jim@baroque.Stanford.EDU (James Helman) (05/06/91)
FAQ: Some options: 1) Try Dave Tristram's panel library, which is available free from NASA Ames. Unfortunately, to please the bean counters, it isn't available by FTP. You'll need to write for a copy. Panel Request MS T045-1 NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, California 94035 panel-request@nas.nasa.gov 2) FORMS is another package. It's available by anonymous FTP to archive.cs.ruu.nl and perelandra.cms.udel.edu, but I haven't tried it. I've heard it has less variety than the panel library, but is simpler. 3) Are you X-ward bound? If ugliness doesn't bother you, you could use the free Athena Widget set (from the IRIX 3.3 X developer's tape or from ftp to fresnel.stanford.edu). If aesthetics matter, you could buy Motif for that "3D" look. However, both of these require a little more than a mkslider() call. X, you understand. ;-). -jim Jim Helman Department of Applied Physics Durand 012 Stanford University FAX: (415) 725-3377 (jim@KAOS.stanford.edu) Work: (415) 723-9127
dan@doctor.chem.yale.edu (Dan Severance) (05/07/91)
Hi,
Are there any functions out there that define a simple slider
that can be called along the lines of:
call mkslider(slidenum,xscreen_coord,y_screen_coord,minval,maxval)
and val=read_slider(slidenum) ??
Thanks, I'm using the GL libraries (Fortran, but I can deal with C),
on a P.I. 4D-25 soon to be 4D-35..
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Dan Severance
dan@omega.chem.yale.edu
Laboratory of Computational Chemistry
Yale Universityblue@cam.nist.gov (Jim_Blue_x3809) (05/07/91)
I've tried both the Panel library and the Forms library. I prefer the Forms library; in addition, it doesn't have any restrictions on re-distributing.
hultquis@nas.nasa.gov (Jeff P. M. Hultquist) (05/07/91)
In article <8512@fs2.cam.nist.gov> blue@cam.nist.gov (Jim_Blue_x3809) writes:
jh> 1) Try Dave Tristram's panel library, which is available free from
jh> NASA Ames. Unfortunately, to please the bean counters, it isn't
jh> available by FTP. You'll need to write for a copy.
jh> panel-request@nas.nasa.gov
jh>
jh> 2) FORMS is another package. It's available by anonymous FTP to
jh> archive.cs.ruu.nl and perelandra.cms.udel.edu, but I haven't tried it.
jh> I've heard it has less variety than the panel library, but is simpler.
JB> I've tried both the Panel library and the Forms library. I prefer the
JB> Forms library; in addition, it doesn't have any restrictions on
JB> re-distributing.
panel-request> I agree. :-)
Seriously though, either package is fine if all you want is
buttons and sliders. Here is a run-down of the PROS and the
CONS of the two packages:
DISTRIBUTION: the Panel-Lib must be obtained by signing a
release form which prohibits redistribution of either source
or binary. (Arg! Too many lawyers!) FORMS is directly
available and fully redistributable for non-commercial use
(:-) No lawyers!)
SUPPORT: Both packages are free; and so neither package
comes with support. The FORMS library is still being
extended and enhanced; ALL WORK ON THE PANEL LIB HAS
CEASED.
POWER: The panel library is somewhat more flexible; it
has multiply-handled sliders, strip-charts, meters, dials,
and other what-not.
CLEANLINESS: The code in the Panel-Lib is messy in places;
if you are interested in hacking up new sorts of widgets,
I would recommend the FORMS package.
DOCUMENTATION: Both packages have fairly large programmers
manuals. Neither package has much prose in the source.
WHAT I RECOMMEND: Use the FORMS package until IRIX4.0 is
available, then bite the bullet and switch to X.
-- panel-request@nas.nasa.gov
(Jeff Hultquist)
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Jeff Hultquist hultquis@nas.nasa.gov
NASA - Ames Research Center (415) 604-4970
Disclaimer: "I am not a rocket scientist."mg@godzilla.cgl.rmit.oz.au (Mike Gigante) (05/10/91)
blue@cam.nist.gov (Jim_Blue_x3809) writes: >I've tried both the Panel library and the Forms library. I prefer the >Forms library; in addition, it doesn't have any restrictions on >re-distributing. I would *strongly* echo this sentiment. Forms is also easier to read, easier to extend, etc etc etc. MG