Changeset 203 for trunk

Timestamp:

Dec 4, 2009 5:02:07 PM (14 years ago)

Author:

toby

Message:

# on 2000/06/09 03:54:23, toby did:
Update to reflect new GSAS kit, TclTk8.2 & FAQ stuff

File:

• trunk/doc/expgui_Win_readme.html (modified) (5 diffs, 3 props)

trunk/doc/expgui_Win_readme.html

@@ -42 +42 @@
 <A HREF="ftp://ftp.lanl.gov/public/gsas/ms-dos/gsaskit.exe">ftp://ftp.lanl.gov/public/gsas/ms-dos/gsaskit.exe</A>
 (~6 Mbytes)<BR>
-Note that this is not a NIST web server.
+and read<BR>
+<A HREF="ftp://ftp.lanl.gov/public/gsas/ms-dos/readme.txt">ftp://ftp.lanl.gov/public/gsas/ms-dos/readme.txt</A>
+<P>
+Note that these files are from a Los Alamos web server, not NIST.
 
 <P><LI>Get a 
 <A Href="http://www.ncnr.nist.gov/programs/crystallography/software/tclpkgs.html">
 Tcl/Tk</A> distribution<BR>
-I am testing a new version:<BR>
+I am testing a new version (Tcl/Tk v8.2):<BR>
 <A HREF="ftp://ftp.ncnr.nist.gov/pub/cryst/tcltk/tcltk82blt24qwinexec0601.exe">
 ftp://ftp.ncnr.nist.gov/pub/cryst/tcltk/tcltk82blt24qwinexec0601.exe</A>
 (2686464 bytes)
-<BR>or an older version:<BR>
+<BR>or an older version (Tcl/Tk v8.0):<BR>
 <A HREF="ftp://ftp.ncnr.nist.gov/pub/cryst/gsas/win/tcltk80p2+.exe">ftp://ftp.ncnr.nist.gov/pub/cryst/gsas/win/tcltk80p2+.exe</A>
 (3604992 bytes)
@@ -85 +88 @@
 
 <P><B>2. Run the programs</B>
-<UL>Use the file manager or Run command to succesively run, gsaskit.exe,
-tcltk80p2+.exe, and expgui.exe (the order should not matter).
-[N.B. If using expgui_alpha.zip uncompress with a tool such as WinZip 
-into c:\gsas\expgui]
-
-This will cause the files to be unpacked. The default
+<UL>Use a DOS window to run, gsaskit.exe,
+tcltk80p2+.exe, and expgui.exe (the order should not matter):
+<PRE>
+        mkdir c:\gsas
+        chdir c:\gsas
+        c:\temp\gsaskit.exe -d
+        c:\temp\tcltk80p2+.exe
+        c:\temp\expgui.exe
+</PRE>
+
+Note that gsaskit.exe must be run in the location where you want the
+files to be placed and that you must use the -d option. For this
+reason you must know what you are doing to do this from the Windows interface.
+(Using WinZip is another good way to unzip the file with the correct directory structure or to uncompress expgui_alpha.zip). The tcltk80p2+.exe and 
+expgui.exe files can be run from Windows.
+<P>
+The previous steps will cause the files to be unpacked. The default
 locations for installation are:
 <PRE>
@@ -107 +121 @@
 <P><B>3. When needed, install TCLDUMP and EXPTOOL</B>
 <UL>
-If TCLDUMP and EXPTOOL are not already present, 
+If TCLDUMP and EXPTOOL <I>are not already present</I>, 
 place the <tt>tcldump.exe</tt> and 
 <tt>exptool.exe</tt> files in the <tt>exe</tt> directory of GSAS, 
@@ -172 +186 @@
 2. Do I need to modify the PATH, etc in my AUTOEXEC.BAT file?
 <UL>Only if you will use the PC-GSAS or GSAS.BAT menu programs as well.
-If so, do the following (from the GSAS readme file):
+If so, do the following (from the 
+<A HREF="ftp://ftp.lanl.gov/public/gsas/ms-dos/readme.txt">GSAS readme file</A>):
 <BR> 
 <UL><TT>5. Modify the PATH statement in your autoexec.bat file to add C:\GSAS\EXE
@@ -195 +210 @@
 Well, actually the problem is Windows. EXPGUI is pretty zippy in LINUX, but some operations
 (reading a histogram in liveplot for example) can take 3-5 times longer in Windows than in UNIX.
+
+</UL>
+5. When I run one of the GSAS graphics programs (POWPLOT, RAWPLOT,...) the
+program starts, and I can answer questions, but when it comes to the part 
+of the program that should display a plot, I get no plot (and possibly 
+the DOS window disappears without a trace.)
+<UL>
+There are two problems I know of that can cause graphics errors:
+One is that the graphics package (PGPLOT) cannot find the PGPLOT_FONT 
+environment variable (that points to file GRFONT.DAT). EXPGUI does this 
+correctly, unless you are out of environment space (and I don't know how to 
+fix that in Windows.)
+<P>
+The other appears to be a graphics mode problem. Not all modes work 
+on all machines. Try mode A. If you still have problems, see if it is an 
+EXPGUI problem: Try using a plotting program 
+(RAWPLOT is a good choice) from PC-GSAS or GSAS.BAT.  If the plotting 
+program does not work there either, first check PGPLOT_FONT is defined
+(by opening a DOS box and type SET, also see question 2, above.) 
+If the plotting program runs in PC-GSAS or GSAS.BAT but not EXPGUI, you have a
+real EXPGUI bug.
 </UL>
 
 <H2>
 Acknowledgements</H2>
-The version of Tcl/Tk here was compiled by <A HREF="http://www.nist.gov/cgi-bin/exit_nist.cgi?url=http://www.xraylith.wisc.edu/~khan/software/tcl/index.html#tcltk-80p2-ming">Mumit
+The 8.0 version of Tcl/Tk was compiled by <A HREF="http://www.nist.gov/cgi-bin/exit_nist.cgi?url=http://www.xraylith.wisc.edu/~khan/software/tcl/index.html#tcltk-80p2-ming">Mumit
 Khan</A> and the Winexec package, which is needed to allow Tcl/Tk to run
 the GSAS DOS .exe files was created by <A HREF="http://www.nist.gov/cgi-bin/exit_nist.cgi?url=http://www.du.edu/~mschwart/tcl-tk.htm">Michael