peter's FAQs for AIPS++

How do I add AIPS++ to my shell?
For a csh-shell this would be
```
source /aips++/aipsinit.csh
```
but your site location may very well be different. When this is loaded, the aips++ command will start the AIPS++ environment, which will most often start a number of GUI windows and the glish shell with which you can all interact.
How do I code in AIPS++ ?
You need to make a shadow (RCS) tree in your $HOME/aips++ (ideally) directory, from which you can checkout code. This can only be done from a developmentversion of AIPS++, not a released version of AIPS++.
```
    $ mkdir aips++
    $ cd aips++
    $ mktree
    $ cd code/bima/apps/bimafiller
```
How do you I submit code?
When I submit code back to the AOC, my emacs editor loads a read-only version of the source...
Yes, this will happen if you AOC username is different from your local username. Apart from the fact that you also need to have the $AUID set, you also need to nillify the vc-consult-headers variable within emacs, viz.:
```
    $ echo $USER
    teuben
    $ cat ~/.emacs
    ; ignore headers in vc
    (setq vc-consult-headers nil)
    $ setenv AUID pteuben
    $ rao -l bimafiller.cc
    $ emacs bimafiller.cc
    $ make bimafiller
    $ rai bimafiller.cc
```