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- Note: I think there are some problems with the accompanying Visual Tcl
- for HP-UX. We are investigating. In the meantime, the file is left
- here for you to fiddle with if you like, but be forewarned there
- may be some glitches. Sorry. Your patience is appreciated.
- -dionj@sco.com 7/25/95
- =========================================================================
-
- IXI Visual Tcl
- ==============
-
- Welcome to IXI Visual Tcl 1.0C1 for
- HP-UX 9.0.1
-
-
- DESCRIPTION
- ===========
-
- IXI Visual Tcl is a high-level graphical scripting language for graphical
- terminals. IXI Visual Tcl interprets commands and constructs graphical output
- using Motif, allowing the production of sophisticated graphical applications
- without the complexity of Motif.
-
- IXI Visual Tcl is a multi-platform port of SCO Visual Tcl.
-
-
- INSTALLATION
- ============
-
- To install IXI Visual Tcl, do the following:
-
- 1. Choose a directory in which to install IXI Visual Tcl. The
- recommended location is /opt, although you may choose a different
- location if you wish. Move to this directory by typing:
-
- cd /opt
-
- 2. After uncompressing, extract the software by typing the following:
-
- HP-UX: tar xvf cdromdir/tls085.hpux
-
- GENERIC IXI VISUAL TCL DOC:
- tar xvf cdromdir/tls085.ixidoc
-
- replacing cdromdir with the name of your mount directory. See the
- IXI Premier Motif Installation & Release notes for more information.
-
- CONFIGURATION
- =============
-
- If you installed IXI Visual Tcl in the recommended location, IXI Premier Motif
- configures all the appropriate environment variables automatically.
-
- If you installed IXI Visual Tcl in a different location, you should do the
- following to correctly configure your system, replacing tcl_dir with the
- pathname of the directory in which you installed IXI Visual Tcl:
-
- 1. Add the bin directory to your PATH environment variable by typing one
- of the following:
-
- Bourne shell: PATH=tcl_dir/IXIvt10s/bin:$PATH ; export PATH
- C shell: setenv PATH tcl_dir/IXIvt10s/bin:$PATH
-
- 2. Set the VTCL_HOME environment variable by typing one of the following:
-
- Bourne shell: VTCL_HOME=tcl_dir/IXIvt10s/lib/vtcl ; export VTCL_HOME
- C shell: setenv VTCL_HOME tcl_dir/IXIvt10s/lib/vtcl
-
- 3. The remaining environment variables needed by IXI Visual Tcl can now
- be set automatically by typing one of the following:
-
- Bourne shell: . $VTCL_HOME/sh-env
- C shell: source $VTCL_HOME/csh-env
-
- TESTING
- =======
-
- A number of test scripts are provided to test every aspect of IXI Visual Tcl.
- These are located in $VTCL_HOME/tests. To run a test, do the following:
-
- 1. Move to the tests directory by typing the following:
-
- cd $VTCL_HOME/tests
-
- 2. Run the test suite program by typing the following:
-
- vtcl Browse.tcl
-
- 3. You are presented with a list of test scripts. To view a test script,
- click on its name in the list. To run a script, click on the Execute...
- button. To quit the test suite, click on the Close button.
-
- DEMOS
- =====
-
- Demonstration programs are located in $VTCL_HOME/examples. To run a
- demonstration program, do the following:
-
- 1. Move to the examples directory by typing the following:
-
- cd $VTCL_HOME/examples
-
- 2. Run the appropriate program by typing
-
- vtcl demo_name
-
- replacing demo_name with the filename of the demonstration program you
- wish to run.
-
-
- DOCUMENTATION
- =============
-
- Documentation is provided in HTML format for viewing with IXI
- Mosaic. The documentation for IXI Visual Tcl appears as an entry in
- your Book List.
-
- SUPPORT
- =======
-
- All problems may be reported to IXI either by using the problem report form:
-
- http://www.ixi.com/support/bugreport.html
-
- or by sending email to:
-
- support@x.co.uk
-
- Please note however that IXI Visual Tcl is not a supported product.
-
- IXI Visual Tcl HOME PAGE
- ========================
-
- For up-to-date, complete information on IXI Visual Tcl, refer to
- the IXI Visual Tcl home page:
-
- http://www.ixi.com/devt/vtcl/cover.html
-
- or SCO Visual Tcl home page:
-
- http://www.sco.com/Products/vtcl/vtcl.html
-
- Visual Tcl 1.0C1 RELEASE NOTES
- ==============================
-
- 1) SunOS 4.1.x and Solaris 2.x:
-
- * There is no character based display engine. Please ignore
- all references to CHARM, and/or character display server in
- the documentation.
-
- * There is no Help support available, except for Help ON_VERSION.
-
- * The dialog box options -apply and -cancel are only available for
- VtFormDialog and VtFileSelectionDialog.
-
- * If for any reason Visual Tcl hangs, you may need to kill the daemon
- server process and restart your application. This
- also terminates all current vtcl applications connected to the
- server. To kill the daemon server process, do the following:
-
- 1. To discover the process ID number of the daemon, type
- one of the following:
-
- Solaris: ps -elf | grep xm_vtcld
- SunOS: ps -aux | grep xm_vtcld
-
- 2. Kill the process by typing the following:
-
- kill -9 pid
-
- replacing pid with the process ID returned by step 1.
-
-
- 2) SunOS 4.1.x only:
-
- * SunOS limits the number of IXI Visual Tcl shells that can be
- run concurrently to 5. To run more shells concurrently, you
- must increase the value of FIFOCNT and rebuild the
- kernel. You should install patch number 100347 before
- attempting to do this.
-
- * Problems may occur under SunOS if you do not exit your IXI
- Visual Tcl shell cleanly. The VtClose command should always be used
- to exit a shell. Do not attempt to exit a Visual Tcl
- application by sending signals such as SIGKILL or SIGSTOP.
-
- If for some reason you must terminate a script using a
- process ID, do the following:
-
- 1. Identify the process by typing:
-
- ps -aux | grep vtcl
-
- 2. Kill the process by typing:
-
- kill pid
-
- replacing pid with the process ID returned by step 1.
- Note that you should not use `kill -9', as this may
- hang the IXI Visual Tcl server.
-