5 bonus points for the first one that tells us how to change the
display from Chicago to Louisville!
grin!!!!!!!!
Jerry
On Thursday, February 13, 2003, at 02:25 PM, Jerry Yeager wrote:
> We are going to run a UNIX style program on our Mac by way of X11
> that is running under OS-X 10.2.x
>
> Sound complicated? It's really very easy.
>
> Okay, here we go:
>
> A) To do this, you will need the X11 application from Apple:
>
> You can pick this up at http://www.apple.com/macosx/x11/download/
>
> Just follow the installer instructions.
>
> B) We are going to "try out" Xephem, a really nice scientific grade
> astronomy program that lets you view all kinds of things.
> To do this we need to get a copy of this program.
> Go to
> http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/unix_open_source/xephem.html
> and download it. (it is small ~ 2.5 MB)
> Now if you read the requirements, it lists things that you might
> think you need (XFree86, etc). Ignore that because we now have X11.
> Run the installer and just let it do what it is supposed to.
>
>
> With those two things out of the way we are ready to go:
>
> 1) Start X11 running, (it should now be in your Applications folder)
> double click on the icon to get it up and running. Several windows
> should open. Ignore those for the time being.
> Move down into the dock, click and hold on the dock icon. Drag it
> over to the left some and leave it in a nice spot in your dock.
>
>
> 2) Select the menu called Applications, then the item called
> "Customize..."
> Click on the Add Item button. A blue line should appear, double-click
> in the left hand side (This is where you will enter programs' names.
> Type in Xephem, then double click in the right hand side, and enter
> /usr/local/bin/xephem then click on the done button. Close
> the dialog box.
>
> 3) Go back up to the Applications menu and your new choice Xephem is
> listed, select it. XEphem will start running.
>
>
> Some notes:
> If you have been using the UNIX command line version of seti at home, you
> can have XEphem display where in the sky your current work unit is
> from. Neat huh.
>
> Jerry
>
> p.s. From more information about using XEpehm, point your browser at
> http://www.clearskyinstitute.com/xephem/index.html and look around in
> here.
>
>
>
> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will
> | be February 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>.
>
>
>
| The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will
| be February 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>.
