How to ... install MathMate

To run the program in the standalone mode you need to install the Java Development Kit, (JDK) version 1.1.1 or later. JDK for Windows and Solaris is available for free download from the Sun's web site. JDK for OS/2 is available from IBM's web site. JDK for other operating systems are available from the appropriate vendors. Make sure that the path environment variable contains the "bin" subdirectory of your JDK installation directory.

To run the program in client-server mode you would need to install JDK on your server machine as well.
The standard distribution package for Mathmate does not contain the client-server version. More detailed instructions on the client-server version are contained in the documentation accompanying it.

After JDK is installed, make a directory (folder) on your hard drive and unzip the contents of the distribution file into this directory (it is assumed that you have unzip program and know how to use it; if you don't please find the corresponding information). To run Mathmate, use one of the supplied batch files. Do not unzip the file "classes.zip"!

Help for Mathmate is provided in HTML format. In order to be able to use help directly from the browser, it is necessary to provide a reference to a browser (HTML rendering) program. The first time help is used, the user is prompted to enter the full path to the browser, e.g. "i:/internet/netscape/program/netscape.exe". This path will be stored in the program directory in a file named "browser". An alternative way is to use the Browser path menu item and the corresponding dialog. The next time help is called, the browser information is loaded from that file.