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ms windowzers normaly don't know what a wm is, but linuxers usually do.

Hi Corona 688,

stay cool. MOTIF works fine. It is not about that Gui Library. The Windows are opening like crazy horses.

Its about Sparky Linux. I have posted there and they don't know until now. (pending)

If a normal c script is not really compiling with GCC , i as user cannot find out easy in the OS.
CLANG works.
I take it. Otherwise to change the OS only of GCC ? Not.
Look.
I have installed Sparky Linux and updated properly. The system is up to date.
On both computers a simple c script is compiled with GCC ONLY TO A LIBRARY.
So i do NOTHING and this posting is solved i recommend.

Example :

Code:

main ()
                  {
                   printf( "Hell is filled with amateur musicians. \n");
                  }

gcc simple.c

filename a.out
filetype shared library

starting from terminal is possible with

Code:

./a.out

you understand ? Its inside Sparky linux.

Please declare this post as solved.

The result is :
==================================================================================================
compiling a simple c script with GCC does not make an executable but shared library instead !
tested on two different computers with sparky LINUX. updated ok.
the error is hard to find.
CLANG works , so i take clang instead of changing the OS to other Linux distribution.
That sounds realistic isn't it ?

Usually a.out is a real executable. Test it with

Code:

file a.out

The name "a.out" can be changed with -o "filename" ....

You can edit the tags yourself and add a solved tag.

Yeah, as someone who built security UIs between development and production environments decades ago with MOTIF, I find it strange that people who program in MOTIF today do not know a "window manager" is.

Even more strange is the fact they don't know what a WM is even though they are using one!

Even a Linux user should know! For example, here is an article:

Best 20 Linux Window Managers: A Comprehensive List for Linux Users

Arch Linux Wiki on Window Managers

What are the best window managers for Linux? - 48 Listed

... and the original posts wrote, as I recall... "I use Sparky.... !!!"

Well, Sparky also uses Window Managers for GUI, see:

Sparky Linux - window manager

Seems "someone" may be over compensating by projecting "great knowledge" about something they do not really understand at all