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GAMMA Windows AddOns
(Γ Version 4.0.5β)
 

This document assumes that you have installed GAMMA on a PC (Intel based). Focus will be on those running Windows 95/98/NT and software available at no cost.
 
Once GAMMA is running on a WinTel computer there are several nice programs that I like to have installed. Some of these are used in plot visulization, for editing, or just to set up the Windows environment to more closely mimick Unix. None of these are mandatory for GAMMA,. You should at least install some plotting software or you will not be able to see simulated spectra (nor graphcial output from the base demos). If you have already put Gnuplot on your system, that will suffice for plotting.

Grace is an excellent 2D (x vs. y) plotting program. For such plotting, it is probably the best package available in public domain. The installation under windows can be a little tedious because it uses X-windows, so one has to put on an X package to use it. Below are the related links. You'll want to initally have a look at the README.bin text as it mentions which files are needed from the Grace site for Win32. Next have a look at the README for the zip file, it covers the basics of installation under Win32. At the time of this writing, you need to download just the zip file. Of course, you must also do other installation settings (directories, paths, environment) as well as get an X-server running.
 
 Base Web Site:   http://plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il/Grace/
 Base Download Site:   ftp://plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il/pub/grace/bin/latest/
 Grace Bin ReadMe:   README.bin
 Grace ReadMe:   grace-5.0.2.zip.README
 Grace Package:   grace-5.0.2.zip
 
As I recall, to get Grace running on my system with CygWin, I had to install X11R6, and an X-server (StarNet X-Win32). Everything runs fine after setting up the appropriate variables in my environment.
 
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ViM (Vi IMproved) is that standard old unix editor vi that has been modernized and ported to most computer types. If you are used to vi (and hate WordPad like I do) it will let you edit the good old fashioned way either withing a bash shell or in its own window.
 Base Web Site:   http://www.vim.org/
 Win9xNT Download:   http://www.vim.org/binaries.html#bin_w32
 
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rxvt - - - > win32    
 
rxvt is an xterm (X-terminal) for Win9xNT sytems. One of the major pains I have in using Windows 95/98 is that none of the windows (bash or DOS) allow you to set any scroll back buffer. Thus, once things are off the screen they are gone. That makes it very difficult to follow compiler errors and/or quick text output. The rxvt window solves this by allowing users to both resize and scroll back. What a pleasure. Give it a try. The links below were off of the CygWin site, I put it on GAMMA in case it disappears.
 
 Base Web Site?:   http://www.io.com/~bub/rxvt.html
 Win9xNT Download:   rxvt-2.6PRE2-w32x.tgz
       
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