Launching Chalice

This page explains how to launch the Chalice interactive graphical user interface. In most cases, you will use this interactive mode to build your networks.

However, you can also run "chal," the command line version of Chalice, which enables you to batch process Chalice grail scripts that were previously created in interactive mode. Refer to appendix A, "Chal ," for more information about using chal.

To start Chalice, follow the steps below for your operating system:

IRIX Users

  1. Log in to your system and open a UNIX shell.
  2. Use the IRIX change directory command " cd " to change to the directory that contains the files with which you want to work.
  3. Type " chalice ."

  4. The system will launch Chalice and open a new file called "untitled.grail." Files created by Chalice are referred to as "grail files" and end with the .grail extension by default.
  5. To open an existing grail file, use the Open command under the File menu.

  6. For more information about creating, opening, and saving files, refer to the section on "Working with Grail Files " later in this chapter.

Alternatively, you can invoke Chalice from any directory by typing " chalice " followed by the complete pathname of the grail file in which you plan to work. This will launch Chalice with that specific file open. For example:

chalice /usr/people/richard/myfile.grail

NT Users

Double-click the Chalice application icon to launch Chalice.

Alternatively, you can select Programs > Command Prompt from the Start menu and type " chalice " in the Command Prompt window.

By default, a new file called "untitled.grail" will be created. Files created by Chalice are referred to as "grail files" and end with the .grail extension by default.

For more information about creating, opening, and saving files, refer to the section on "Working with Grail Files " later in this chapter.




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