[Jactr-developer] jACT-R Release..

[Anthony M. H. <an...@pi...>]

Long waits are over (at least one of them). There is a new release of 
jACT-R. New, improved, faster, better, stronger. The core has been 
revamped. The gui is now running within the open source IDE Eclipse. 
Eclipse must be installed to use all the nice bells and whistles. If 
you are hard core, you can still use the command line [if so, let me 
know and I'll put together some docs]

Installation instructions:
	1) Download Eclipse : http://eclipse.org/downloads/index.php
	2) Start up Eclipse and Add a new installation location:
		Menu Help -> Software Updates -> Find and Install..
			Search for new features to install -> New Remove Site...
			Name: jACT-R  Site: 
http://simon.lrdc.pitt.edu/~harrison/jactr/eclipse/
		from there it's fairly obvious.
	3) Restart
	4) To help you get started with jACT-R in Eclipse, I've created some 
quick and dirty help docs
		Menu Help -> Cheat Sheets.. -> ACT-R -> ACT-R and Eclipse
		ACT-R and Eclipse : covers the basics
		ACT-R Models and Reality : covers some more advanced issues dealing 
with
			multiple models, whacky interfaces to 'reality', time control, and 
the like.
		
You can install the spatial support, but it is currently incomplete. 
[next few days should see the release.. and i'll bust my hump up to the 
poster session to get any existing models up and running in the new 
system - just send them to me]

You may notice that Eclipse is a fairly big beast. It is a complete 
Java development environment - I could trim it down so that it is just 
enough to run jACT-R - but the way it is set up now, if you want to 
muck around with any of the guts, you can import the org.jactr plugins 
into Eclipse and tweak away.

If you experience any problems (other than those related to the spatial 
extension) bounce me a line.

For now, I'm pouring myself a drink.


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     "The unexamined life isn't worth living;
          however, the over-examined life isn't living."

     Anthony M. Harrison, M.S.
     Research Assistant
     Learning Research & Development Center
     University of Pittsburgh

     an...@pi...
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