Scicos problem in Scilab 5.0.x

ga

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Oct 13, 2008, 4:31:34 AM10/13/08

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Hi,

I'm experiencing some problems with Scicos under Scilab 5.0.x for WXP
SP3.

- Pal Tree command is not working. The new window appears with the
blocks name but without icons. When I try to drag the block's name
nothing happens;

- One of the new features of Scilab 5 should have been the possibility
to use the Scilab's shell when Scicos is running. This is not possible
in my case. I have the prompt and can write a command (such as <a=2>)
but it simply frozen when entering [RETURN] still keeping Scicos
working;

Not specific to Scicos:

- The fonts' rendering of any graphic windows is poor;

In addition, I'm still not able to use any graphic window under Linux
with an Intel graphic card and I did not get useful replies other than
to disable the hardware accelerator.

Best,
g.

ramine

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Oct 13, 2008, 7:43:09 AM10/13/08

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The latest release of Scicos, scicos 4.2.1, is available with the
scilabgtk release available from www.scilabgtk.org. It can also be
downloaded from www.scicos.org. Scicos DOES NOT work in Scilab 5.

Ramine

ga a écrit :

ycollet

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Oct 14, 2008, 4:56:27 AM10/14/08

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On 13 oct, 13:43, ramine <ramine.nikou...@scicos.inria.fr> wrote:
> The latest release of Scicos, scicos 4.2.1, is available with the

> scilabgtk release available fromwww.scilabgtk.org. It can also be
> downloaded fromwww.scicos.org. Scicos DOES NOT work in Scilab 5.

>
> Ramine
>
> ga a écrit :
>
> > Hi,
>
> > I'm experiencing some problems with Scicos under Scilab 5.0.x for WXP
> > SP3.
>
> > - Pal Tree command is not working. The new window appears with the
> > blocks name but without icons. When I try to drag the block's name
> > nothing happens;
>
> > - One of the new features of Scilab 5 should have been the possibility
> > to use the Scilab's shell when Scicos is running. This is not possible
> > in my case. I have the prompt and can write a command (such as <a=2>)
> > but it simply frozen when entering [RETURN] still keeping Scicos
> > working;
>
> > Not specific to Scicos:
>
> > - The fonts' rendering of any graphic windows is poor;
>
> > In addition, I'm still not able to use any graphic window under Linux
> > with an Intel graphic card and I did not get useful replies other than
> > to disable the hardware accelerator.
>
> > Best,
> > g.

Scicos does work under scilab-5. There is just some problems related
to graphics card. If you have the good graphic card, it works.

YC

ramine

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Oct 14, 2008, 7:13:39 AM10/14/08

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ycollet a écrit :

As the developer of Scicos, I consider that Scicos DOES NOT work under
Scilab 5. This is not just a graphics card problem, in particular the
problem with the PalTree command not working has really nothing to do
with this. But I am happy to know that you find even the non working
version of Scicos satisfactory.
Cheers.
Ramine

ga

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Oct 14, 2008, 8:46:12 AM10/14/08

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Thanks for your replies.

May I say that I'm a little bit disoriented?

Best,
Gianluca

ycollet

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Oct 14, 2008, 10:08:00 AM10/14/08

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Me too.

Have a nice day.

YC

ycollet

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Oct 14, 2008, 10:10:00 AM10/14/08

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In the RELEASE_NOTES files, you can read in the scicos section:

* Tcl/Tk features are still inactive (eg. "Palette Tree")

So, there is something like a work in progress related to tcl/tk and
scicos.
Let's wait for the version 5.1 :)

YC

ga

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Oct 15, 2008, 4:23:08 AM10/15/08

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thanks again.

Still, something is not clear to me:

- The GUI of Scilab 4 is based on Tcl/tk

- The GUI of Scilabgtk is based on Gtk+

- The GUI of Scilab 5 is based on Java "and" Tcl/tk

is it right?

Is Scilabgtk a "stand-alone" version of Scilab or it will be improved
as the java-based version?

best,
g.

ycollet

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Oct 15, 2008, 4:46:57 AM10/15/08

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> - The GUI of Scilabgtk is based on Gtk+

I think there is also a Tcl/Tk dependency in ScilabGtk.

> - The GUI of Scilab 5 is based on Java "and" Tcl/tk

Yes

> Is Scilabgtk a "stand-alone" version of Scilab or it will be improved as the java-based version?

The ScilabGtk will not be improved. The last version was released to
include scicos-4.2.1. The developpement will be focused on NSP and
Scilab-5.

The Scilab-5.1, as I remember, will see a lot of improvement in scicos
(I was not able to find again the web page related to the 5.1
version).

YC

Max

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Nov 20, 2008, 5:43:29 AM11/20/08

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On 13.10.2008 13:43, ramine wrote:
> The latest release of Scicos, scicos 4.2.1, is available with the
> scilabgtk release available from www.scilabgtk.org. It can also be
> downloaded from www.scicos.org. Scicos DOES NOT work in Scilab 5.

Why is scicos included into the scilab-5.0.3-package that is presented
for download on www.scilab.org if it does not work in scilab 5? Or am i
missing something?

Max

Ramine Nikoukhah

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Nov 20, 2008, 7:27:38 AM11/20/08

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Max a écrit :

> On 13.10.2008 13:43, ramine wrote:
>> The latest release of Scicos, scicos 4.2.1, is available with the
>> scilabgtk release available from www.scilabgtk.org. It can also be
>> downloaded from www.scicos.org. Scicos DOES NOT work in Scilab 5.
>
> Why is scicos included into the scilab-5.0.3-package that is presented
> for download on www.scilab.org if it does not work in scilab 5? Or am i
> missing something?
>

This decision has been made by the Scilab team against the will of the
developers of Scicos who wanted to wait until Scilab 5 problems are solved.

Ramine