[Visualpython-users] Native Mac version of VPython

[Eric A. <Ay...@ma...>]

Hello all,

I'm here at the AAPT meeting, where Bruce Sherwood and Ruth Chabay  
have both suggested I post this information to the list in hopes that  
it helps with the development of a native OSX version of VPython.

There is a program for OSX called AquaTerm:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/unix_open_source/aquaterm.html
http://sourceforge.net/projects/aquaterm/

It's my understanding that this was built to serve as a Mac-native X  
output window for programs that would otherwise need to be run in X.  
I know nothing about its inner workings, but it's supposed to make  
porting from X->OSX easier. I primarily use it for Gnuplot (an X- 
based plotting program) output under OS X. Would this be a simple way  
to get vpython working in OS X without using Xwindows?

I'd be happy to help in any way possible, but my area of expertise  
does not extend to any serious system coding so someone else will  
have to take lead on this. I would LOVE to be able to use vpython  
directly from the terminal with the default OS X install of python...

-EA

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Dr. Eric Ayars
Assistant Professor of Physics
California State University, Chico
ay...@ma...