Getting and Installing Phoenix

Phoenix -- Alpha Release 0.1.6

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 Lee Newberg 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

Get the distribution
- phoenix-0.1.6.tar.gz (1.9 MB), or
- phoenix-0.1.6.tar.Z (2.9 MB).
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.
Decompress and untar the distribution.
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 executable binaries in /usr/local/bin and the Tcl scripts in /usr/local/lib/phoenix. If you wish them to be somewhere else, replace /usr/local with the full path name of the desired location. (Note that you may not use tilde-notation (~) to signify home directories. Also some flavors of UNIX will not let the generated "shell," /usr/local/bin/wiphx, have a path name with too long a length.)
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.
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.
To run phoenix, type phoenix.

Installation Notes

Currently, if you're not directly connected to the internet, you may get into an infinite loop when you start phoenix. To prevent this, remove (or comment out) the line near the end of lib/phoenix/main.tcl which reads
phxW3ModeGoto $tkW3ConfigStartPage

Documentation

The existing help pages are old -- new documentation is on its way. For starters:

A light gray background indicates "edit mode," a dark gray background indicates "browse mode." Browsing features are disabled while editing, and vice-versa.
All features are disabled when you view HTML source. Hit any key to return to the previous mode.
The ability to edit lists is broken.
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.

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