Thanks, Yes I had found the solar.ijs file and seen that the reference to it was commented out (along with tank) in glview.ijs. On second glance I saw that 'solar' is added again below, and sure enough it is in the OpenGL demo too - and it works!
Regarding the jerkiness you see on your Mac for the pendulum animation, does it improve if you change DT to say DT=: %200 ? > From: Brian Schott > > If the file solar.ijs is in the system/examples/graphics/opengl > directory, try putting it into the script glviews.ijs in the same > directory and fire it up. Otherwise, it may not be available to you > unless someone with a Mac (wink, wink) sends you a copy. > > A simpler alternative might be to decomment the phrase solar.ijs in > glview.ijs (notice, no s in this one). > > Other than that I can't remember if the file needed some tweaking. But > let me know if you need more. > > > > On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 8:03 PM, Sherlock, Ric wrote: > >> From: Brian Schott > >> > >> On my Mac your fine simulation is not smooth like the solar system > >> Demo of J. > > > > I had a vague memory of seeing this before, but wasn't sure where to > find it. Searching for "solar" in the ~system folder I found it in the > OpenGL demo. However it appears to be commented out in the current > distribution for Windows. Is it available in the Mac one? > > > > Ric > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm