Hi Whit,
This is the link for the nightly builds:
https://ics-web.sns.ornl.gov/css/nightly/
I have been using basic-epics-4.5.0-linux.gtk.x86_64.zip
I just unzipped into /usr/local/CSS and made this soft link:
/usr/local/bin/css -> /usr/local/CSS/basic-epics-4.5.0/css
Mark
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Whitney R. Armstrong [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2018 5:23 PM
> To: Mark Rivers <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Idea for new Display Manager
>
> Do you happen to have link to these builds/instructions for CSS?
>
> On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 07:16:52PM +0000, Mark Rivers wrote:
> >I understand your point. I am an medm user. But as a complete CSS novice I
> downloaded the CSS nightly build, ran a single unzip command, and had a nicely working
> CSS system. Building CSS from scratch is a challenge, but installing and using a pre-built
> version is not.
> >
> >The conversion tools from medm to CSS and caQtDM are working quite nicely,
> particularly when the medm displays themselves are well-designed (i.e. text actually fits in
> the text widget, menu widgets have the correct datatype (decimal vs string), etc.
> >
> >Mark
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf
> >> Of Whitney R. Armstrong
> >> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2018 11:53 AM
> >> To: [email protected]
> >> Subject: Idea for new Display Manager
> >>
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> My recent experience with display managers left me with the conclusion
> >> that a new DM is desperately needed. Here is a quick recap of my
> >> experiences and thoughts dealing with the different display managers.
> >> Note I am using the latest Ubuntu and Epics base-7 and my comments are
> >> tongue-in-cheek.
> >>
> >> 1. MEDM : It works! This old gem works (almost) perfectly. It has a very
> >> easy to use interface, but of course, is rather limited.
> >>
> >> 2. edm : Where do I download it? The webpage is broken. (Last
> >> documentation update was in 2007: is also not a good sign.)
> >>
> >> 3. caQtDM: A home rolled build system is never a good sign. It compiles
> >> but then crashes when launched. I get a horrible hand cramp trying to
> >> debug things because who types "caQtDM" with ease? Does it work... I
> >> don't know... maybe?
> >>
> >> 4. CS-studios: First I follow the instructions on the website: fails.
> >> Eclipse cannot install all the needed parts. Next I try running maven to
> >> build from the core directory. After maven downloads the entire internet
> >> the build fails with some horrible java errors. (Why is java still a
> >> thing?) CSS looks nice from all the pictures but it has some bugs (or
> >> undocumented features).
> >>
> >> Anyway, if I missed any DMs please let me know. As you can tell, IMO
> >> MEDM is still the winner.
> >>
> >> The idea for a new display manager is to use an "immediate mode" gui
> >> (imgui) design which is much easier than "retain mode" like qt, gtk,
> >> etc. I have been playing around with Dear ImGui
> >> (https://github.com/ocornut/imgui) which has become quite popular. A
> >> test using ImGui and looks for PVs from the example ioc app can be found
> >> here https://github.com/whit2333/imgui_DM .
> >>
> >> My initial take away: It was easier to develop my own DM than build most
> >> of the existing display mangers. I am not sure if this speaks to the
> >> awesomeness of Dear ImGui, or the sad state of existing DMs (but not you
> >> MEDM, you are my rock).
> >>
> >> In summary, I would like to develop a new display manager around Dear
> >> ImGui and any feedback or comments on the idea would be great.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Whit
> >>
> >> PS This repo was super useful
> >> (https://github.com/mdavidsaver/cmake4epics) and cmake could make life
> >> easier by replacing many parts of the -- let's say, unique -- "Epics
> >> build system".
> >>
> >>
> >
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