[chimera-dev] Delphi

[Eric Pettersen]

On Wednesday, July 17, 2002, at 03:30 PM, Alexandra Schnoes wrote:

> I've been trying to use the DelPhiController (on a linux machine) and
> discovered that /pub/share/delphi/exe/delphi has been hard-coded into the
> path. Since 'delphi' is what DelPhi calls the IRIX compiled code and
> 'delphiLinux' is what the linux compiled version is called, I am assuming
> that the DelPhiController can only be used on SGIs. Is this correct? If so
> may I heartily request the extension to linux.

Hi Alexandra,
	The DelPhiController doesn't have a specific path hard-coded, it just 
tries to execute 'delphi'.  From what you wrote, I'm guessing that on the 
machine you're using, there is a 'delphi' located in /pub/share/delphi/exe,
  and that that delphi is the IRIX version.  There is also a 'delphiLinux' 
(possibly in that same directory?) which is what you would prefer to 
execute.
	Now correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that delphi is normally 
called 'delphi' on all platforms and was renamed in the Cohen group to 
avoid a name conflict between the two versions.  If that's the case then I 
think the default DelPhiController behavior is correct, though once it 
determined it couldn't find 'delphi' it could offer the user the chance to 
try a different name.
	Until that happens, you can work around the problem.  In some directory 
earlier on your execution path than /pub/share/delphi/exe put a symbolic 
link named 'delphi' that points to /pub/share/delphi/exe/delphiLinux (if 
that's the directory where delphiLinux is located).  I can send you 
directions for doing this if you tell me what shell you use (csh, tcsh, etc.
).

                         Eric Pettersen
                         UCSF Computer Graphics Lab
                         pett at cgl.ucsf.edu
                         http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu