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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Thu Dec 31 2020 - 12:00:07 CST

Hi,
  Thanks for the note about the full-screen crash. This occurs on x86 too,
so it's likely some issue with the latest developmental version of FLTK
that I had to use for Big Sur compatibility. I've noted this and will
revisit when I do the next round of VMD test builds.

Best,
  John Stone

On Tue, Dec 22, 2020 at 09:37:26PM +0000, Tai Bui wrote:
> Hi John,Â
> Thank you very much for your effort. I just want to report one issue I
> have with the latest version of VMD for M1 Mac. VMD just crashes whenever
> I open it in full screen mode.
> Here is a screenshot:
> [1]image.png
> Merry Christmas!
> Best regards,
> Tai
> On Mon, 14 Dec 2020 at 17:41, Pacci Evaristo, Felipe Fabricio
> <[2]felipepacci_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi John,
> I will install the Big Sur version and test it. Thanks again for your
> help! I really appreciate it!
> Best,
> Felipe.
> On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 10:56 AM John Stone <[3]johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu>
> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> Â They are "alpha" versions, which is to say, less finished and/or
> less stable than "beta" versions. Since I had to compile these using
> pre-release versions of FLTK and Tcl/Tk, to get updates and bug fixes
> required for compatibility MacOS Big Sur and the new ARM64 hardware
> even if VMD was stable, the underlying GUI toolkit codes used for
> these builds are not yet at the same degree of stability and testing
> as the rest of VMD is.
>
> Best,
> Â John Stone
> Â [4]vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 10:37:03AM -0500, Pacci Evaristo, Felipe
> Fabricio wrote:
> >Â Â Hi John,
> >Â Â Wonderful! Thank you so much for doing that!
> >Â Â Are the new macOS versions posted the final Ã* ones or beta
> tests for now?
> >Â Â Thanks,
> >Â Â Felipe.
> >Â Â On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 3:12 AM John Stone
> <[1][5]johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:
> >
> >Â Â Â Dear VMD-L,
> >Â Â Â Ã*Â I have just posted new test builds of VMD compiled with
> >Â Â Â developmental FLTK cross-platform GUI libraries and Tcl/Tk
> >Â Â Â versions that appear to run correctly on the latest
> >Â Â Â MacOS Big Sur operating system.
> >
> >Â Â Â Beyond just the usual 64-bit build for Intel x86, I've
> >Â Â Â also posted the first build of VMD that runs natively
> >Â Â Â on the new Apple ARM-based "M1" Mac models:
> >Â Â Â Ã*Â [2][6]https://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/alpha/
> >
> >Â Â Â Since both versions are compiled from literally the latest
> >Â Â Â available developmental versions of FLTK, Tcl/Tk, there
> could
> >Â Â Â be new bugs that didn't affect prior test builds.
> >
> >Â Â Â I expect to post a new 64-bit Windows build as soon as I
> >Â Â Â complete building and testing a new Windows installer
> compilation.
> >
> >Â Â Â Best regards,
> >Â Â Â Ã*Â John Stone
> >Â Â Â Ã*Â [3][7]vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> >
> >Â Â Â --
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> >Â Â Â [5][8]http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/Ã*Â Ã*Â Ã*Â Ã*Â Ã*Â
> Ã* Phone: 217-244-3349
> >Â Â Â [6][9]http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/Ã*Â Ã*Â Ã*
> >
> >Â Â --
> >Â Â Felipe Fabricio Pacci Evaristo
> >Â Â Mobile: +1(773)569-2978
> >Â Â Email: [7][10]felipepacci_at_gmail.com
> >Â Â Skype: felipepacci
> >
> > References
> >
> >Â Â Visible links
> >Â Â 1. mailto:[11]johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> >Â Â 2. [12]https://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/alpha/
> >Â Â 3. mailto:[13]vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> >Â Â 4.
> [14]https://www.google.com/maps/search/405+N.+Mathews+Ave,+Urbana,+IL+61801?entry=gmail&source=g
> >Â Â 5. [15]http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/
> >Â Â 6. [16]http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/
> >Â Â 7. mailto:[17]felipepacci_at_gmail.com
>
> --
> NIH Center for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics
> Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
> University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
> [18]http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/Â Â Â Â Â Â Phone: 217-244-3349
> [19]http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/Â Â Â
>
> --
> Felipe Fabricio Pacci Evaristo
> Mobile: +1(773)569-2978
> Email: [20]felipepacci_at_gmail.com
> Skype: felipepacci
>
> References
>
> Visible links
> 2. mailto:felipepacci_at_gmail.com
> 3. mailto:johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> 4. mailto:vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> 5. mailto:johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> 6. https://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/alpha/
> 7. mailto:vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> 8. http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/%C3%82
> 9. http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/%C3%82
> 10. mailto:felipepacci_at_gmail.com
> 11. mailto:johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> 12. https://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/alpha/
> 13. mailto:vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> 14. https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.google.com/maps/search/405*N.*Mathews*Ave,*Urbana,*IL*61801?entry=gmail&source=g__;KysrKysr!!DZ3fjg!u957dR1wFq-cU4pDE8vzRnOPns_zLhWVrYgcZ0qqH8XCi-2oZ-z9QRaIFsP1eOJM$
> 15. http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/
> 16. http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/
> 17. mailto:felipepacci_at_gmail.com
> 18. http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/
> 19. http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/
> 20. mailto:felipepacci_at_gmail.com 

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