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| 3 | XRCed README | |
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| 7 | Installation on UNIX | |
| 8 | -------------------- | |
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| 10 | XRCed was developed using Python 2.1.1. xml.dom.minidom module should be | |
| 11 | available. XML support requires Expat package (http://expat.sourceforge.net), | |
| 12 | and you have to uncomment expat lines in Modules/Setup file of Python source: | |
| 13 | ||
| 14 | EXPAT_DIR=$(HOME)/expat | |
| 15 | pyexpat pyexpat.c -I$(EXPAT_DIR)/xmlparse -L$(EXPAT_DIR) -lexpat | |
| 16 | ||
| 17 | wxPython version used was 2.3.1, which itself uses wxGTK 2.3.1. wxPython | |
| 18 | should be modified to support some extra functions. To update it, go to | |
| 19 | wxPython source directory and untar "wxPython-update.tgz" (included with | |
| 20 | xrced) file there. Then recompile (run "b 21" for example) it and install as | |
| 21 | usual (or you can set your environment to use it from the source tree). | |
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| 23 | ||
| 24 | Short manual | |
| 25 | ------------ | |
| 26 | ||
| 27 | To start xrced, change to the directory where you installed it and run | |
| 28 | "python2.1 xrced.py". | |
| 29 | ||
| 30 | To create an object, first you should select some object in the tree (or the | |
| 31 | root item if it's empty) then press the right mouse button and select right | |
| 32 | (in another sense now :) ) command. The pulldown menu is context-dependent on | |
| 33 | the selected object. | |
| 34 | ||
| 35 | XRCed tries to guess if new object should be added as a next sibling or a | |
| 36 | child of current object, depending on the possibility of the object to have | |
| 37 | child objects and expanded state (if tree item is collapsed, new object will | |
| 38 | be sibling). You can change this behavior to create siblings by pressing and | |
| 39 | holding the Control key before clicking the mouse. | |
| 40 | ||
| 41 | Same applies for copy/paste, but at the moment Control key is ignored. | |
| 42 | ||
| 43 | Panel on the right contains object properties. Properties which are optional | |
| 44 | should be "checked" first. XMLID of the object is the textbox to the right of | |
| 45 | the class name. | |
| 46 | ||
| 47 | All properties can be edited as text, and some are supplied with special | |
| 48 | editing controls. | |
| 49 | ||
| 50 | To display the preview window double-click a top-level object (you should | |
| 51 | assign an XMLID to it first). After that, if you select a child object, it | |
| 52 | becomes highlighted, and if you change it, preview is updated when you select | |
| 53 | another item or press Ctrl-R (refresh). To turn off automatic update, toggle | |
| 54 | "View->Auto-refresh" or toolbar auto-refresh button (to the right of refresh | |
| 55 | button). | |
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| 58 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
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| 60 | Copyright 2001 Roman Rolinsky <rolinsky@mema.ucl.ac.be> |