Changeset 357

Timestamp:

Dec 4, 2009 5:04:47 PM (14 years ago)

Author:

toby

Message:

# on 2000/12/22 19:17:42, toby did:
testing Tcl/Tk? FAQ added

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• trunk/doc/expgui_Unix_readme.html (modified) (2 diffs, 3 props)

trunk/doc/expgui_Unix_readme.html

@@ -41 +41 @@
 </A> for installation instructions. Please note that EXPGUI seems to run very 
 slowly in Tcl/Tk version 8.1, but OK in 8.0 and 8.2.
+Also see <a href="#testtcltk">below</a> on how to test if Tcl/Tk is properly
+installed.
 <P>
 Likewise, I will assume you have also loaded the appropriate GSAS release, if not see 
@@ -183 +185 @@
 </PRE>
 
+<a name="testtcltk"></a><H3>
+Is Tcl/Tk installed already?</H3>
+To test if Tcl/Tk is installed correctly on your system 
+do the following commands. Commands are in <tt>typewriter</tt> font, computer responses are in <I>italics</I> and comments are in this font but are <U>underlined</U> comments.
+<UL>
+<TABLE>
+<TR><TD><tt>[tammy@beryl tammy]$ wish</tt></TD>
+<TD><U>(note a window is created)</U></TD></TR>
+<TR><TD><tt><I>%</I> set tcl_version</TD></TR>
+<TR><TD><tt><I>8.0</I></tt></TD>
+<TD><U>(8.0 is the Tcl/Tk version number. EXPGUI requires 8.0 or higher)</U></TD></TR>
+<TR><TD><tt><I>%</I> package require BLT</tt></TD></TR>
+<TR><TD><tt><I>2.4</I></tt></TD>
+<TD><U>(2.4 is the BLT package version number. 
+EXPGUI requires 2.3 or higher. 
+If you get "can't find package BLT" then 
+BLT is not installed [properly] on your system)</U></TD></TR>
+<TR><TD><tt><I>%</I> blt::graph .g</tt></TD></TR>
+<TR><TD><tt><I>.g</I></tt></TD>
+<TD><U>(nothing happens. You should not get an error message here.)</U></TD></TR>
+<TR><TD><tt><I>%</I> pack .g</tt></TD>
+<TD><U>(now a graph is displayed)</U></TD></TR>
+<TR><TD><tt><I>%</I> Blt_ZoomStack .g</tt></TD>
+<TD><U>(if error message: invalid command name "Blt_ZoomStack" appears
+there is a problem with your BLT installation, see below.)</U></TD></TR>
+</TABLE>
+There is a common problem with the pkg_Index.tcl file in BLT that makes 
+the Blt_ZoomStack command inaccessible, see my updated copy
+<A HREF="ftp://ftp.ncnr.nist.gov/pub/cryst/tcltk/BLT2.4_pkgIndex.tcl">
+ftp://ftp.ncnr.nist.gov/pub/cryst/tcltk/BLT2.4_pkgIndex.tcl
+</A> for an example that works. Also see the 
+<A HREF="http://www.ncnr.nist.gov/programs/crystallography/software/tclpkgs82linux.html">
+Compiling Tcl/Tk 8.2.3 & packages for Linux</A> example of how to install.
+</UL>
 <hr>
 <A Href="http://www.ncnr.nist.gov/programs/crystallography/software/gsas.html">