Various instructions for developers
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This describes how to take the source of the ltpda toolbox and make a toolbox
for a particular platform. Also some instruction on development.

Installation
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In a terminal:

1) Check-out a fresh copy of the source tree
    
  > cvs co -P ltpda

In MATLAB:

2) cd ltpda/software/m-toolbox

3) Edit makeToolbox.m and change the options in the Settings section at the top.
   The rootdir should be set to the place you want the final, usable toolbox to 
   be installed, for example, 

   rootdir = '/home/hewitson/matlab/';

   Set:

   compile_mex = 1

   if you want to compile the mex files as well (you probably do).

   Make sure you have deleted any old version of a compiled toolbox from rootdir
   before going on. (This is not necessary if the old version is in the same place
   as the new one.)

4) run the script (hit F5 or type makeToolbox in the MATLAB terminal).

5) Add the command 'ltpda_startup' to the end of your startup.m

6) You should now be able to run the various test scripts
   
   >> cd ltpda/software/m-toolbox/test

   Note: these test scripts use the functions and classes of the newly 
   installed toolbox, NOT those in the source tree.


Making changes to the source
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