Re: [Visualpython-users] VPython on Leopard

[Ruth C. <rwc...@nc...>]

It was visual-py24.  (Because I'm trying to understand the issues facing 
professors who have their students using VPython on computers in the 
instructional laboratories, I've tried to stick to versions they could 
reasonably expect to install on clusters of 10-30 computers.  As far as 
I can tell, only a source version of visual-py25 is available; doing a 
source install on 30 computers isn't a real option.)

I'll try visual-py25. If visual-py25 does work with Leopard's X11, is 
there a chance a binary version will become available?

    Ruth

Martin Costabel wrote:
> Ruth Chabay wrote:
>> I upgraded to Leopard on my new Mac, and VPython stopped working -- 
>> some programs ran, but mouse input was ignored, so one could not zoom 
>> or rotate.  A little Googling revealed that X11 is indeed broken on 
>> Leopard.  Various workarounds are discussed on the net, including 
>> removing the Leopard version of X11 and reinstalling the Tiger 
>> version.   I haven't yet managed to do this successfully. If anyone 
>> has successfully worked around this, I'd like to hear about it.
> 
> Which version of vpython are you talking about?
> For me, Fink's visual-py25-3.2.9-1003 works on Leopard, with Leopard's 
> X11. As for the beta versions, the last one I tried to make work was 
> 4.beta16, and it didn't work, same as the other ones I tried before it.
> 

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Ruth Chabay
Professor of Physics
North Carolina State University

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