Changeset 549

Timestamp:

Dec 4, 2009 5:08:02 PM (14 years ago)

Author:

toby

Message:

# on 2002/01/23 19:59:56, toby did:
reference the self-installer
cleanup font references

File:

• trunk/doc/expgui_Win_readme.html (modified) (10 diffs, 3 props)

trunk/doc/expgui_Win_readme.html

@@ -40 +40 @@
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+<P><B>0. A one-step self-installer for Windows</B>
+<DL><DL>
+It is possible to download a single file that installs 
+<a href="http://www.ncnr.nist.gov/xtal/software/gsas.html">GSAS (General Structure Analysis System)</a>
+and 
+<a href="http://www.ncnr.nist.gov/xtal/software/expgui">EXPGUI</a>, 
+as well as the Tcl/Tk package, needed by EXPGUI. This self-installing 
+file uncompresses itself, copies the required files
+to a selected directory and either modifies the <TT>AUTOEXEC.BAT</TT> file
+and/or creates the appropriate registry entries needed to run the programs. 
+A 
+<a href="http://www.ncnr.nist.gov/xtal/software/gsas+expgui.html">separate web page</a>
+details how to use this self-installer, 
+(<a href="ftp://ftp.ncnr.nist.gov/pub/cryst/gsas/gsas+expgui.exe">
+ftp://ftp.ncnr.nist.gov/pub/cryst/gsas/gsas+expgui.exe
+</a> or from CCP14 mirrors). To use this program, refer to these
+<a href="http://www.ncnr.nist.gov/xtal/software/gsas+expgui.html">
+Windows self-installer instructions</a>, rather than the instructions below.
+
+</DL></DL>
 <P><B>1. Download the following files:</B>
 <UL>
@@ -116 +136 @@
 <UL>Use a DOS window to run, gsaskit.exe,
 tcltk82blt24qwinexec0601.exe, and expgui.exe (the order should not matter):
-<PRE>
+<FONT FACE="COURIER"><PRE>
         mkdir c:\gsas
         chdir c:\gsas
@@ -122 +142 @@
         c:\temp\tcltk82blt24qwinexec0601.exe
         c:\temp\expgui.exe
-</PRE>
+</PRE></FONT>
 
 These files can be run from where they are downloaded using the Run command
@@ -130 +150 @@
 The previous steps will cause the files to be unpacked. The default
 locations for installation are:
-<PRE>
+<FONT FACE="COURIER"><PRE>
            gsaskit.exe                     c:\gsas
            tcltk82blt24qwinexec0601.exe    c:\expgui
            expgui.exe                      c:\gsas\expgui
-</PRE>
+</PRE></FONT>
 
 <P>These files can be located on other disks and in directories with
@@ -141 +161 @@
 each directory name <I><U>must</U></I> be 8 characters or less, so
 location
-<tt>Z:\i\think\this\will\work\gsas</tt> should be OK, but
-<tt>C:\longwindows\namesarenotgood\for dos</tt> probably
+<font face="courier">Z:\i\think\this\will\work\gsas</font> should be OK, but
+<font face="courier">C:\longwindows\namesarenotgood\for dos</font> probably
 will not work.
 If these files will be located on a fileserver, the file server
@@ -149 +169 @@
 <P>
 If you downloaded exptool.zip, unpack it and copy it to 
-<tt>c:\gsas\exe</tt>, or if you downloaded exptool.exe, it can be copied 
-directly to <tt>c:\gsas\exe</tt>.
+<font face="courier">c:\gsas\exe</font>, or if you downloaded exptool.exe, it can be copied 
+directly to <font face="courier">c:\gsas\exe</font>.
 </UL>
 <P><B>3. Create a shortcut:</B>
@@ -162 +182 @@
 provide command</LI>
 
-<UL><TT>c:\tcl\bin\wish82.exe c:\gsas\expgui\expgui</TT></UL>
+<UL><FONT FACE="COURIER">c:\tcl\bin\wish82.exe c:\gsas\expgui\expgui</FONT></UL>
 </UL>
 
@@ -201 +221 @@
 http://www.du.edu/~mschwart/tcl-tk.htm) for the GUI to work
 with Windows-95, -98 and -me. Further,
-several utility routines (liveplot and widplt)
+several utility routines (for example, liveplot and widplt)
 require the BLT package to be properly configured as a loadable
 package to run. If you care what vintage of Tcl/Tk you are using, you are
@@ -216 +236 @@
 Note, to add more environment space in Win95/98, add the following line to the 
 CONFIG.SYS file in the root directory 
-<PRE>
+<FONT FACE="COURIER"><PRE>
         SHELL=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM /P /E:4096 
-</PRE>
+</PRE></FONT>
 add the following line to the SYSTEM.INI file (in c:\windows) under
 the heading [NonWindowsApp]
-<PRE>
+<FONT FACE="COURIER"><PRE>
 
         CommandEnvSize=2424 
-</PRE>
+</PRE></FONT>
 (thanks to Louis Farrugia [louis@chem.gla.ac.uk] for this).
 
@@ -260 +280 @@
 real EXPGUI bug and should bug me.
 
-<a name="NetPath"></a></UL>
-4. Can GSAS and EXPGUI be located on a shared network drive?
+</UL>
+<a name="NetPath"></a>
+6. Can GSAS and EXPGUI be located on a shared network drive?
 <UL>
 Yes, but. The path must be mapped to a "logical drive."
 (e.g. F:) since GSAS is basically a set of DOS programs. 
-Likewise, you will have troubles accessing
-experiment and data files on a networked drive unless
-that path is also mapped to a "logical drive."
-EXPGUI will warn you, if you do either.
+EXPGUI will warn you, if you try to do this.
+I am not sure if GSAS will work properly if you can access
+experiment and data files on a networked drive without mapping the
+path to a "logical drive." I have not seen anything that breaks, 
+if you do this, but I have not done much testing.
+</UL>
+
+7. Can I use Windows-ME or Windows-XP with GSAS and EXPGUI?
+<UL>
+I do not have any direct experience with either OS. I am not aware of any 
+problems running EXPGUI & GSAS on -ME. I have heard that there are minor 
+problems with running EXPGUI on -XP -- after GSAS programs are run, EXPGUI
+may remain minimized (on the taskbar) rather than reopen itself. This 
+problem can be avoided by unselecting the "Minimize on GSAS" checkbutton 
+in the Options menu.
+
 </UL>