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From: fabio trovato (fabiotrovato_at_gmail.com)
Date: Thu Nov 07 2019 - 03:07:59 CST

Dear John,
Thank you for your kind reply and the work you're doing. If i can be of any
help in testing the new version, let me know.
Regards,
Fabio

Il gio 7 nov 2019, 06:42 John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> ha scritto:

> Hi,
> There is much more involved than simply compiling VMD. The crux of
> getting a good 64-bit build actually has little to do with VMD itself and
> everything to do with Tcl/Tk and FLTK, which are libraries that VMD
> depends on. We have a Mac test system running catalina that we're
> using for testing. I hope to make an test build available to people
> shortly after we have had an opportunity to validate it to at least
> some degree.
>
> Best,
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Mon, Nov 04, 2019 at 03:50:29PM +0000, Goedde, Chris wrote:
> > This has been discussed a few times, see for example:
> >
> > https://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/mailing_list/vmd-l/31010.html
> >
> > https://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/mailing_list/vmd-l/31136.html
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > > On Nov 1, 2019, at 8:43 PM, fabio trovato <fabiotrovato_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > Dear VMD developers,
> > > The 1.9.4 version of VMD sadly does not work on MacOS Catalina. I am
> wondering if you are planning to release a new version, as already asked by
> others.
> > > For some of us working in the research field, VMD is a fundamental
> tool. As an alternative, can you suggest/provide a script for compiling
> VMD? The compilation seems not so intuitive and a script would for sure
> help.
> > > Thank you, Fabio
> > >
> >
>
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