Hello all, how do you do?
I've re-engaged cubing recently, by installing Linux
on a dual boot on my machine. I've grabbed the
Xwindows copy of MagicCube4D, which seems remarkably
different from the Windows version :)
I've noticed the addition of a nifty "save" feature,
but I'm not sure how to load a log file back into the
thing. I'd like to load up my log files I was using on
the Windows version and carry on my work in a
double-undo-bug free environment. I've tried ctrl-R,
but it always tells me it can't read the state file
(assuming of course that a "state file" is anything
analogous to a "log file" :) and I can't seem to find
a "MagicCube4d.log" file that it would load on startup
either. (there probably is one but I wouldn't know
where to look ;)
So is there a way to load a log file in the Xwindows
version? does it read a logfile format in any way
similar to the Windows log file format? (if not I'll
volunteer to make translator dealies in perl :)
Having some way to load log files would be useful not
only for continuing past work or checking someone
else's solution log, but also to generate "officially"
scrambled cubes for folks to solve in timed
competitions. w00t
Thanks for listening to the ramblings of a young
codger :)
- - Jesse
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> I've noticed the addition of a nifty "save" feature,
> but I'm not sure how to load a log file back into the
> thing. I'd like to load up my log files I was using on
> the Windows version and carry on my work in a
> double-undo-bug free environment. I've tried ctrl-R,
> but it always tells me it can't read the state file
> (assuming of course that a "state file" is anything
> analogous to a "log file" :) and I can't seem to find
> a "MagicCube4d.log" file that it would load on startup
> either. (there probably is one but I wouldn't know
> where to look ;)
I'm glad to hear that you're trying out the Linux/X version of
magiccube4d. The information you're looking for is in the file
MagicCube4D-unix.txt.
The logfile can be placed in .magiccube4dlog in your home directory or
specified on the command line using the -l flag. There are other
options as well -- see the MagicCube4D-unix.txt for full details.
I'm not sure whether the software will get confused about UNIX-style
version DOS-style end of line characters. If it does, try running
dos2unix on the file.
I hope that helps!
There is one known bug with the Linux/X version of the software:
screen redraw gets very messed up when you create macros. The
workaround is to exit and restart after creating macros. The screen
is drawn correctly when macros are loaded from the saved logfile.
--
Jay Berkenbilt
http://www.ql.org/q/