mlund / xmgr-resurrection

Patched XMGR plotting program for 64-bit machines

Xmgr 4.1.2 - Resurrection

This is a patched version of the abandoned xmgr 4.1.2 plotting program that fixes 64-bit related bugs. We have also changed the build system to CMake, allowing compilation on 32-bit and 64-bit unix systems such as linux and macos x.

Related information:

• http://randombio.com/linuxsetup131.html
• http://disbauxes.upc.es/?p=3699

Building and installation

cmake . -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local
make
make install

Required depenencies can typically be satisfied with:

• Debian based linux distributions:

  apt install build-essential libice-dev libx11-dev libmotif-dev libxmu-dev libxpm-dev libtirpc-dev
  

• Homebrew/Mac:

  brew install libice libx11 openmotif libmotif-dev libxmu libxpm
  

Why?

Because some cannot come to terms with the updated Grace user interface and would rather stick to xmgr (development frozen in 1998).

M. Ullner and M. Lund, 2012-2022

Copyright notice

Copyright (c) 1991-95 Paul J Turner, Portland, OR
Copyright (c) 1996-98 ACE/gr Development Team

Currently maintained by Evgeny Stambulchik, Rehovot, Israel

                             All Rights Reserved

Permission  to  use, copy, modify, and  distribute  this software  and  its
documentation  for any purpose and  without fee is hereby granted, provided
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xmgr-resurrection's Issues

Compilation in Big Sur

I too much prefer this API over that of xmgrace.

But on my new mac, here seems to be some issue with clang 12.0:

/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/cc -v
Apple clang version 12.0.0 (clang-1200.0.32.29)
Target: arm64-apple-darwin20.3.0

At the very start in cephes, this gives:

make
[ 0%] Building C object cephes/CMakeFiles/cephes.dir/airy.c.o
In file included from /Users/ian/Dove/grace/xmgr/cephes/airy.c:59:
In file included from /Users/ian/Dove/grace/xmgr/cephes/mconf.h:70:
/Users/ian/Dove/grace/xmgr/cmath.h:108:12: error: expected identifier or '('
extern int isfinite ( double x );
^
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX11.1.sdk/usr/include/math.h:155:7: note: expanded from macro
'isfinite'
( sizeof(x) == sizeof(float) ? __inline_isfinitef((float)(x))
^
In file included from /Users/ian/Dove/grace/xmgr/cephes/airy.c:59:
In file included from /Users/ian/Dove/grace/xmgr/cephes/mconf.h:70:
/Users/ian/Dove/grace/xmgr/cmath.h:108:12: error: expected ')'
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX11.1.sdk/usr/include/math.h:155:7: note: expanded from macro
'isfinite'
( sizeof(x) == sizeof(float) ? __inline_isfinitef((float)(x))
^
/Users/ian/Dove/grace/xmgr/cmath.h:108:12: note: to match this '('
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX11.1.sdk/usr/include/math.h:155:5: note: expanded from macro
'isfinite'
( sizeof(x) == sizeof(float) ? __inline_isfinitef((float)(x))
^
2 errors generated.
make[2]: *** [cephes/CMakeFiles/cephes.dir/airy.c.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [cephes/CMakeFiles/cephes.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2

It may be, according to
https://superuser.com/questions/1555092/cmath-compilation-errors-with-clang-10-on-mac-os-catalina
that we are not accessing /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/include/c++/v1/math.h (which does have isinfinite!)

In which case, my title with Big Sur is not accurate. Sorry.

no pdf device in Printer Setup :-(

First, many (really many) thanks for your resurrecting xmgr. I first used xmgr way back when it was xvgr on a Sun workstation (~1991).

I recall last time I used xmgr there was an additional device in the printer setup to file print to pdf. So, this is not really an issue, it is more of a heads-up in case you fiddle with this resurrected xmgr: could that pdf device return, at least for macOS using some sort of macports pdf lib ?

Cheers,
Peter

bug with min and max function

Hi
I see a weird bug with the min and max functions.
y=min(x,1) is fine
but
y=min(1,x) produces an error.
It seems that any expressions with x need to be in the first argument.

If this is really an error and hard to fix, a note in documentation might help.

As an aside, xmgrace works in both cases, but uses the function 'minof'

Compiling on Ubuntu 22.04

Hi

On Ubuntu 22.04 I get the error.

/usr/local/src/xmgr-resurrection-master/src/files.c:2591:14: fatal error: rpc/rpc.h: No such file or directory

apt-file find rpc/rpc.h returns
libntirpc-dev: /usr/include/ntirpc/rpc/rpc.h
But after installing libntirpc-dev, the compilation error remains.

I guess /usr/include/ntirpc needs to be included at build.

bug and wish

Great project, many thanks! I have been using xmgr for 20 years, now it is ready for the next 20!

Small bug: On any of the items in the Help menu I get as response:
"Couldn't get a file descriptor referring to the console"

One wish: It would be nice to have a more direct export option.
Simply one click to export in portrait format to EPS.

Finally, personally I like a default line thickness of 2 better (set in src/defaults.c:21).