Aggregate & Table Language and System

ATLaS 1.3 Installation Guide

Choose your platform:

• Windows
• Linux (recommended for large dataset)

Installation for Windows:

1. Download ATLaS 1.3 (on gcc 3.2) and extract to c:\atlas;

   NOTE: Please don't change the default directory c:\atlas

   If you are using gcc 2.9x, please download this.

2. Install Cygwin from www.cygwin.com
   • The Root Directory shouldn't be changed. (i.e. c:\cygwin).
   • Make sure you include c:\cygwin\bin in your PATH variable.
   • During the process illustrated below, make sure you select the following packages:
     Base->cygwin;
     Devel->gcc (version 3.2)
     (Please note that the default version is 3.2. If you are using gcc 2.9x, please make sure you donwload the correct package in step 1. Other version of GCC may NOT work!)

   

   • After the installation is completed, you can test gcc's version by following command in a DOS window:
        gcc -v
     
     
3. Choose one of the following editors for ATLaS, which we provide customized menu script including syntax highlighting, compilation and execution:
• CREdit--A nice freeware editor! (Recommended)
  1. Download and install CREdit from http://www.praven3.com/credit
  2. Follow the instructions in the file C:\Atlas\editors\CREdit_Readme.txt.
• XEmacs
1. Download XEmacs from www.xemacs.org
2. Put atlas.el into your script directory(e.g C:\Program Files\XEmacs\xemacs-packages\lisp\prog-modes)
3. Add the following lines into c:\init.el:
   (autoload 'atlas-mode "atlas" "ATLaS mode." t)
   (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.adl$" . atlas-mode))
   
• WinEdt
  
  1. Download WinEdit from www.winedt.com
     
  2. Follow the Instuction
• Your own editor!
  

  For sure you can use your own editor. After finishing editing the source file, e.g. c:\atlas\test.adl, you can run the following command in a DOS window:
      c:\atlas\compile c:\atlas\test.adl
  

  After successful compilation, an executable file c:\atlas\adlout.exe is generated. Then you can run it in the DOS window:
      c:\atlas\adlout
  

  You are encouraged to customized your own editor and submit the script file to us. We will publish it on our web site upon successful testing.

That's it. Enjoy ATLaS!

Installation for Linux:

1. Download ATLaS 1.4.4 (Built on Redhat 8.0, gcc 3.2).

   (For gcc 2.9x, please download ATLaS 1.4.3 for gcc 2.96. Use "gcc -v" to test your gcc version.)

2. (Optional) Choose one of the following editors for ATLaS, which we provide customized menu script including syntax highlighting, compilation and execution:

   • XEmacs
   1. Download XEmacs from www.xemacs.org

      Skip this stpe if you already have XEmacs installed. Type "xemacs" in the shell command line to see if it's installed.

   2. Put atlas-linux.el into your script directory(e.g /usr/share/xemacs-21.4.6/lisp/)

   3. Add the following lines into ~/.xemacs/init.el:
      (autoload 'atlas-mode "atlas-linux" "ATLaS mode." t)
      (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.adl$" . atlas-mode))
      
   • Emacs
   1. Most Linux system comes with Emacs. If you don't have Emacs, download Emacs from http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/

      Type "emacs" in the shell command line to see if it's installed.

   2. Put atlas-linux.el into your script directory(e.g /usr/share/emacs/21.2/lisp/)

   3. Add the following lines into ~/.emacs:
      (autoload 'atlas-mode "atlas-linux" "ATLaS mode." t)
      (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.adl$" . atlas-mode))
      

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