stickler@cc.helsinki.fi (01/29/91)
I've been trying to install RCS (Rochester Connectionist Simulator) on a Sony NEWS workstation (BSD 4.3, X11R3); however, there seems to be an X11 include file missing from my system. The distribution for version 4.2 pl0 for RCS expects the existence of the include file /usr/include/X11/VPanedP.h which is missing from my system and also is not part of the MIT X11R4 distribution. The include file VPaned.h (which does exist) states that it is obsolete due to the inclusion of Paned.h -- since there is also a PanedP.h, I attempted to substitute that for VPanedP.h, which enabled me to finish compiling the simulator. All portions/examples of the simulator which do not require the graphical interface module(s) work fine; however, if I try to start one of the examples which use the X11 interface, I get an error stating that a widget has been defined with 'either zero width or height'. So, I have two questions -- what is this VPanedP.h include file and why is it not in either my X11R3 system or the MIT X11R4 dist? -- and, how can I either find this include file or find a patch so that I can use the newer PanedP.h file? Since I ftp'd my copy of RCS 4.2pl0 directly from Rochester last week, I doubt that there is a more recent version (4.2 seems to be late 1989); but if there *is* a more recent version - particularly for X11R4 - I would greatly appreciate being told where to find it. Please email suggestions/hints/ideas/solutions to me and I will post a 'fix-it' guide (if I ever get it 'fixed'). Thanks, ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Patrick Stickler University of Helsinki stickler@cc.helsinki.fi //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
bukys@cs.rochester.edu (Liudvikas Bukys) (01/30/91)
As explained in the pub/simulator/README file on cayuga.cs.rochester.edu, the email address for bug reports and questions regarding the Rochester Connectionist Simulator is <simulator-bugs@cs.rochester.edu>. The file pub/simulator/INDEX describes all of the files available for FTP. One of those is pub/simulator/rcs_v4.2.patch.1, which is a set of patches which allows the simulator to compile under either X11R3 or X11R4. The patch file is a large one, so it is best applied in an automated fashion by the notorious "patch" program by Larry Wall. A new version was recently announced, and is available on prep.ai.mit.edu as pub/gnu/patch-2.0.12u3.tar.Z. Liudvikas Bukys <simulator-bugs@cs.rochester.edu>