From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Tue Mar 03 2009 - 15:42:19 CST

Irene,
  When I change our test builds from "alpha" to "beta", I'll likely
post a beta version on the main download page.

Cheers,
  John

On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 11:37:48AM -1000, Irene Newhouse wrote:
>
> Yes!! I got the latest build & I can type into a Tk box.
>
> Maybe someone could update the regular download web page with this information in large friendly
> letters at the top:-)
>
> Thanks so much!
> Irene
>
> > Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 14:58:22 -0600
> > From: johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > To: einew_at_hotmail.com
> > CC: akohlmey_at_cmm.chem.upenn.edu; vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > Subject: Re: vmd-l:
> >
> >
> > Irene,
> > If you've just downloaded/installed VMD 1.8.7 alpha 57, you should not have
> > SCIM problems anymore. If you do, please let me know. Older VMD 1.8.7
> > test versions were still being built with Tcl 8.4, so they had the SCIM
> > issues like VMD 1.8.6 did. The latest VMD test builds use Tcl/Tk 8.5.x
> > so the SCIM issues should now be gone. As I said above, if you encounter
> > any SCIM problem with the latest test version (1.8.7 alpha 57) let me know
> > ASAP.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > John Stone
> > vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 10:55:11AM -1000, Irene Newhouse wrote:
> > >
> > > OK, I finally got around to disabling SCIM using the command suggested on the VMD linux release notes in my .bashrc. When I did that, VMD failed to come up at all! I kept getting error message after error message from X11 & ended up having to reboot my system after I undid the change in my .bashrc.
> > >
> > > Therefore, I downloaded VMD 1.8.7, & after that, I noticed some email messages indicating it has similar
> > > SCIM issues, so I'm not sure that upgrading is going to help me out.
> > >
> > > I also tried putting the XMODIFIERS command in my .vmdrc. There it has no effect - VMD comes up,
> > > but I still can't enter data into Tk boxes.
> > >
> > > Further suggestions would be most welcome.
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > > Irene
> > >
> > > > Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:48:42 -0500
> > > > From: akohlmey_at_cmm.chem.upenn.edu
> > > > To: einew_at_hotmail.com
> > > > CC: vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > > > Subject: Re: vmd-l:
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, 27 Feb 2009, Irene Newhouse wrote:
> > > >
> > > > IN>
> > > >
> > > > IN> I've got a Dell T5400 workstation running Red Hat Linux version 5.
> > > > IN> After I made sure I had a .vmdrc, VMD runs almost right. What I
> > > > IN> can't do is enter data freely into plugin boxes; I have to accept
> > > > IN> the defaults, which of course, you don't always want to do.
> > > > IN>
> > > > IN> Does anyone have a cure for this?
> > > >
> > > > did you read the VMD linux release notes?
> > > > might be helpful, especially the part about SCIM?
> > > >
> > > > axel.
> > > >
> > > > IN>
> > > > IN> Thanks!
> > > > IN> Irene Newhouse
> > > > IN>
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