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> A compilation of answers to questions frequently asked by SciGraphica users or that we expect to be asked.
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> Here you will find listed any frequently asked questions that users of SciGraphica have posed in the past. We not only answer questions but anticipate them. If we think there are certain areas or issues that users might face on a regular basis we will also add them here. If you have a question that isn't covered here or in the other online help then please let us know and we will add it.
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>Running SciGraphica</A
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>Where can I download the latest SciGraphica?</A
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> The latest stable releases of SciGraphica can be found at the SciGraphica section on SourceForge, <A
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> For the very latest in bleeding edge you can access the CVS repository with the following commands:
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>cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.scigraphica.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/scigraphica login
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> just press Enter for the password, then download the sourcetree with:
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>cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.scigraphica.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/scigraphica co sg
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> which will download the entire sg sourcetree. To update your local copy use the same process.
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>How do I run SciGraphica?</A
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> Assuming you've installed Scigraphica from source or rpm you should just need to type
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>scigraphica (formerly sga)
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> and SciGraphica will start.
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>Some window or plot redraws are very slow, why is that?</A
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> Some themes for GTK are quite slow to redraw. Try changing your theme and see if the problem goes away. Using some themes it can take many seconds to redraw a plot window, with others it's all but instantaneous. Being slightly less pretty could increase your workrate a lot ;0).
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