bde/linuxStringErrors.050813
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from bendpt.cc:243:
/usr/include/Xm/Xm.h

from display.cc:191:
/usr/include/Xm/BulletinB.h
/usr/include/Xm/Xm.h

from ../include/bde.h:65,
                 from display.cc:191
/usr/include/Xm/BulletinB.h:71: 
/usr/include/Xm/DrawingA.h

from ../include/bde.h:67,
                 from display.cc:191:
/usr/include/Xm/FileSB.h

from ../include/bde.h:65,
                 from dialog.cc:214:
/usr/include/Xm/DrawingA.h:69
from ../include/bde.h:67,
                 from dialog.cc:214:
/usr/include/Xm/FileSB.h:89
/usr/include/Xm/Xm.h:1466

from ../include/bde.h:63,
                 from bendpt.cc:243:
/usr/include/Xm/BulletinB.h:71
from ../include/bde.h:67,
                 from bendpt.cc:243:
/usr/include/Xm/FileSB.h:89:

display.cc: In method `void node::Draw ()':
display.cc:240: parse error before `{'
display.cc:241: confused by earlier errors, bailing out

exit

bendpt.cc display.cc dialog.cc bendpt.cc reported errors from bde.h  in
/usr/include/Xm/BulletinB.h /usr/include/Xm/Xm.h /usr/include/Xm/DrawingA.h /usr/include/Xm/FileSB.h 
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Reverted bde.h back to use extern "C" { ..} brackets around
X11 file #includes; this did not change results so I commented them out again..

bde.h includes these before the  extern "C" {...} X11 .h files.
One should declare String:

///////////////////////// C/C++ include files ///////////////////////
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <string.h>

///////////////////////// X11 Include files /////////////////////////
#include <X11/Intrinsic.h>
#include <X11/Xlib.h>
#include <X11/StringDefs.h>
#include <X11/Xutil.h>
#include <X11/cursorfont.h>

lg /usr/include/X11/*.h | grep String | wc


BOth linux and alpha emit similar errors.
Likely culprit: bde.h ?

Try adding typedef char* String in bde.h?
(although Intrinsics.h does this also)