ptcl can handle Higher Order Function (HOF) stars.
other.src tar file, then the
$PTOLEMY/src/tcltk/makefile
will contain the makefile rules necessary to build Itcl with
shared libraries.
ABORT button in the run control window, which was
formerly hidden in the "debug" controls, has been moved to the place
where STOP used to be, and has also been given
STOP's keyboard equivalent (Escape).
Conversely, STOP has been hidden in the "debug" controls,
and has been relabeled EARLY END.
The motivation for this change is that ABORT is actually much
more useful and less dangerous than STOP, especially for novices.
ABORT simply terminates the simulation run point-blank,
and is the right thing to use if you decide you don't want to wait
for results.
EARLY END (nee STOP) terminates the simulation
as of the point currently reached, but then it runs the wrapup methods
of the stars, just as if the simulation had ended normally. Thus, it is an
invasive alteration of the behavior of the simulation. The results displayed
during wrapup may be subtly or wildly different from the results that would
have been obtained if the simulation had been allowed to proceed to its
scheduled end time. Some of the demos will in fact deliver incorrect,
or at least unexpected, results if stopped early.
The problem is even greater if a run-control-window script is in use, because
the script will proceed merrily on its way with no idea that one of the
commanded runs has been stopped early. ABORT will kill execution
of a run control script, but EARLY END doesn't --- it just ends
the currently commanded run.
With all this in mind, EARLY END is a tool that should be used
only by one who is familiar with the behavior of a particular simulation
and understands the consequences. So the button is now hidden in the
debug controls, and ABORT has been made the easier button
to get to.
Make-star can create icons whose contents are html files.
Make-star has been modified so that icons can have html files as their contents.
For example, to
create an icon whose contents are the file ~/pt/myfile.html
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Make Star window: