[mpich-discuss] MPE Documentation

[Anthony Chan]

FYI: it is fixed in
https://trac.mcs.anl.gov/projects/mpich2/changeset/9630

A.Chan

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> ----- Original Message -----
> 
> > There is a comment in mpe_graphics.c that indicates there might be
> > but
> > I
> > couldn't find anywhere in any of the configuration scripts to do it.
> > I found changing line 750 of mpe_graphics.c to:
> > sprintf( cmdbuf, "xwd -display %s -id %ld > %s%.3d.xwd\n",
> > handle->display_name, (long) handle->xwin->win,
> > handle->capture_file,
> > handle->capture_cnt++ );
> > made the code much more versatile (rather than hardcoding the
> > location)
> > since I could just add my own xwd to $PATH. Obviously, a better
> > solution
> > would be to update the configuration but this did the trick for me.
> 
> Good point. My guess is that the code was written when systems had
> xwd lived in /usr/X11* and not all users had it in their path then.
> I assume this has changed xwd could be assumed in user's path, like
> /usr/bin. I will update the code.
> 
> Thanks,
> A.Chan