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by tk tomkat 05 Jun '02

05 Jun '02

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A problem compiling Xfractint 20.2.04
by Scott D. Boyd 04 Jun '02

04 Jun '02

Tim or Jonathan, I've *finally* gotten around to trying to compile Xfracint 20.2.04. Seems like curses.h is missing. Should I grab a copy from an older version? Below is the last 3 lines from the "make" command: gcc -I. -DXFRACT -DNOBSTRING -g -DBIG_ANSI_C -DLINUX -Os -c -o realdos.o realdos.c realdos.c:10:20: curses.h: No such file or directory make: *** [realdos.o] Error 1 Until later, Scott Boyd

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Re: [Fractdev] A problem compiling Xfractint 20.2.04
by Rupert Millard 03 Jun '02

03 Jun '02

Scott, I've got Mandrake 8.2, but my modem doesn't work with it. Therefore as I'm in Windows, I can't check that this is exactly right without rebooting and I can't be bothered to do that. On the desktop there ought to be a shortcut to the Mandrake Control Centre, then in the system part there is something like Software Manager. You might need your CD in it for it to be able to list the packages, but apart from that it's intuitive. I don't think you can make do with just the header file, you need the library and so the whole package. From, Rupert P.S. If this is a load of nonsense please excuse me because I have only had Linux for a few months and Mandrake 8.2 a few days. >From: "Scott D. Boyd" <sdboyd56(a)swbell.net> >Reply-To: fractdev(a)mailman.xmission.com >To: fractdev(a)mailman.xmission.com >Subject: Re: [Fractdev] A problem compiling Xfractint 20.2.04 >Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 03:02:59 -0500 > >In my menus, I find a Theme Manager, a File Manager, a Session Manager, a >Login Manager, but alas, no "Mandrake Software Manager". > >I have used the "find" command to look for curses.h, ncurses.h, curses.c, >ncurses.c, curses, and ncurses in the complete /usr directory. No luck. ( >Note: This was done *after* I untarred the kernel source onto my hard drive >again.) And believe me - it takes a *long* time to try and find a file in >the > /usr directory when it's almost 1 GB in size! > >By the way, I have ncurses-5.2-12mdk.i386.rpm installed (checked by doing: >rpm -q ncurses), and even re-installed it. > >I'm using Mandrake 8.0, but the kernel was updated to version 2.4.17 a >while >back from source files, not Mandrake's RPM's. > >Can someone just please *send* me a copy of curses.h or ncurses.h, and let >me >know what directory it belongs in? > >Scott > >On Saturday 01 June 2002 12:30, Jonathan Osuch wrote: > > On Thursday 30 May 2002 09:32 am, Scott wrote: > > > I've *finally* gotten around to trying to compile Xfractint 20.2.04. > > > Seems like curses.h is missing. Should I grab a copy from an older > > > version? > > > > Using the Mandrake Software Manager, search for ncurses. This should > > identify the package you need to install. I had a similar problem with > > Mandrake 8.0. In addition to missing libraries, gcc was missing with >one > > installation I did. Either Mandrake 8.2 is better or I'm getting better >at > > installing the correct software. Although the Power Pack is missing >nasm. > > > > Jonathan > >_______________________________________________ >Fractdev mailing list >Fractdev(a)mailman.xmission.com >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractdev _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com

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Bootable Xfractint CD
by Tim Wegner 02 Jun '02

02 Jun '02

Jonathan, I have been experimenting with partimage, a Linux program somewhat like Norton Ghost for backing up partitions. A good way to use it is to boot Linux from a bootable CD and run partimage from there. I bought a 100 mb drive, and can back up all my computers to this drive over the network. (see http://www.partimage.org and http://rescuecd.sourceforge.net/ for more info. Unfortunately this takes just a bit of knowledge to use.) It occurred to me that it would be very easy to create a bootable CD booting Linux with Xfractint on it. These CDs create a RAM disk with a miniature Linux on it. Linux, of course, can access Windows file systems, so the resulting fractals could be saved to disk and accessed under windows. This could be put on one of those baby-sized CDs. I am not sure how practical this is. To be workable, it would have to be extremely easy to use since the target audience for this would be people who have Windows but don't want to install Linux. More Linux- knowledgeable people would already have Linux on their PCs. Just a thought. Tim

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Re: [Fractdev] A problem compiling Xfractint 20.2.04
by Scott D. Boyd 31 May '02

31 May '02

On Thursday 30 May 2002 23:20, Tim Wegner wrote: > Scott wrote: > > I've *finally* gotten around to trying to compile Xfracint 20.2.04. > > > Seems like curses.h is missing. Should I grab a copy from an older > > version? > > What Linux environment are you using? Curses.h should be includied. > Maybe you have a missing curses (or ncurses) package. > > We did determine that the termcap library is not needed. > I'm using Mandrake 8.0 with kernel 2.4.17 (mucho updated). I'll look thru my kernel source, and see if I can find it. Later, Scott

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Re: [Fractdev] A problem compiling Xfractint 20.2.04
by Tim Wegner 30 May '02

30 May '02

Scott wrote: > I've *finally* gotten around to trying to compile Xfracint 20.2.04. > Seems like curses.h is missing. Should I grab a copy from an older > version? What Linux environment are you using? Curses.h should be includied. Maybe you have a missing curses (or ncurses) package. We did determine that the termcap library is not needed. Tim

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Version 20.2.05?
by Jonathan Osuch 28 May '02

28 May '02

Tim, Are you/we going to turn the floating point only work into version 20.2.05? I found out that Mandrake 8.2 needs a patch to let you install it on a pentium machine. That was the problem I was having with my desktop. Are you passing through Iowa in June? Jonathan

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Version 20.2.03 or 20.2.04
by Paul N. Lee 16 May '02

16 May '02

I may have missed something, but just in case not... Could someone explain why the download of the "fradev20.2.04.zip" contains a different executable than the "fradev20.2.03.zip", but both show 20.2.03 in the online Help?? P.N.L. -------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.fractalus.com/cgi-bin/theway?ring=fractals&id=43&go

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Re: Float only source & executable
by Paul N. Lee 16 May '02

16 May '02

Way back on Sat, 26 Aug 2000 10:30:40, Tim Wegner wrote: > > ....I was wondering how much interest there > would be in my cutting some CDs that had the > full source every patch version (source and > executable). I have found this invaluable for > tracking bugs. ....... The CD could also > contain all the historical releases that I have. > > However I would be happy to cut such a CD for > any developer or user interested in tracking > down bugs. > Is this offer still valid?? For I would be interested in as complete a set of FractInt executables as possible, with any and all sources that are available. Sincerely, P.N.L. -------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.fractalus.com/cgi-bin/theway?ring=fractals&id=43&go

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Re: [Fractdev] Xfractint color cycling
by pdeleeuw 14 May '02

14 May '02

Hi Jonathan, > That actually looks like a palette change to me. But, I don't > speak Windows. It's not a REAL palette change. I just have an array of RGB values for each iteration and I rotate this artificial palette. I then write the new value to each pixel (I may have forgotten to put this code segment into the original message. If I did, I apologise). So here is the rest of it: local_width = WIDTHBYTES((DWORD)width * (DWORD)bits_per_pixel); for (j = 0; j < height - 1; ++j) { i = ((long) (height - 1 - j) * (long) (local_width + 3 - ((local_width - 1) % 4))); k = ((long) (height - 2 - j) * (long) (width + 3 - ((width - 1) % 4))); for (m = 0L; m < width; ++m) { colour = (DWORD) (*(wpixels + k + m)); if (!TrueColourFlag) colour &= 0x000000ff; n = colour + colour + colour; pointer = m + m + m + i; *(pixels + pointer + 0) = *(PalettePtr + n + 2); *(pixels + pointer + 1) = *(PalettePtr + n + 1); *(pixels + pointer + 2) = *(PalettePtr + n + 0); } } Hence you can see that I am actually updating each pixel every step of the rotation. Regards, Paul. ---------------------------------------------------------- Paul de Leeuw Computers Central Coast Australia Email: pdeleeuw(a)deleeuw.com.au www: http://www.deleeuw.com.au ABN 72 360 822 562 ----------------------------------------------------------

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