[Bdi4emc-help] AXIS 1.2rc1 released

[David Szakovits]

starting with the AXIS link, i ended up at emc2 for ubunto instructions 
at http://timeguy.com/cradek/emc/ubuntu.

Basically, it says load ubunto then emc2.

If I follow these instructinos, do i end up with a real time kernel?

djs




Jeff Epler wrote:

>I am pleased to announce the first Release Candidate version of AXIS
>(1.2rc1). Compared to the last alpha release, it has several new
>features and a number of bug fixes. AXIS 1.2rc1 supports emc1, bdi4emc,
>and emc2, and is available in six different languages.
>
>You can download the source code for release from the AXIS website:
>    http://axis.unpy.net/index.cgi/downloads/01141010654
>
>The AXIS developers are eager to receive help with additional translations, as
>well as updates to existing translations, success stories, or bug
>reports.  Feel free to reply on this list or directly to me,
><jepler at unpythonic.net>
>
>Jeff Epler
>
>
>Changes since 1.2a2
>
>    * The backplot colors have been improved.
>
>    * AXIS builds properly on bdi4 machines using emc1.
>
>    * The perspective view is correctly centered, even when a line of code is
>      selected.
>
>    * The jog distance selector (continuous/0.1/etc) is sized appropriately and
>      works correctly for non-english translations.
>
>    * The layout of several other buttons is improved for non-english
>      translations.
>
>    * The Brazilian Portuguese translation is now installed in the correct
>      location.
>
>    * The version of EMC2 will be displayed in the Help > About screen.
>
>    * AXIS uses RS274NGC_STARTUP_CODE in the same way as emc. Before this, AXIS
>      and emc could give different results for files that depended on the startup
>      code.
>
>    * Pressing Alt-V only opens the View menu, instead of opening the menu and
>      changing the selected view.
>
>    * The Hal Configuration GUI can now be launched from the Edit menu
>
>Changes since 1.2a1
>
>    * A portuguese translation has been contributed by Daniel Scheeren
>
>    * In emc2, the backplot is now colored according to the ongoing movement
>      type. Rapid moves are green, straight feeds are red (as before), and arcs
>      are magenta.
>
>    * AXIS can now be built against an installed version of emc2. This can be
>      autodetected, or forced with the environment variable EMC_RUN_INSTALLED.
>
>    * AXIS can now skip installing its own version of bwidget, and use the
>      system version. If your operating has an appropriate version of bwidget
>      available, install it and set the environment variable USE_SYSTEM_BWIDGET
>      to a non-empty value
>
>    * There is now a debian/ directory which builds a version of AXIS to go with Chris Radek's experimental emc2 debian packages for ubuntu
>
>    * An icon is set for AXIS using the "NET_WM_ICON" protocol.
>
>    * Support for 'simpleinstall' has been withdrawn. This feature was created
>      to support users of bdi 4.xx. Now that instructions to rebuild the version
>      of emc on bdi4 are on the emc wiki, this is no longer necessary. Note: this
>      does not mean we're not supporting bdi4; it means that a kludge to support
>      it is no longer needed. AXIS 1.2 supports bdi4.
>
>Changes since 1.1
>
>    * Internationalization: AXIS can now be translated into any language
>      supported by Tk.
>
>    * All bugfixes in AXIS 1.1.1 and 1.1.2.
>
>    * Progress bar while loading programs is improved.
>
>    * The 'Pause' and 'Stop' menu items now work correctly, even when the
>      program being run has lots of very short moves.
>
>    * When installing AXIS, files are always overwritten (similar to setup.py
>      install --force
>
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