ePiX-1.2 -- POST-INSTALL
 
Last Change: September 12, 2007
 
This file contains post-install configuration instructions for users.
Please consult the following files as appropriate:

INSTALL -- Detailed installation instructions
NEWS -- Recent major changes (see ChangeLog for code changes)
README -- General overview and information


CONVENTIONS

Lines starting with a "%" denote commands typed at a shell prompt. 
Lines starting with a "#" denote commands run as root.
Don't type the prompt characters "%" or "#". :)

"$(prefix)" stands for the complete path to the install directory,
e.g. "/usr/local" or "/home/pootle/epix".

Files mentioned below are installed in $(prefix)/share/doc/epix/config/


PROGRAMMABLE COMPLETION in bash

If you type "epix c[TAB]", bash normally displays all files and
directories whose name starts with "c". If programmable completion is
enabled, bash will show only those files whose name starts with "c"
*and* whose extension is that of an epix input file.

Programmable completion in bash is available only with Version 2.05 and
later, and you must install Ian MacDonald's bash completion package. Do
a search for "bash programmable completion" at

  http://freshmeat.net

The file "$(prefix)/share/doc/epix/config/bash_completions" contains
programmable completion code for ePiX's shell scripts. These lines
should be put into your bash config file (~/.bashrc) just after the
line that includes the system-wide bash completion config file (q.v.).


EMACS MODE

Jay Belanger has kindly provided an emacs mode (epix.el) for working
with epix source files. To use epix mode, put a copy of the file
"epix.el" in your emacs load path; under GNU/Linux, an appropriate
system directory is /usr/share/emacs. If you are not the superuser,
use a directory such as ${HOME}/share/emacs:
 
% mkdir -p ~/share/emacs
% cp $(prefix)/share/doc/epix/config/epix.el ~/share/emacs/

Then add these lines to your .emacs file:
---(snip)--- 
(setq load-path (cons "~/share/emacs/" load-path))
(setq auto-mode-alist (cons '("\\.xp" . epix-mode) auto-mode-alist))
(autoload 'epix-mode "epix" "ePiX editing mode" t)
(setq epix-mark-files-as-epix t)
(setq epix-insert-template-in-empty-buffer t)

(autoload 'flix-mode "epix" "ePiX editing mode" t)
(setq auto-mode-alist (cons '("\\.flx" . flix-mode) auto-mode-alist))
---(snip)---

Change "~/share/emacs/" in the first line as appropriate. If you open
a new file with extension ".xp" or ".flx", emacs will automatically
insert a matching preamble template and enter epix-mode or flix-mode,
respectively.  You can then compile and preview ePiX source files with
emacs commands, or read the info file; please see epix.el for more
details.

If necessary (for instance, if your source file must have extension
".cc" for some reason), you can enter epix mode manually by typing 

M-x epix-mode

in emacs. (The notation "M-x" means the emacs META key, usually ESC,
followed by "x".) 


OTHER CONFIG FILES

The files ~/.dvipsrc and ~/.epixrc affect the behavior of epix, elaps,
and laps. The use of .epixrc is documented in the tutorial. Neither
file is required in order to use ePiX.


SETTING the PATH

If you've installed ePiX but receive a "command not found" error
message when trying to compile figures, you probably need to set your
PATH, the shell environment variable listing the directories to be
searched for executable code.

As above, $(prefix) stands for the directory in which ePiX has been
installed and "%" denotes a prompt. Below, $(prefix) must be replaced
with the actual path.  Issue the command

% echo $PATH

If $(prefix)/bin is not shown, you must determine what shell you're
using and edit the appropriate shell configuration file. Do

% ?

If the response is:		Put this line:			Into the file:
-------------------		--------------			--------------
bash: ?: command not found	export PATH=$PATH:$(prefix)/bin	~/.bashrc

?: no match			setenv PATH $PATH:$(prefix)/bin	~/.cshrc

In the first case, do not put spaces around the equals sign.  If the
response is something else, please consult your system administrator
for assistance.

Now re-load the appropriate configuration file and try an ePiX command:

% source ~/.bashrc
% epix --help

If this still doesn't work, please consult your system administrator.