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README 5/08/90
Composite Tool
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BEFORE YOU BEGIN
Please read the README.FIRST file - found at the root level of this server -
for general information and instructions on unarchiving and uncompressing
files (files with the ".sit", ".hqx", ".zip", ".tar", and ".Z" extensions).
The README.BROCHURE also contains helpful descriptions of this and other
software offered on the ftp server.
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COMPOSITE TOOL
This README is in the anonymous ftp directory for Version 1.1 of CompositeTool
for the Sun Workstation.
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NEW FEATURES
1. Support for the full line of Sun Architectures. This includes
the Sun-3, Sun-4, and Sun386i.
2. Support ONLY for SunOS 4.x. Please let us know if 3.x support on
the Sun-3 is critical. CompositeTool 1.1 has NOT been tested under
SunOS 3.x. We guarantee that it will not work completely
reliably under 3.x because of changes in the OS!
3. Is upward compatiable with CompositeTool 1.0. All the features
that worked under 1.0 should work under 1.1.
4. Includes full NCSA HDF (Hierarchical Data Format) support. The
HDF routines are included as part of the distribution.
5. There are no embedded parameters in the source distribution. They
are now handled through Sun User Defaults database mechanism.
6. A number of cosmetic changes have been made. In particular,
panel fonts are selected from the user defaults database so that
one can now run CompositeTool in a SunView Environment with
different fonts outside of CompositeTool. You still don't have
control over the font of the frame labels because that remains a
limitation of SunView.
7. Great care has been made to simplify the installation. There is
one Makefile with two targets: personal and system. Run personal
to produce a working local version first and then run system as
root for the system wide version once you are satisified that the
local version works out. READ THE MAKEFILE BEFORE DOING ANYTHING!
It will save you some grief especially on the Sun-4. The
instructions are relatively painless. Please do not be intimidated
by the actual details of the script.
8. The Read_Defaults_Database false problem has been solved so as
long as the CompositeTool master database has been installed
a user need never have to worry about the state of her private
database when trying to use CompositeTool at anytime.
9. When reading program settings from a file any file which does
not exist is searched for in the directory of the settings file
as a last resort. One now has the ability to move a composite
around as a directory of files and not be tied to only absolute
pathnames.
11. On Sun systems with a monochrome overlay plane the startup logo
will only flash at best unless you run SunView with the
-8bit_color_only option.
12. Testing:
Sun-3/160, Sun-3/110 SunOS 4.0.3
Sun386i/250 SunOS 4.0.1
Sun-4/150 SunOS 4.0.3
13. Claim:
Should work fine on the new SparcStations and the new
68030 based workstations without change. Let us know
if it does or does not!
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INSTALLATION NOTES
File: CompositeTool1.1.src.tar.Z
Contents:
./v1.1.dist - Distribution directory with contents listed below.
CompositeTool.d - Master Defaults Database file for CompositeTool. This
is modified during system installation and copied
to the directory /usr/lib/defaults.
HDF/ - NCSA HDF (Hierarchical Data Format) directory
containing all the source and makefile to create
the libdf.a library.
Makefile - Makefile for installing CompositeTool.
compositetool.c - Source of CompositeTool 1.1.
samples/ - Directory of 6 sample composites, one per directory.
demo.null/ - Settings file is file demo.null
demo.session.a/ - Settings file is file demo.session.a
demo.session.b/ - Settings file is file demo.session.b
demo.session.c/ - Settings file is file demo.session.c
logos/ - Settings file is file logos
sinx_siny/ - Settings file is file sinx_siny
logo.hdf - 308x219 logo image and palette in HDF format.
pal_initial.raw - Initial 256-color raw palette loaded after the
logo with its palette are displayed on startup.
1. Put copy of CompositeTool1.1.tar.Z in your current directory.
2. Space required in this directory to continue:
2.1 Extracted files from compressed tar file
~ 1.2 MB
2.2 Personal installation - additional
~ .6 MB Sun-3
~ .6 MB Sun386i
~ .6 MB Sun-4
Some of this is recovered because the compositetool.o
is removed.
2.3 System installation - no space is used in this
directory unless you so designate it in the Makefile.
PLEASE NOTE THAT TEMPORARY SPACE IS REQUIRED TO DO EITHER
INSTALLATION. Consult the Makefile in the distribution for
approximate sizes.
3. Execute:
zcat CompositeTool1.1.tar.Z | tar xvfB -
to extract the directory ./v1.1.dist
and place it in your current directory.
4. Execute:
cd v1.1.dist
and read the documentation in the Makefile carefully.
5. For a personal installation:
5.1 Change any required macros (only one at most) in the
Makefile.
5.2 Execute:
make personal
. . . messages . . .
The executable, compositetool, is now ready to execute
in SunView IN THIS DIRECTORY! If you move out of this
directory you will have to change some personal defaults
by either editing $HOME/.defaults or executing
defaultsedit
in SunView and changing them.
6. For a system installation:
6.1 Change any required macros (only at most three) in the
Makefile.
6.2 Become superuser by executing:
su root
password: <fill in>
6.3 Execute:
make system
. . . messages . . .
6.4 Add the system directory where compositetool and
associated files were installed to your search path
by editing either your .login/.cshrc file or .profile
file.