Mathematical Recreations
- Authored and Contributed by
- Ronald Joe Record (except "xwator" authored and contributed by
Ronald Joe Record and Brian Chapman)
- Restrictions
- Copyright 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 Ronald Joe Record
(except "xwator" Copyright 1990 Ronald Joe Record and Brian Chapman)
- Description
-
The mathrec package consists of several X11 clients :
- Build
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To build the mathrec binaries, use the Imakefile.
To build with the Imakefile, first type
"xmkmf -a" or "imake -DUseInstalled -I/usr/lib/X11/config" if your system
doesn't have xmkmf. Then just type "make" and the mathrec binaries will be
built.
- Install
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To install mathrec, you can simply run "make install; make install.man".
Since mathrec is built with imake, it honors the DESTDIR setting. So, if
you want to install the mathrec package in a "packaging ground", you can
set the DESTDIR environment variable to the location below which the files
will be installed.
- Known Limitations
- These programs were originally written for 8-bit PseudoColor X11 displays.
I have modified them so that they work on a TrueColor visual but many of
the features are not present without a PseudoColor display. For instance,
the installation of a private colormap and the spinning of the color map
are features available only on a PseudoColor display visual.
- Productivity
- These programs and others like them are probably responsible for more
CPU cycles than any other single application.
- Safety
- I have used these for years without harm.
- Work Planned
- None
- Documentation
- manual pages.
- Verification
- Execute any or all of the shell scripts provided in
/usr/local/mathrec/julia, /usr/local/mathrec/mandel, /usr/local/mathrec/lds,
/usr/local/mathrec/endo,
/usr/local/mathrec/lyap,
/usr/local/mathrec/madness and
/usr/local/mathrec/splines.
- Feedback
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Ideas, comments, additions, deletions, suggestions, bug reports, code review,...
e-mail Ronald Record at rr@sco.com