The Graphical User Interface for CCP4 simplifies running CCP4
programs and provides tools for reviewing and analysing results. The
advantages of the CCP4 Task Interface over other CCP4 interfaces are:
based on free, distributable software that runs on various systems;
easy to port and maintain;
possible for someone other than the original developer to modify and
extend;
user not 'locked in' to using the Interface;
simple interfaces, everything in one place and not too many windows;
considerate to the needs of a novice user.
The Interface is written in the scripting language Tcl combined with the
graphics toolbox Tk.
Tcl/Tk provides an easy to program, flexible graphical interface. Particularly
useful is the fact that interfaces can be made dynamic - their appearance being
customised appropriately as the user makes some selection.
The Tcl scripting language is good for integrating multiple programs and provides
machine-independent tools for accessing files and performing simple system level
operations. There are extentions to Tcl/Tk such as BLT, which provide simple and
powerful graph drawing tools.
Enquiries to: the Interface developers
The CCP4 Task Interface by Liz Potterton / lizp@ysbl.york.ac.uk
Documentation by Maria Turkenburg / mgwt@ysbl.york.ac.uk
Last modified: January 11, 2001 mgwt@ysbl.york.ac.uk