ANNOUNCE.IV_PATCHES

	       ANNOUNCING: PDP++ Patches to InterViews


InterViews for version 2.0 of PDP++: iv-pdp-r2.0

The version of interviews used for pdp++ is based on revisions that
Michael Hines (author of NEURON) and we (and others) have made to the
original interviews code.  The most recent changes from Hines include
auto-configuring for Unix platforms, meaning that compiling is as
simple as ./configure and make.  For the CYGWIN version (MS Windows),
an old-style Makefile is required (and provided) in the
src/lib/IV/CYGWIN directory.  Just type 'make' in that directory, and
then copy the resulting libIV.a into /usr/local/lib.

The Hines/NEURON version of InterViews and our own are compatible,
except for the CYGWIN version -- Hines as not yet incorporated our
latest changes which are needed for PDP++ on this platform.

The complete source code for our version of interviews is available in
the following tar on our ftp servers:

iv-pdp-r2.0.tar.gz

Pre-built interviews libraries are also available for supported
machine types on the ftp server.  Included with these libraries are
the "installed" header files.

These are files:

pdp++_VERS_ivinc.tar.gz (header files)
pdp++_VERS_ivlib_CPU.tar.gz (libraries for CPU type)

where VERS is the version number (currently 2.0)

NOTE: If you are upgrading an earlier version to 2.0, you MUST upgrade
the interviews library (and header files, if you are compiling).