This section covers compatibility issues regarding the use of ShellyLib on a certain machine or with certain software.
Generally spoken, the library ("libshelly"
) should run on every computer
with an ANSI-C capable C-compiler.
This statement is not true for the example frontend ("shelly"
) and the GUI
("Shell Laboratory"
), which use the "libshelly"
.
The frontend "shelly"
has been successfully ported to many
machines/operating systems. It is not much less portable than the
library itself.
But it needs a command line driven user interface.
The GUI, "Shell Laboratory"
is quite selective in terms of prerequisites.
You need a working Tcl/Tk, OpenGL and, last but not least, Togl.
Tcl/Tk and OpenGL are ported to WinNT and Macintosh. OpenGL is even a part of WinNT. But Togl has neither been ported to WinNT nor Macintosh at present. If this changes the GUI will likely run on WinNT and/or Macintosh. Otherwise you need a X11 and X11 based Tcl/Tk and OpenGL implementations in order to run the GUI.
The following table shows some hardware/operating system
configurations, the frontend "shelly"
has been tested on.
"shelly"
to a platform not listed here, please
contact me!
The following table lists some hardware/operating system
configurations, the GUI "Shell Laboratory"
has been tested on.
"Shell Laboratory"
to a platform not listed here,
please contact me!