New GUI for Emc available for testing...

cmorley wrote:

I installed latest files.
Very cool.
I wish it were in a more common programming language.
It needs to be able to load halmeter and halconfig.
The wiki is probably the best place for third party skins.
Keep up the good work!
Chris

The latest Rev (143up) has a popupmenu (Rightclick on the MainWindow)
From this menu you can start halconfig,halmeter,emctop etc...

regards, Thomas

step4linux wrote:

BigJohnT wrote:

I'm getting an error on 10.04 trying to install mocca.

be patient John, the packages are tested only for 8.04, I think.
Next update shall work for 10.04 as well.

Or use the sources to compile...

Gerd

I kinda thought it was something like that... is there a make file or something to compile it with?

John

Hello Thomas,

I have been watching mocca with interest and it sounds like a winner.

At he moment the program can handle up to 5 Axes (XYZ and 2 of the ABC axes)

Are there plans to add more axis in the future? On a knee mill I like to use xyzw where w is the knee and z is the quill.

Rick G

Yes, as soon as i know more about kinematics (Jointsmode,World etc) i will write the code for this.
But i am still learning and trying about this stuff...

Ok I have installed mocca and I have seen the screen you have made. I think I am making progress.
Now to make my own screen. Am I right in understanding that this is not a WYSIWYG editor, and we must edit the mocca.xml file, or am I missing something?
I did try and insert <string name ="image" value="mybackgrond.jpg"/> and I had the image in the same folder as the mocca.xml folder but I see no change.
I really want to understand all this, and will produce some "how to" videos for others once I understand.
Any help would be appreciated.
Benny

PS I know it must be frustrating holding hands with people like me, but once I can undestand I will endeavour to make it easier for others to also understand.

This is all I see. I do not see the background image as included with the files.
I have put all the files in the same folder. Is this right?
I'm really hoping for some sort of response because so far I have made 7 posts and NOTHING has been responded to.
image missing http://www.linuxcnc.org/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/Screenshot_1-d5a3b38d357ff61c4081c443e2ad0028.png