2. Getting Started
2.1 Installing & Launching the Systemic Coder
The latest version of the Systemic Coder is 4.6, released September 3 2002.
Download as described below:
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Windows:
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Installing the Coder: Click below to download the Coder installer.
Once downloaded, double-click on the installer and follow the instructions.
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- Coder462Install.exe
Note: earlier versions of the Systemic
Coder required you to install Tcl/Tk (a scripting language interpreter).
This is no longer necessary, the Coder installer is all you need.
Note: for those needing to work with unicode
fonts (Korean, Russian, Japanese, etc.) the above version lacks unicode
support. Please download the following version instead, and you will need
to install Tcl/Tk (see here
for the download page).
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- Coder46sr.zip
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Launching the Coder: Once installed, double click on Coder45.exe
in the Coder45 folderto launch.
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Macintosh:
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Install Tcl/Tk: The Coder is is written in a platform independent
language called Tcl/Tk. To use the Coder, you first need to download this
software. Press here
for the download page.
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Install the Coder Click below to download the installer. Once on
your Mac, use Stuffit Expander or similar to unpack the archive.
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- Coder45.sit
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Launch the Coder: Open The Wish application (In the Tcl/Tk folder),
then select the "Source" option from the "File" menu. Select the LoadCoder.tcl
file.
Note: Some Mac users on MacOS 8.x and 9.x
have reported problems in launching the Coder. Unfortunately, I lack access
to Macs after OS7.5, so cannot debug this. Sorry folks.
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Unix/Linux
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Install Tcl/Tk: The Coder is is written in a platform independent
language called Tcl/Tk. To use the Coder, you first need to download and
install this software. Press here
for the download page.
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Install the Coder Click below to download the installer. Once on
your machine, use gzip/tar to unpack the archive.
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- Coder45.tar.gz
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Launch the Coder: cd to the Coder directory, and type in 'wish LoadCoder.tcl'.
On all platforms, you should be presented with a startup window, which
will eventually offer the options to "Import Text File", "Load Codings"
or "Quit". If you are not offered these options, review the steps above
to see where you went wrong. If you cannot solve it, email me and I will
attempt to address your problems. Most likely it is a problem with the
installation of Tcl-Tk.
2.2 Installing MDraw (Windows only)
One of the options for saving your system networks (schemes) is the '.pdx'
fomat. This is a graphics format which can be read by another program,
Mayura Draw. Mayura Draw allows you to further export the diagram in a
number of formats, such as pdf, jpg, gif, eps (Encapsulated Postscript),
and wmf (Windows MetaFile), etc.
Use the "Export" option under Mayura's File menu. Eps and wmf
formats can be inserted into MS Word or other word processor documents.
Note: eps figures can only be printed to a laser printer. In most cases,
MS Word will not know how to display them, but can still print them to
a laser printer. Wmf files can be inserted into MS Word documents, and
will print on postscript or inkjet printers. To insert either file form,
select "Picture" from the Word's "Insert" menu. For more detail click here.
Mayura Draw also allows export in PDF format, which is a good format
for distributing to other people, as PDF can be viewed and printed on most
platforms using Adobe Acrobat Reader (free download, see:
www.adobe.com).
To obtain MDraw, see www.mayura.com.
The latest version of MDraw expires after 30 days (it won't let you
export). However, an earlier version doesn't have this restriction. Download
from here.