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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Thu Jan 26 2006 - 14:24:30 CST

Hi,
  I don't know why the Tk widgets work fine in one LOCALE and not the other.
As I mentioned before, I haven't done much at all with internationalization,
and certainly not with FLTK or Tcl/Tk, so there may be various problems with
the way the Tk code is initializing itself when you're using another LOCALE
setting other than "C" or one of the western settings. Out of curiosity,
what was your LOCALE setting in both cases, and how did you change it in
your installation? (environment variable, or some system-wide setting
elsewhere?)

Thanks,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 07:53:39AM +0900, Hideki Hatanaka wrote:
> Dear John,
>
> thank you very much!
> I changed Language at the System Settings, and logged in again,
> and I have found I can input Hostname in the IMD Connection window!
>
> But (out of curiosity) why does RMSD Calculator work well in both
> languages ... ?
>
> Sincerely yours,
>
> Hideki
>
> At 16:32 06/01/24 -0600, John Stone wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> > Fascinating. Do you experience any of these problems with other
> >packages? What do you have your LOCALE set to in this Linux installation.
> >VMD, Tk, and FLTK don't have much in the way of internationalization, so
> >this may be the cause of the problem.
> >
> > John
> >
> >On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 07:18:36AM +0900, Hideki Hatanaka wrote:
> >> Dear John,
> >>
> >> I have just tried the 32 bit version (LINUX.opengl) after removing
> >> /usr/local/bin/vmd and /usr/local/lib/vmd, but the situation doesn't
> >> change.
> >>
> >> Sincerely yours,
> >>
> >> Hideki
> >>
> >> At 16:08 06/01/24 -0600, John Stone wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> >Out of curiosity, what happens if you run the regular 32-bit version of
> >> >VMD on this same machine?
> >> >
> >> > John Stone
> >> > vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> >> >
> >> >On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 07:03:23AM +0900, Hideki Hatanaka wrote:
> >> >> Dear John,
> >> >>
> >> >> Thank you very much for your quick reply.
> >> >>
> >> >> >what do you get (outside of VMD, not inside) if you type:
> >> >> > echo $TCL_LIBRARY
> >> >>
> >> >> I get a blank line.
> >> >>
> >> >> >that you describe below. I'll check the AutoIMD plugin
> >> >> >and see if that's a problem that's been fixed previously
> >> >> >in the VMD 1.8.3 plugin update or not.
> >> >>
> >> >> Thank you for your time.
> >> >>
> >> >> >Since you're running the 64-bit Linux build, you may also wish
> >> >> >to try one of the test versions of VMD 1.8.4 and see if it
> >> >> >runs better for you.
> >> >>
> >> >> I have just tried 1.8.4b6 LINUXAMD64 version, but the situation
> >> >> doesn't change.
> >> >>
> >> >> I agree with you that it may be a Tcl/Tk system.
> >> >>
> >> >> Sincerely yours,
> >> >>
> >> >> Hideki
> >> >>
> >> >> At 15:37 06/01/24 -0600, you wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> >Hi,
> >> >> > On your linux system, do you have anything set for
> >> >> >your TCL_LIBRARY environment variable? At a shell prompt,
> >> >> >what do you get (outside of VMD, not inside) if you type:
> >> >> > echo $TCL_LIBRARY
> >> >> >
> >> >> >It's possible you're picking up a broken or incompatible
> >> >> >Tcl/Tk library. That would explain why you're unable to enter
> >> >> >text into various Tk input fields, but the AutoIMD issue
> >> >> >could also be related to the script changes you had to make
> >> >> >that you describe below. I'll check the AutoIMD plugin
> >> >> >and see if that's a problem that's been fixed previously
> >> >> >in the VMD 1.8.3 plugin update or not.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >Since you're running the 64-bit Linux build, you may also wish
> >> >> >to try one of the test versions of VMD 1.8.4 and see if it
> >> >> >runs better for you.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >Thanks,
> >> >> > John Stone
> >> >> > vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> >> >> >
> >> >> >On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 06:30:43AM +0900, Hideki Hatanaka wrote:
> >> >> >> Dear Sirs,
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> I would appreciate it if you could help me.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> I am very happy with VMD on my Windows PC and Mac OS X, but I have
> >> >> >> been troubled with VMD on my Linux machine.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> I installed vmd-1.8.3.bin.LINUXAMD64 on my Dell Precision 670 with
> >> >> >> 64bit Xeon CPU and RedHat Linux Enterprise version 4, but I can't
> >> >> >> input any character at the "Hostname" line in the "IMD Connection"
> >> >> >> window.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> I can't input the port number either.
> >> >> >> Inputting "imd connect localhost 2030" at the vmd console window
> >> >> >> works well.
> >> >> >> Changing imdmenu.tcl to include "variable hostname localhost" and
> >> >> >> "variable port 2030" also works well and then IMD starts.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> I can't input characters in many other extensions, such as
> >> >> >> Ramachandran Plot, PDB Database Query, AutoIMD etc., but the
> >> >> >> selection window in RMSD Calculator allows inputs.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> I would appreciate it if you could give me advice.
> >> >> >> Is my Tcl/Tk environment abnormal?
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Sincerely yours,
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Hideki Hatanaka
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Associate Professor
> >> >> >> Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Address: Division of Structural Biology
> >> >> >> Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University
> >> >> >> 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
> >> >> >> E-mail: hideki_at_sls.kyushu-u.ac.jp FAX: +81-92-642-6764
> >> >> >
> >> >> >--
> >> >> >NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics
> >> >> >Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
> >> >> >University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
> >> >> >Email: johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu Phone: 217-244-3349
> >> >> > WWW: http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/ Fax: 217-244-6078
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Associate Professor
> >> >> Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University
> >> >>
> >> >> Address: Division of Structural Biology
> >> >> Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University
> >> >> 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
> >> >> E-mail: hideki_at_sls.kyushu-u.ac.jp FAX: +81-92-642-6764
> >> >
> >> >--
> >> >NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics
> >> >Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
> >> >University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
> >> >Email: johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu Phone: 217-244-3349
> >> > WWW: http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/ Fax: 217-244-6078
> >>
> >>
> >> Associate Professor
> >> Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University
> >>
> >> Address: Division of Structural Biology
> >> Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University
> >> 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
> >> E-mail: hideki_at_sls.kyushu-u.ac.jp FAX: +81-92-642-6764
> >
> >--
> >NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics
> >Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
> >University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
> >Email: johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu Phone: 217-244-3349
> > WWW: http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/ Fax: 217-244-6078
>
>
> Associate Professor
> Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University
>
> Address: Division of Structural Biology
> Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University
> 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
> E-mail: hideki_at_sls.kyushu-u.ac.jp FAX: +81-92-642-6764 

-- 
NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
Email: johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu                 Phone: 217-244-3349
  WWW: http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/      Fax: 217-244-6078