Re: Ubuntu Howto

> You should not try to change anything in the sample files, but
> make copies under your user directory. In most cases, EMC
> components look there for requested files automatically.

I made changes in the files located in /home/jank.... so I think
that's my user directory.

>
> There may be changes to the names of some functions or NML
> messages that won't allow files to be compied directly from
> older systems. If you have copies of the original files before
> you modified them, you could do a "diff" to see if there have
> been any changes between your Puppy version and the Ubuntu version.

I made a few changes to the MINI.TCL file. The changes basically did
two things - First, they added "F3", "F4" and "F5" labels to the push
button widgets for manual, auto, and MDI to make it easier for me to
remember which function key to press.

The other change was in the toggle EStop routine where I made sure
that either setting or clearing the EStop button would make sure that
the machine was set "off" and also setting the color of the EStop
button to yellow. None of these changes should have kept EMC from
finding and attempting to execute the file.

> Also, if you are going to use EMC, you should join the emc lists
> on sourceforge.

I'll look for those groups. With the exception of making these small
changes (and perhaps a few others as I work more with the program) in
EMC, I want to be a user and not a developer.

-- Jerry Jankura
So many toys.... So little time....