Changeset 767

Timestamp:

Dec 4, 2009 5:11:41 PM (14 years ago)

Author:

toby

Message:

# on 2004/01/12 19:42:37, toby did:
work in progress

File:

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

trunk/doc/osx.html

@@ -23 +23 @@
 <TR><TH><A  Href="expgui.html">EXPGUI home</A> 
 </TH></TR></TABLE><BR CLEAR=ALL>
-
-<H3>Installing GSAS/EXPGUI under Mac OS X:</H3>
+<CENTER><H1>
+<HR noshade width="75%" size="2" align="center">
+Installing GSAS/EXPGUI under Mac OS X
+<HR noshade width="75%" size="2" align="center">
+</H1></CENTER>
+
 
 These are approximate directions for installing GSAS & EXPGUI on a 
 Macintosh OS X machine. The software has been built using OS X 10.2.6 
 and has been installed successfully on 10.2 and 10.3 machines. 
-Note that most users will probably already have installed X11 and 
+Note that most users will probably have already installed X11 and 
 FINK on their computers. Most OS X books can provide more information
 on how to do this.
@@ -67 +71 @@
      sudo apt-get install tcltk blt libpng3-shlibs
 </PRE>
+(I am probably not the best person to provide help on this either.)
 </DL></DL>
 
@@ -95 +100 @@
 may be created automatically. 
 In this case you can simply move this folder to the desired 
-location. </I>
+location.</I>
 <P>
 <I>
@@ -107 +112 @@
      cd 
      mkdir -p Programs/gsas
-     cd Programs/gsas
+     cd Programs
      tar xvzf ~/Desktop/osx_gsaskit.tar.gz
 </PRE>
@@ -120 +125 @@
 <DL><DL><I>
 At this point you are able to run EXPGUI using the full command name 
-from inside an X11 window by typing a command such as this:
+from inside an X11 window -- by typing a command such as this:
 </I>
 <PRE>
@@ -156 +161 @@
 
 </DL></DL>
-<P><LI><B>Create an AppleScript to run EXPGUI</B>
+<a name="AppleScript">
+</a><P><LI><B>Create an AppleScript to run EXPGUI</B>
 <DL><DL>
 <IMG SRC="osx1.jpg" ALT="EXPGUI menu" ALIGN="RIGHT">
@@ -172 +178 @@
 </DL></DL>
 
-<P><LI><B>Create an Applet to run EXPGUI</B>
+<a name="CompileAppleScript">
+<P><LI><B>Create an Applet/Droplet to run EXPGUI</B>
 <DL><DL>
 If you double-click on the EXPGUI AppleScript, created above, you 
 will open it in the Script Editor, where you can convert it from
 a "Compiled Script" to a "Application". This application can then be 
-used to start EXPGUI if doubled-clicked in a Finder window, on the desktop
-or can even be moved to the dock. To create an application, use the 
-File/Save As menu option and be sure to select "Application" as the Format,
-as is shown below. I suggest that you select the "Never Show Startup Screen"
-option, also. You can call the file anything, although EXPGUI makes a 
-certain amount of sense. You can also put this file anywhere you choose.
+used to start EXPGUI if doubled-clicked in a Finder window or on the desktop.
+You can also drag experiment (.EXP) files onto the icon to launch EXPGUI on 
+those files (if you drag more than one .EXP file, an EXPGUI window is opened 
+for each file -- use with care if you are short on memory).
+<P>
+To create an application from within the Script Editor, use the 
+"File/Save As" menu option and be sure to select "Application" as the Format,
+as is shown below. I suggest that you also select the 
+"Never Show Startup Screen" option, as is also shown below. 
+You can call the file anything, although EXPGUI makes a 
+certain amount of sense. You can put this file anywhere you choose, 
+but either placing it on the dock or desktop makes a lot of sense.
 <P>
 </DL></DL>
@@ -192 +205 @@
 <IMG SRC="expgui.jpg" ALIGN=RIGHT ALT="Sample 128x128 EXPGUI icon">
 <LI>copy into the clipboard whatever image you would like to use, 
-such as the image to the right. (I am hoping 
+such as the image to the right, which can also be 
+found as file .../gsas/expgui.icns. (I am hoping 
 that someone with more talent can contribute something better.)
 <LI>Control-click on the EXPGUI app file
@@ -206 +220 @@
 I would like to solve are: 
 <OL>
-<LI>Is there a way to create an application from an AppleScript, so this can 
-be automated. 
+<LI>Is there a way to create an application, as opposed to a compiled script,
+directly from an AppleScript, so I can do this for the user?
 <LI>Can I associate an icon with an app/script from within an AppleScript 
 (so I can do it automatically)? 
-<LI>How does one create a "droplet" so that one can drop a .EXP file onto 
-the applet and get that file passed into the EXPGUI command line?
 <LI>Are there other (better?) ways to integrate AppleScripts into 
 OS X for easy use.
@@ -299 +311 @@
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+</blockquote>
 <hr>
 <P><font size=-1><a href="mailto:crystal@nist.gov">Questions/Problems: crystal@nist.gov</a>
 <br>
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