If you are reading this file, you have successfully downloaded
and unpacked the help archive:
To use VRweb with WWW browsers (Netscape, Mosaic) or to view local
files, you need one of the files
On displays with OpenGL support (e.g. SGI, DEC Alpha with Open3D
installed) use the OpenGL version
The UNIX binaries are compressed with gzip. Run gunzip on the
appropriate version of vrweb and you will have an executable. If you
need to compile the source code yourself follow the instructions in
the README-Unix and INSTALLATION file provided with the distribution.
So, if you want to use vrweb-XXX-YYY, call
You may wish to rename the binary to
You are now ready to start vrweb with a local file: If you have
downloaded the VRMLsamples and unpacked them with
try
To make your web browser display VRML scenes coming from the net with
VRweb, add the following line to
For Netscape:
For NCSA Mosaic:
The URL argument %u is necessary to follow relative URLs in scenes, %s
stands for a temporary file name containing the data. Argument
If you do not already have a
If you want to make the change on the fly (without quitting your
browser), you have to reload the config-file. In NCSA Mosaic:
Note to sys-admins: you can also make the changes to the global
configuration file listed in the dialog, so that they are valid for
all users.
You may also wish to configure your browser to pass .wrl files opened
on your local file system to VRweb. This needs an entry in
Further information on mailcap/mime types can be found in the NCSA XMosaic
documentation.
You are now ready to download VRML scenes from any server: Try
connecting to the IICM server for some sample scenes.
To be able to access this help on-line from VRweb, it must be found in
directory
If you unpacked it yourself, you should move the help directory to
become a subdir of
As described in the Configuration section above, you have to decide
whether to use Netscape or Mosaic. In both cases, the webbrowser must
be running to accept requests. The calling mechanism is the same as
for anchors.
You are now ready to view this help from VRweb: Just select
"Overview" in the Help menu or press F1.
Back to overview.
Downloading
help.tar.gz
vrweb-1.1-...
For use
with Harmony you need harscened-...
vrweb-1.1-ogl-[Systemname]
,
otherwise vrweb-1.1-mesa-[Systemname]
.
gunzip vrweb-XXX-YYY.gz
vrweb-ogl
or
vrweb-mesa
respectively to have a more convenient name
and to make your configurations independent of the release number.
gzip -cd VRMLsamples.tar.gz | tar xvf -
vrweb-mesa cubes.wrl
or any other VRML scene. VRweb
can read gzipped files as well without having to first uncompress them.
Configuration
.mailcap
in your home
directory:
x-world/x-vrml; vrweb-mesa -URL %u %s
x-world/x-vrml; vrweb-mesa -mosaic %s
-mosaic
will invoke NCSA Mosaic for WWWAnchor support and
on-line help, otherwise VRweb communicates with Netscape.
~/.mailcap
create a new
one. Of course, use vrweb-ogl on SGI systems. If you use VRweb with
Harmony (harscened), you do not need to make these setups.
Options/Reload Config Files
, in Netscape 1.x:
Options|Preferences|Helper Apps
, in Netscape 2.x:
Options|General|Helpers
.
~/.mime.types
. To configure your webserver to host VRML
files - also gzipped ones -, please look into the VRweb FAQ
and the documentation of your server for the necessary steps. It may
look like:
x-world/x-vrml wrl
or
type=x-world/x-vrml exts=wrl,vrml
on-line Help
~/.vrweb/help
, e.g. if you (or your sys-admin)
installed it in directory /usr/local/vrweb/help
you
should create a directory .vrweb
in your homedir, cd into
it, and create a link with ln -s /usr/local/vrweb/help
help
, to share the help.
~/.vrweb
. The subdirectory .vrweb will
be used for other purposes, such as saving user configurations, in
future releases.