Hi Aaron,
I thought I would give the gblocks a spin.
All works well. This is a great package for teaching AI: planning, natural
language parsing etc.
Best regards
Dave
Ps. I must try again to build an image for popvision.
-----Original Message-----
From: Aaron Sloman <[email protected]>
Sent: 06 July 2021 16:18
To: [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: Re: (POP-FORUM) popvision package: Finding rc_context
> Just picking up on a small point.
>
> > I don't know whether Steve has worked out the implications of all
> > this for his debian/ubutu -based version of poplog.
>
> I think this question was scoped to popvision. The build process does
> recompile all the C-files as shared objects. It does not create the
> popvision saved image but I will take a look at that tonight. I think
> that's all that is needed for popvision.
I guess most people will not want it pre-built, as it is so easy to create
if needed.
However, for testing your system, you could also have a bit of fun if you
try creating the gblocks saved image
$usepop/pop/packages/rclib/mkgblocks
The printout during building is a bit messy and could be modified as it is
irrlevant to the context of building a saved image (my fault):
;;; LOADING LIB rclib
;;; LOADING LIB rc_blocks
TO START THE PROGRAM TYPE:-
blocks_go();
or
ENTER blocks
;;; LOADING LIB xved_standalone_setup
mkgblocks done
If it gets that far, type:
pop11 +gblocks
type 'y' when it asks if you want xved.
Type 'help' in the xved window -- which should come up alongside the 2D
image of tabletop scene.
It gives some example commands. Move the ved cursor to one, edit if desired,
and press RETURN, e.g. you can select one with a multi-parse example:
put the block on a block on a block on a red block
You can also change some words before RETURN.
after printing each parse or displaying it graphically, it asks you to click
on 'continue', and also after each step in plan execution.
Inspired by Winograd's thesis, 1971. But much simplified.
Running on Sun workstations (or Xterminals), this used to entertain visitors
on opendays in the 1980s, long before all the fancy stuff became available
on the internet!
A 'big' server might have a few hundred MB of memory in those days -- much
less than my mobile phone now.
Aaron
