Getting and Installing Phoenix
Phoenix -- Alpha Release 0.1.3
This is free and has been tested on SunSolaris 2.3 and
SunOS4.1.3. If you try to install on these or other platforms
and get errors, please feel free to contact me
for help.
COPYRIGHT 1992, 1993, 1994 by The University of Chicago.
Phoenix is built upon tkWWW 0.9 which is also covered by copyright.
Installation
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Get the distribution
Files ending with
.gz can be expanded with
gunzip from Gnu and those ending with
.Z can be expanded using the UNIX program
uncompress or gunzip.
The links to the current distribution may be purposely broken if
a new version is imminent. In such a case, please try again the
following day.
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Decompress and untar the distribution.
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To compile with "
cc" type:
setenv CC cc
./configure --prefix=/usr/local
make
make install
Use "setenv CC gcc" for compiling with gcc.
This will put the executible binaries in
/usr/local/bin and the Tcl scripts in
/usr/local/lib/phoenix. Note that Phoenix comes
with its own Tcl interpreter so there is no need to install one
on your own. (If you have your own, Phoenix will neither make
use of it, nor overwrite it.)
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Phoenix can be configured so that it will understand which URL's
correspond to files on your local disk. Edit lines 28-52 of
/usr/local/lib/phoenix/config.tcl to tell Phoenix
what it needs to know.
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To run phoenix, type
phoenix.
Documentation
The existing help pages are old -- new documentation is on its
way. For starters:
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A light gray background indicates "edit mode," a dark gray
background indicates "browse mode." Browsing features are
disabled while editing, and vice-versa.
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The ability to edit lists is broken.
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Forms are not editable except that individual pieces may be
deleted from an existing page.
Follow Up
If you find bugs in Phoenix, please let me know.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Lee Newberg, Ph.D.
L-Newberg@UChicago.EDU
http://http.bsd.uchicago.edu/~l-newberg/
Biological Sciences Division, Academic Computing
The University of Chicago
924 E. 57th Street
Chicago, IL 60637-5415
USA