BIRCH - Set environment varibles
Change defaults in $BIRCH/local/admin
Move back to the local/admin directory eg.
cd ../local/admin
Platform-specific settings
In platform.source, set the value of $BIRCH_PLATFORM
by commenting out the appropriate line. For example, on a
Solaris system:
# Uncomment a line if you only
use a single platform
#setenv BIRCH_PLATFORM linux-intel
setenv BIRCH_PLATFORM sun
Alternatively, comment out the code that sets $BIRCH_PLATFORM
according to the name of the host to which the user is logged in.
Similarly, in platform.profile.source, uncomment the equivalent
line for users of Bourne family shells eg.
BIRCH_PLATFORM=sun
Programs to be called by GDE
Next, you may wish to edit the files local.cshrc.source
and local.profile.source. These files contain lines that let you choose
which text editor, bitmap image viewer and terminal programs should
be called by GDE. These are set, respectively, in the environment variables
$GDE_TEXTEDIT, $GDE_TERMINAL and $GDE_BITMAP_VIEWER. cshrc.source and
profile.source contain "failsafe" settings for these variables, which
are likely to be found on your system, but may not be the best programs
of their type. local.cshrc.source and local.profile.source have many
alternative choices for these variables. Simply uncomment the one you
want for each.
local.login.source and local.profile.login.source
These files specifiy commands to be executed each time the user
logs in. The main path for BIRCH binaries is already set in $BIRCH/admin/login.source
and $BIRCH/admin/profile.login.source, but if you want to also
have locally-installed programs in the user's path, uncomment the
appropriate line in local.login.source for C-shell users, and local.profile.login.source
for Bourne shell users.
Login_Message
The file 'Login_Message' is printed in each terminal
window opened by a user. You should probably edit the Login_Message
to reflect your own system.
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