2. Getting Started
2.1 Installing & Launching the Systemic Coder
The latest version of the Systemic Coder is 4.68, released May
2005.
Download as described below:
- Windows:
- Installing the Coder: Click below to download the
Coder
installer.
Once downloaded, double-click on the installer and follow the
instructions.
- - Coder468Install.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. Those
needing to work with
unicode
fonts (Korean, Russian, Japanese, etc.) can also use this version.
- Launching the Coder: Once installed, double click on
Coder.exe
in the Coder folder to launch.
- Linux:
- Installing the Coder: Click below to download the
Coder
installer.
Once downloaded, follow your usual procedure to unarchive a tar.gz file
- - Coder467Lnx.tar.gz
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. Those
needing to work with
unicode
fonts (Korean, Russian, Japanese, etc.) can also use this version.
- Launching the Coder: Once installed, cd to the Coder
folder and type ./Coder-lnx.exe
- Unix
- 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.
- Install the Coder Click below to download the
installer.
Once on
your machine, use gzip/tar to unpack the archive.
- - Coder467.tar.gz
- 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.