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Created by Laurence Finston Wed Jan 14 18:33:36 CET 2004 |
Created by Laurence Finston Wed Jan 14 18:33:36 CET 2004 |
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%% * Copyright and License. |
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This file is part of GNU 3DLDF, a package for three-dimensional drawing. |
This file is part of GNU 3DLDF, a package for three-dimensional drawing. |
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Copyright (C) 2003, 2004 The Free Software Foundation. |
Copyright (C) 2003, 2004 The Free Software Foundation |
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GNU 3DLDF is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify |
GNU 3DLDF is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify |
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it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by |
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by |
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$Id$ |
$Id$ |
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This file contains information for users of the pre-alpha versions |
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numbered collectively 1.2.0.0. |
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This file contains information for users of the pre-alpha |
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versions numbered collectively 1.2.0.0. |
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See the file `00NEWS' for general descriptions of recent |
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changes. |
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This may be needed (link): |
See the `./ChangeLog' files in the various directories for |
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autom4te.cache -> /tmp/autom4te.cache |
more specific descriptions. The file `./CWEB/ChangeLog' |
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contains descriptions of changes and additions affecting |
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program behavior. The file `./CWEB/freeze.log' contains the |
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log entries for the configurations of my own sources that I |
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freeze using `rcsfreeze'. These entries are usually more |
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general than the entries in the `ChangeLog' file. |
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This directory and the subdirectories `CWEB/', `DOC/' and |
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`DOC/TEXINFO/' each contain a `LOGS/' subdirectory. These |
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subdirectories contain the individual RCS log files for |
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some or all of the files in the directory above. Only files |
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for which I use RCS (Revision Control System) on my own |
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system have such log files. The corresponding `ChangeLog' |
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file duplicates and combines the entries from all of these |
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log files. |
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%% ** Various ways of reading from standard input. |
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%% ** (and a bug that affects one of them). |
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LDF 2004.09.19. |
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It works to simply call `3dldf' and type in input from a shell. |
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This also works: `cat sample0.ldf | 3dldf' |
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This fails: `3dldf < sample0.ldf' |
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When it reads `dotlabel.top("$p$", p);', it swallows the left |
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parenthesis. I believe the best way to fix this is to change `yylex()' |
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and `sub_yylex()' so that input is buffered. I've made a note |
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to myself to do this. |
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%% ** How to update your copies of the source files. |
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LDF 2004.09.09. |
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I don't update the snapshot file, i.e., the compressed |
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archive file |
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`http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/3dldf/3dldf/Group/SNAPSHOTS/3DLDFsnp.tar.gz' |
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as often as I check modified files into the CVS repository. |
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So the best way to keep your copies of the source files |
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up-to-date is to use `cvs update'. Instructions for doing |
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this can be found at `http://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/?group=3dldf'. |
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If anyone would like to receive notifications per email of |
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all commits to the CVS repository, please let me know, and I |
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will arrange to have notifications send to the `help-3dldf' |
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mailing list. |
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%% ** Calling `3dldf'. |
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LDF 2004.09.09. |
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It is now possible to call `3dldf' without arguments and |
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to use it interactively. It is also now possible to use it |
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without the options `multithread-input' and `multithread-output'. |
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It worked to pass multiple filename arguments to `3dldf' with |
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multithreaded input and output the last time I tried it, |
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but I haven't done this for awhile. I don't remember |
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whether I've ever tried this without multithreaded input and output. |
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It shouldn't be necessary to use the suffix `.ldf' for input |
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files. However, it's been awhile since I tested the use of |
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other suffixes, or no suffix, too. |
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%% ** Debugging output |
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LDF 2004.09.05. |
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Instructions for installing 3DLDF can be found in `INSTALL'. |
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Further information can be found in `README'. I have not yet |
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updated the information in these files, beyond changing the |
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version number of the package. However, I believe most of |
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the information in them still applies. |
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To turn off debugging output, run configure with the |
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`--disable-debug-compile' option, i.e., |
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`configure --prefix=<your path>/3DLDF-1.2.0.0/ --disable-debug-compile' |
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Since I am uploading my actual development versions to the |
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public CVS archive, running `3dldf' may otherwise cause a |
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great deal of debugging output to be written to the screen |
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(`stderr', to be precise). The `--disable-debug-compile' |
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option causes the debugging output to not be compiled at |
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all, so this is probably the best thing for people to do, |
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who don't plan to ever look at the source code or run |
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`3dldf' under the control of a debugger. |
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For others who may be interested in the debugging output, |
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it would be best to not use this option. Almost every |
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function and all of the actions in the parser input files |
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define a variable `bool DEBUG'. Setting it to `false' will |
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suppress the debugging output within the scope of that |
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variable. Please contact `help-3dldf@gnu.org', if you need |
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more information. |
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