From: Joe H. <hea...@ct...> - 2004-07-23 20:09:02
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I am very pleased to report that I was able to build Visual and VPython from the latest source on Mac OS 10.3.4 with no major problems. I used the mkdist_osx.sh script for the entire process. I now have an extra copy of gcc on my system, but it doesn't seem to interfere with anything as far as I can tell. The build process seemed to bring my entire system to a grinding halt (quite literally) during compilation of the vector array stuff. I've no idea why. I shut down and restarted and reran the script and all worked just fine. It appears that my previous VPython installation was completely overwritten, which is what I would have expected. The help facility doesn't work within IDLE, but I think I have an old email somewhere explaining how to fix that. I note that VPython windows seem "snappier" and more responsive than in the version I was using. The new crystal.py demo is simply amazing. I've not yet tried a program with a graph to see if those issues have been cleared up, but I'll try tonight or tomorrow. Cheers, Joe Heafner -- Astronomy/Physics Instructor (by some definitions) |