Viola installation instructions
This describes how to get hold of the Viola WWW browser, and install
it on your own machine.
See also: possibly out-of-date copies of "About Viola" and the Viola-WWW
online help .
(NOTE: This document is temporary: it only applies to the latest Viola
beta-test
Files you need
Using anonymous FTP, pick up the tar file ViolaWWW_920515.tar.Z from
the /pub/www/src directory on info.cern.ch. Uncompress it and un tar
it. You will get a new directory ViolaWWW_920515 under which you will
find the apps directory and a bin directory (and a src directory you
don't need) Write a small shell script like
#! /bin/csh
/.../bin/viola.decstation -path /.../apps &
Call this script vw, give it execute mode
chmod +x vw
and put it into some directory which is in your path (like your own
bin or /usr/local/bin if you can be root). Of course in the script
above replace the ... with the actual path name of wherever you have
put the viola files. Type
rehash
so that your shell knows about the new command. That's all I think
you need to do. Just type
vw
When the application starts, click on the big question-mark for help.
You can personalise the home page by defining the WWW_HOME environment
variable as for www. mail www-bug@info.cern.ch if you have problems.
Tim BL