-request@export.x.org with a
valid return electronic address.  

	A mailing list for major X announcements (new releases,
public reviews, adoption of standards, but NOT advertisements,
patches, or questions) is available by request from
xannounce-request@export.x.org. Messages sent to xannounce will
automatically be sent to the xpert mailing list.  They will not be
sent to the Usenet news group comp.windows.x; however, they will
appear in the Usenet news group comp.windows.x.announce.  Note:
Only redistribution addresses will be accepted for this list --
i.e. no personal addresses. If you wish to receive xannounce
yourself, please contact your mail administrator to set up a local
redistribution list and to put you on it.  

	In addition, the X Consortium sponsors these public lists:
		bug-clx         CLX bug reports and discussions
		x-ada           X and ada
		x11-3d          people interested in X and 3d graphics
		ximage          people interested in image processing and X
		xvideo          discussion of video extensions for X

	To subscribe to one of these lists, assuming no-one in your
organization already receives it, send mail to
<list>-request@export.x.org with the Subject line including the
name of the LIST in caps and the request "addition request".  In
the body of the message be sure to give an address for your local
distribution which is accessible from MIT (eddie.mit.edu).

A mailing list for topics related to OPEN LOOK is sponsored by Greg
Pasquariello of Unify corporation; send to
openlook-request@unify.com (or
openlook-request%unify.uucp@uunet.uu.net) for information.  

	A mailing list for bugs in the publicly-available version
of XView source, in particular, is sponsored by Sun; send for
information to xviewbug-trackers-request@sun.com.  

	A mailing list for topics related to Motif is sponsored by
Kee Hinckley of Alfalfa Software, Inc.; send to
motif-request@alfalfa.com for information.  (This group is
gatewayed to comp.windows.x.motif.)

	A mailing list for topics related to the XPM pixmap-format
is sponsored by Arnaud Le Hors of Group Bull; send to
xpm-talk-request@mirsa.inria.fr for information. [1/91]

	A mailing list discussing InterViews can be subscribed to
by sending to interviews-request@interviews.stanford.edu.

	A mailing list (amiga-x11@nic.funet.fi) for topics related
to the port of X11 to the Amiga can be subscribed by sending to
mailserver@nic.funet.fi a message containing
		Subject: Adding myself to AMIGA-X11
		SUBS AMIGA-X11 Your Real Name


				X FAQ 10/18/91
@end(A)

@begin(Q)
What publications discussing X are available?
@end(Q)

@begin(A)
	The trade magazines (Unix World, Unix Review, Computer
Language, etc.) are publishing more articles on X. In addition to
XNextEvent, the XUG newsletter:

	- O'Reilly and Associates announced at the 5th MIT
conference a quarterly journal, The X Resource, devoted to a
variety of X topics. Editorial information: Adrian Nye,
adrian@ora.com.

	- The X Journal is started bi-monthly publication September
1991 on a variety of X topics. Editorial information: Jerry Smith,
Editor, 615-886-3429, jsmith%spectro.uucp@uunet.uu.net.
Subscription information: The X Journal, Subscriber Services, Dept
XXX, P.O. BOX 3000, Denville, NJ 07834, USA.

				X FAQ 10/18/91
@end(A)

@begin(Q)
How can I meet other X developers? (What is XUG? AFUX? EXUG?)
@end(Q)

@begin(A)
Local Area Groups: [this list is always in the process of being
updated; some of these groups are known to be zombies]:

	Atlanta, GA		James Tio, 404-441-4784
	Bay Area, CA 		Jim Turner, 415-960-0123
	Boston ("BORAX")	Charley Newhall, xug@ics.com 617-621-0060
	Chicago			Jerry Walton, 219-736-2667
	Cleveland 		Mike Kolberg, 216/243-1198
	Colorado		Jim West, 719/260-3463,west@widgit.enet.dec.com
	South Florida ("SFXUG")	Gary M. Paxinos, 407-243-2405, pax@megasys.com
				Morgan Von Essen, morgan@metrolink.com
				Mahesh Neelakanta, mahesh@shark.cs.fau.edu
	Houston 		Dinah G. McNutt, dinah@bcm.tmc.edu
					713-798-5890
	Huntsville, Ala.	Pete Shea 205-837-9230
	Los Angeles ("LAX")	Debbie Catalano, catalano@inference.com,
				213-322-5004 x194
	Michigan ("MIX")	JT Vogt, JLV@MD-DET.Prime.COM, (313) 689-0100
				or Brian Smithson (313) 354-5118
	Pittsburgh, PA		John Kochmar, kochmar@sei.cmu.edu
				(412)268-6396
	Princeton, NJ 		Joe Camaratta, 609-734-6500
	Research Triangle Park 	Steven Thiedke, 919/481-1353
	Washington, DC 		Thomas Fagre, 703/866-7425

	Canada			Ken Ristevski, 416-470-1203
	Cambridge, UK		Ray Anderson, +44 223 462131
	Israel			Warren Burstein, warren@worlds.uu.net
				Yosi Ben-Harosh, +972 52 522266
	Milan, Italy		Richard Glover, (39) 961-743-486
	Singapore		Chee Keong Law, 772-3116

	

In addition, there are meetings of these groups:
	- Bay Area Motif Developers Group and Drinking Society
					Ron Edmark edmark@isi.com

	The French X User Group is called AFUX and is based in
Sophia Antipolis by CERICS. Information can be obtained from Miss
Vasseur or Miss Forest; BP 148; 157, rue Albert Einstein; 06561
Valbonne Cedex; Phone: +33 93 95 45 00 / 45 01; Fax: +33 93 95 48
57.  [10/90]

The European X User Group was formed in 1989 to represent X users
in Europe.  It holds technical conferences at regular intervals.
The EXUG also publishes a regular newsletter which is distributed
free of charge to members.  The EXUG also runs a email mailing list
for members which is frequently used to address issues of European
interest in X. The EXUG can be contacted by email at:
exug@unipalm.uucp or by snail mail at:  The EXUG, Mitchell House,
185 High Street, Cottenham, Cambridge CB4 4RX, England; phone +44
954 51727.  [from Bevis King (brwk@doc.ic.ac.uk), 4/90]

	GXUGiV is the German X User's Group in Vorbereitung ("in
preparation") being formed for X programmers and users; it is
associated with the EXUG. All interested should contact Olaf
Heimburger (+49 30 7 79 54 64; and at mcvax!unido!tub!olaf).


				X FAQ 10/18/91
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