VRweb 1.1 for UNIX ================== This is the UNIX/X11 version of the VRweb VRML browser. VRweb is a joint project between IICM, home of Hyper-G, NCSA, home of Mosaic, and the University of Minnesota, home of Gopher. More information can be found at the VRweb technical home page: http://hyperg.iicm.tu-graz.ac.at/vrweb Files ----- README-Unix ... this file help.tar.gz ... on-line HELP (HTML files) FAQ-Unix.gz ... Frequently Asked Questions about VRweb COPYRIGHT ... copyright notice vrweb-1.1-* ... VRweb binaries for viewing VRML files in conjunction with your Web client or standalone (see table below about which version to download) harscened-* ... VRweb for Harmony Only usable with Harmony, the Hyper-G client for UNIX/X11. vrweb.src-1.1.tar.gz ... VRweb UNIX source code compr. uncompr. uncompressed_name VRweb for ... 864104 3485672 vrweb-1.1s-ogl-Irix5.3 ... SGI IRIX 5.x, OpenGL (HW accelerated) (*) 1015705 4018168 vrweb-1.1s-mesa-Irix5.3 ... SGI IRIX 5.x, Mesa (for remote display) (*) 855155 5120000 vrweb-1.1-ogl-AlphaOSF1V3.2 ... DEC ALPHA, OpenGL (part of Open3D package) 995565 5529600 vrweb-1.1-mesa-AlphaOSF1V3.2 ... DEC ALPHA, Mesa (without OpenGL installed) 906352 3506176 vrweb-1.1-mesa-HPUX9.05 ... HPUX 9.0x, Mesa (current version) 835288 2605056 vrweb-1.1-mesa-HPUX9.01 ... HPUX 9.0x, Mesa (if 9.05 is not running) 693602 2392064 vrweb-1.1-mesa-SunOS4.1.3 ... SUN OS 4.x 661896 2386508 vrweb-1.1-mesa-Solaris5.4 ... SUN Solaris 2.x 552649 1904640 vrweb-1.1-mesa-Linux1.2.13 ... LINUX, Mesa 838259 3428281 vrweb-1.1-mesa-IBMAIX2.3 ... IBM AIX 793861 2818048 vrweb-1.1-mesa-Ultrix4.4 ... DEC Ultrix (*) ... 1.1s for SGI includes spaceball support (thanks to Dave Gosselin ); in all other aspects identical to release 1.1 ogl ... OpenGL: available for SGI, DEC Alpha; requires OpenGL capable machine (test it with xdpyinfo | fgrep GLX) xglinfo (see directory ../utils) gives detailed visual info mesa ... Mesa (via X protocol; for all platforms) Installing the VRweb Help Pages ------------------------------- Having downloaded the VRweb Help files, uncompress them the following way: gzip -cd help.tar.gz | tar xvf - This will create a subdirectory help, which includes the VRweb Installation Guide as a file called install.html and the VRweb Help entry page as vrwebhlp.html. The information below is also contained in the VRweb Help files, so you may, if you wish, stop reading here, download the hyperlinked help pages, and browse those instead. How to use VRweb for UNIX/X11 ----------------------------- The UNIX binaries are compressed with gzip. Run gunzip on the appropriate version of VRweb and you have an executable. Make sure that execute permission is set for the file (if necessary using the command chmod +x). Download and unpack the Help files as described above. The *source* code distribution is a gzipped tar archive. You can uncompress and untar it in one step with the command gzip -cd vrweb.src-1.1.tar.gz | tar xvf - All further necessary steps are explained in file INSTALLATION contained in the archive. With your Web viewer you will need an entry for VRML files in your ~/.mailcap: a) Netscape: x-world/x-vrml; vrweb -URL %u %s b) Mosaic: x-world/x-vrml; vrweb -mosaic %s In both cases make sure to place the full name of the binary instead of "vrweb" (e.g. vrweb-ogl on SGI, vrweb-mesa on other platforms, if you renamed the binary to that shorter name). VRweb will run gunzip on compressed files automatically if necessary (this is often done by your Web browser). With Harmony (the Hyper-G UNIX/X11 client) use the appropriate version of harscened (for more information on Harmony see http://hyperg.iicm.tu-graz.ac.at/harmony). Call any program with argument -h for a short description of its arguments. VRweb Mailing List and Feedback ------------------------------- See the README file in the parent directory or the VRweb technical home page http://hyperg.iicm.tu-graz.ac.at/vrweb for instructions. Michael Pichler Graz, December 11th 1995