Re: [Closed REQ 5358]: Request:library for Linux

["Daeron Meyer" <daeron>]

> 
> Message-Id: <199504190542.PAA06308 at judasa2.eng.monash.edu.au>
> To: software@geom
> Subject: Request:library for Linux
> Date: Wed, 19 Apr 1995 15:42:05 +1000
> From: Masahiro Takatsuka <masa at judasa2.eng.monash.edu.au>
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Thank you for your great work!! I love Geomview!
> 
> I reacently upgraded my Linux from 1.0.9 to 1.2.1(kernel version).
> And I tryied compile geomview including libraries so that I can compile my external module but I couldn't make libraries work.
> 
> First, I compiled libraries and ,then, tried to compile geomview and got errors.  The errors are basicaly saying cannot find mgdevice_x11, mgx11_setRGB and mgx11_RGB.
> So I installed binary pack of geomview and decided to use compiled library.
> I tried an example1 and it worked fine.
> Next, I tried example3 and it compiled O.K. but didn't run proparly.
> When I executed example3, if I click on the edge, example3 recognize and returned info. to display one littlebox and two-blue-littlebox to display.  But when I click other points such as middle of the face and vertex, the example3 hangs!!
> I even tried original "nose" module.
> I compiled "nose" from source distribution and tried and got same result.
> 
> If you can provide the libraries with header files for Linix as library distribution, I'd really appriciate it.
> 
> Regards,
> Masa
> 
> 

Hello Masahiro,

Thank you for your input on the Linux version of Geomview. We have
thought about how to split up the next release of Geomview and may
indeed provide the libraries and header files separately. Also, the
bugs you mentioned with external modules are a little disturbing.
There may have been some internal changes in the handling of file
pointers that could have broken the code. We'll have to install
Linux 1.2.1 and check out the modules you mentioned. Thanks again!

Daeron Meyer
daeron at geom.umn.edu