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Appendix C. Platform Notes.

The ECP package (with Qt version 4.3.0, 4 .3.1 and Qwt version 5.0.2) was tested extensively under both Windows XP and Linux Fedora Core 7 and for a short time under Mac OS X.
I. Recommendations on installation:
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Windows XP users must have MinGw, Qt and Qwt packages installed on their machine.
   The packages mingw-runtime, w32api, binutils, gcc-core, gcc-g++ and mingw32-make are the minimal requirements for MinGw installation. For such an installation, uncompress the archives of mingw-runtime, w32api, binutils, gcc-core, gcc-g++ and mingw32-make into <MinGWInstalDirectory>. Locate mingw32-make and other MinGwt tools by adding <MinGWInstalDirectory>\bin in the environment variable PATH, i.e., invoke "Control Panel->System->Advanced->Environment variables"; invoke “Edit”, if PATH exists, and add <MinGWInstalDirectory>\bin into Variable value separating it from the other values with semicolon; if PATH does not exist, invoke “New” and type in PATH into Variable name and <MinGWInstalDirectory>\bin into Variable value.
   Uncompress the Qt archive into <QtInstallDirectory>. Locate qmake, moc and other Qt tools by adding <QtInstallDirectory>\bin in the environment variable PATH, i.e., invoke "Control Panel->System->Advanced->Environment variables"; invoke “Edit” and add <QtInstallDirectory>\bin into Variable value separating it from the other values with semicolon. Build the Qt library by executing from the Command Prompt ("All Programs->Accessories->Command Prompt") the following commands
    cd  <QtInstallDirectory>
    configure -platform win32-g++ -release -static -no-qt3support
    make
  Unzip Qwt archive into <QwtInstallDirectory>\temp . Edit qwtconfig.pri by commenting the following lines with # :
    #CONFIG     += QwtDll
    #CONFIG     += QwtSVGItem
    #CONFIG     += QwtMathML
    #CONFIG     += QwtDesigner
and changing the win32 installbase as shown below
  win32 {
        INSTALLBASE    = <QwtInstallDirectory>
    }
Build Qwt by executing from the Command Prompt the following commands :
    cd <QwtInstallDirectory>\temp
    qmake qwt.pro
    make
    make install

Unix/X11 (Linux, Sun Solaris, etc ) and Mac OS X users must have Qt and Qwt packages installed on their machine

Unpack the Qt archive by performing the following commands
cd /tmp
    gunzip qt-x11-opensource-src-x.x.x.tar.gz
    tar xvf qt-x11-opensource-src-x.x.x.tar
where x.x.x. is the Qt version number.  By default, Qt is configured for installation in the  /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-x.x.x. Build Qt by executing the following commands :
    cd  /tmp/qt-x11-opensource-src-x.x.x
    configure -platform linux-g++ -release -static -no-qt3support
    make
    make install
(If you need to reconfigure and rebuild Qt from the same location, ensure that all traces of the previous configuration are removed by entering the build directory and typing
    make confclean
before running the configure script again. Then make .)
Locate qmake, moc and other Qt tools in the environment variable PATH. If the shell is bash add the following lines to .profile:
    PATH=/usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-x.x.x /bin:$PATH
    export PATH
If the shell is csh or tcsh add the following lines to .login and/or to .cshrc or .tcshrc , correspondingly:
    setenv PATH /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-x.x.x /bin:$PATH
In case of some other different shell, modify your environment variables accordingly.    Unpack the Qwt archive by performing the following commands :
    cd /tmp
    bzip2 -d  qwt-x.x.x.tar.bz2
    tar xvf qwt-x.x.x.tar
here x.x.x. is the Qwt version number.  By default, Qwt is configured for installation in the /usr/local/qwt/x.x.x.
Edit qwtconfig.pri by commenting the following lines with # :
    #CONFIG     += QwtDll
    #CONFIG     += QwtSVGItem
    #CONFIG     += QwtMathML
    #CONFIG     += QwtDesigner
and changing the unix installbase as shown below
    unix {
        INSTALLBASE    =  /usr/local/qwt/x.x.x
    }
Build Qwt by executing the following commands
    cd /temp/qwt-x.x.x
    qmake qwt.pro
    make
    make install
II. General notes

Storage of settings
   Users normally expect an application to remember its settings (window sizes and positions, options, etc.) across sessions. This information is often stored in the system registry on Windows, and in XML preferences files on Mac OS X. On Unix systems, in the absence of a standard, many applications (including the KDE applications) use INI text files.
  On Windows, NativeFormat settings are stored in the following registry paths:
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\mitp.ru
  On Linux systems, if the file format is NativeFormat, the following files are used by default:
  $HOME/.config/mitp.ru
 
Creation of a shortcut.
    While installing CompiCat program its shortcut is being created on desktop automatically, which is convenient. It allows invoking programs quickly without using some Files Manager for searching the program.
 Windows:
   Open Windows Explorer and browse to directory ....\ecp\bin, find file named "compicat.exe" and click the right button. Invoke popup menu items "Send To -> Desktop(create shortcut)".  Click the right mouse button on the created shortcut. Invoke popup menu item "Properties". A dialog box "CompiCat Properties" will appear. Click "Change Icon" on "Shortcut" tab and browse to directory ...\ecp\ref and choose "icon.ico".
 KDE Windows Manager:
   Click right mouse button on a free space of desktop. Click popup menu items "Create New -> Link to Application". Type the program name “CompiCat” on General tab. Then change application icon: click on the existing icon; check "Other icons", browse to directory ..../ecp/ref and choose "icon.png". Then go to Application tab, click "Browse" and browse to directory ..../ecp/bin, choose the file named "compicat".

File Associations
     One of the most convenient aspects of a windows system is its ability to automatically link a data file with its application. CompiCat program file associations are being created on installation automatically. When you click on an icon of a file with earthquake catalog in the standard format (i.e., with filename extension "csf"), a Files Manager will start CompiCat program and load the catalog automatically, so that you begin working on it.

 Windows:
 Configure file associations for Windows Manager. Open Windows Manager. Browse directory  ....\ecp\exercises. Find one of file with "csf" extension name.Click right mouse buttton on such file. Invoke popup menu item "Property". A small dialog box "File Name Property" will appear. Push button "Change ..." . Next a small dialog box "Open With" will appear.Push button "Browse ..." , find directory ....\ecp\bin and choose executable file "compicat.exe". Then push "Ok" button and push "Ok" button in "File Name Property" dialog box.

 Linux: KDE Windows Manager:
    Configure file associations for Files Manager (KDE Konqueror program). Open Files Manager and invoke menu item Settings->Configure Konqueror. Choose "File Association" item, push "Add" button. A small dialog box will appear. You select the category "Application" from the drop down box, and type the  mime name "scf" in the blank labeled Type name. Click OK to add the new mime type. Then in General tab of right group box push "Add" button and type the extension *.csf . Then change application icon. Push button with icon. Check "Other icons", browse directory ..../ecp/ref and choose icon "icon.png". Type description Compicat program . Push "Add" button in "Application Prefrence Order" group box. A small dialog box will appear. Open file navigator pushing button "Open File Dialog". browse directory ..../ecp/bin and choose choose file name "compicat". Push "OK" button to confirm your choice.

Temporary directory.
  When CompiCat  program  runs, temporary files created in the system's temporary directory the own tmporay dirctory named ecpTmp-xxxxxx (xxxxx - are the number of seconds that have passed since 1970-01-01 00:00:00).  If program finishes work  normally these files are removed automatically. In other cases this directories  remain on a disk. CompiCat program also deletes the own temporary directories automatically with a daily delay.
 Windows system:
On Windows the  temporary directory  has usually the path in the TEMP or TMP local user environment variable. (C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Temp , where user is user accont name)
 Unix/Linux systems
On Unix/Linux systems the  temporary directory is usually  /tmp;

 Windows:. Reading Comma Separated Values (CSV) Microsoft Excel format files:
There might be a problem in reading CSV format files due to Regional Options and Microsoft Excel International Options, which could be resolved in the following way:
Invoke Start->Control Panel->Regional  and Language Options. Open Regional Options tab and click Customize.



Make sure that Decimal symbol is dot (Full stop; U+002E) and List separator is comma (Comma; U+002C). 
Open Microsoft Excel. Invoke menu item Tools->Options... and open International tab.




Make sure that Use system separators in Number handling is checked on.


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