Nb For Windows - Release Notes - April 1997

System Requirements:
  1. Windows 95, NT 3.51 or NT 4.0
  2. Color monitor at 1024x768 pixels resolution and at least 256 colors.
  3. Tcl/Tk interpreter (Tk version 4.1 or later)

Install Tcl/Tk for Windows:
You should first download and install in C:\TCL version 4.2 of the Tcl/Tk Wish interpreter. The batch file nb.bat assumes that Wish42.exe is installed in C:\TCL\bin\wish42.exe

Install Nb for Windows:
Download and unzip the folder ftp://sls-ftp.lcs.mit.edu/pub/flammia/nb-for-windows.zip into C:\Nb

Run the Nb batch file:
The batch file that runs Nb is called C:\Nb\nb.bat. You can make a desktop shortcut with the icon file provided in C:\nb\nb.ico. From Nb, you can then open the file: C:\Nb\Test.nb

Windows Specific Limitations:
  1. Under Tk 4.1 and 4.2, Nb does not have the look and feel of other Windows applications. Instead, the graphical user interface widgets look like the Unix Motif widgets.
  2. In particular, you browse files and folders in the File Open and Save window using Unix syntax: ".." indicates parent folder, "/" indicate a folder.
  3. Do not use the Windows top toolbar [x] to destroy any of the Nb windows. Instead, use the [Dismiss] button provided with each window. Otherwise, when Nb looks for a window which has been destroyed with the [x], an error will occur (no big deal).
  4. You cannot view parse trees, play sound files or display graphics images in the Windows version of Nb.

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