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README for Mac OS X Users |
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This is ASCEND for Mac OS X. If you are reading this file, we will assume |
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that you have managed to download the ASCEND .dmg file, and you're |
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reading this file from the folder that has appeared on your machine. |
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To complete installation of ASCEND, you need to drag the "ASCEND" |
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application icon shown beside this file into your applications folder. |
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We've provided a convenient alias for next to this file as well, to |
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make that easy for you. |
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Running ASCEND |
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Once you've dragged ASCEND to your Applications folder, you can start using |
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ASCEND right away. |
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The only tricky thing with ASCEND on Mac is that the usual "Model Library" |
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is a bit hard to locate. All the model files are embedded within the |
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Application. To see them you need to open the Applications folder, then |
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right-click (or ctrl-click) on ASCEND and hit "Show Package Contents". |
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A new folder will open up. Click on "Contents" then click on "Models". You |
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will now be looking at the ASCEND Model Library. You can open any of |
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these files using ASCEND. |
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TODO |
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ASCEND still doesn't register its file-types, so double-click of .a4c or |
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.a4l files won't work yet. |
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It's not sure if we'll ever be able to make that work, as it seems that |
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OS X uses 'Apple Events' to open files, and GTK+ and PyGTK might not |
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understand those things. |
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There is as-yet no recommended tool for editing ASCEND model files on Mac. |
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We need a way of checking the configuration settings for a particular |
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system. |
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John Pye |
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24 Sept 2009. |