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From: Ben Chern (futuredream.1_at_gmail.com)
Date: Thu Apr 03 2008 - 07:14:22 CDT

Thank you very much.
I'll try to access the CVS server.

On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 1:13 PM, John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:

>
> Ben,
> Regarding CVS, your best bet is to try getting to our CVS server
> from a machine that's not blocked by whatever firewall you're being
> affected by, or to ask your local security administration people to
> open the CVS port 2401 so that you can access the server without problems.
> There are a lot of new source files in the current CVS tree that
> didn't exist when VMD 1.8.6 was released, this is a natural result of
> ongoing development. The only solution I can recommend is to get your
> network access issue resolved so that you can access our CVS server
> without trouble. Many other people are using our CVS server without
> problems, so I'm convinced you're being blocked by some sort of local or
> campus level network firewall of some kind.
>
> Cheers,
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 09:26:36AM +0800, Ben Chern wrote:
> > Hello, Axel,
> >
> > I'm not sure whether some plugin can do that.
> > What I want to do is to show the bond energy between atoms.
> > I think it should can be done using scripts.
> >
> > But as the VMD is opensource, and it uses OpenGL and integrates with
> other
> > plugins, I am a freshman in OpenGL, so I want to follow the source code
> to
> > learn some programming skills.That's the reason why I prefer to
> compiling
> > the source code.
> > I am reading the programmer's guide on the web, I've found there are
> some
> > files, e.g. MeasureSurface.C, not included in the distributed source
> code,
> > so I think I've to use the CVS to retrieve the latest source code.But as
> my
> > last email said, I couldn't connect to the CVS server.
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 7:06 PM, Axel Kohlmeyer <
> akohlmey_at_cmm.chem.upenn.edu>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, 1 Apr 2008, Ben Chern wrote:
> > >
> > > BC> Axel,
> > > BC> Thanks for you advice.
> > > BC> I'll try to compile the source under linux.
> > >
> > > ben,
> > >
> > > you still have not satisfied my curiosity!
> > > what are you planning to change, once you
> > > get VMD compiled? i am very curious to learn
> > > what it is you have in mind, that cannot be
> > > done in scripting, perhaps with the help of
> > > a little plugin...
> > >
> > > cheers,
> > > axel.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > BC>
> > > BC> On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 10:47 AM, Axel Kohlmeyer <
> > > akohlmey_at_cmm.chem.upenn.edu>
> > > BC> wrote:
> > > BC>
> > > BC> > On Tue, 1 Apr 2008, Ben Chern wrote:
> > > BC> >
> > > BC> > BC> I want to show some chemical properties, e.g. bond energy,
> but I
> > > would
> > > BC> > not
> > > BC> > BC> wish to do that using script.
> > > BC> >
> > > BC> > ben,
> > > BC> >
> > > BC> > "stupid question(TM)":
> > > BC> > how do you plan to get those properties "into" VMD?
> > > BC> > and how do you plan to visualize them, i.e. how are
> > > BC> > they supposed to look like?
> > > BC> >
> > > BC> > before starting on a long and painful process where
> > > BC> > you may at the end find out, that you won't get what
> > > BC> > you planned, it may actually be a very good idea to
> > > BC> > prototype what you want to do in scripting.
> > > BC> >
> > > BC> > this is how many of the features in VMD started (and
> > > BC> > quite a few still are).
> > > BC> >
> > > BC> > BC> I have tried the CVS, but the error still exists.
> > > BC> > BC> Would you please send me a tar file of the Windows build
> area
> > > for VMD?
> > > BC> >
> > > BC> > also, have you considered using a linux/unix machine
> > > BC> > for development? it is infinitely more convenient, the
> > > BC> > way VMD "wants" to be built.
> > > BC> >
> > > BC> > just a few (curious) thoughts,
> > > BC> >
> > > BC> >
> > > BC> > axel.
> > > BC> >
> > > BC> >
> > > BC> > BC> Thank you very much.
> > > BC> > BC>
> > > BC> >
> > > BC> > --
> > > BC> >
> > >
> =======================================================================
> > > BC> > Axel Kohlmeyer akohlmey_at_cmm.chem.upenn.edu
> > > http://www.cmm.upenn.edu
> > > BC> > Center for Molecular Modeling -- University of
> Pennsylvania
> > > BC> > Department of Chemistry, 231 S.34th Street, Philadelphia, PA
> > > 19104-6323
> > > BC> > tel: 1-215-898-1582, fax: 1-215-573-6233, office-tel:
> > > 1-215-898-5425
> > > BC> >
> > >
> =======================================================================
> > > BC> > If you make something idiot-proof, the universe creates a better
> > > idiot.
> > > BC> >
> > > BC>
> > > BC>
> > > BC>
> > > BC>
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> =======================================================================
> > > Axel Kohlmeyer akohlmey_at_cmm.chem.upenn.edu
> http://www.cmm.upenn.edu
> > > Center for Molecular Modeling -- University of Pennsylvania
> > > Department of Chemistry, 231 S.34th Street, Philadelphia, PA
> 19104-6323
> > > tel: 1-215-898-1582, fax: 1-215-573-6233, office-tel: 1-215-898-5425
> > >
> =======================================================================
> > > If you make something idiot-proof, the universe creates a better
> idiot.
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Ben
>
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-- 
Ben