Chapter 2. The Interactive Graphical Interface

• 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.1.1 Setup

• 2.2 Running the Ptolemy demos
  • 2.2.1 Starting Ptolemy
  • 2.2.2 Exploring the menus
  • 2.2.3 Traversing the hierarchy
  • 2.2.4 Running a Ptolemy application
  • 2.2.5 Examining schematics more closely
  • 2.2.6 Invoking on-line documentation for stars
  • 2.2.7 More extensive exploration of the demos
  • 2.2.8 What's new

• 2.3 Dialog boxes
  • 2.3.1 Tk control panels
  • 2.3.2 Athena widget dialog boxes

• 2.4 Parameters and states
  • 2.4.1 A note on terminology
  • 2.4.2 Changing or setting parameters
    • Passing parameters through the hierarchy
    • Parameter expressions
    • Complex-valued parameters
    • Fixed-point parameters
  • 2.4.3 Reading Parameter Values From Files
  • 2.4.4 Inserting Comments in Parameters
  • 2.4.5 Using Tcl Expressions in Parameters
  • 2.4.6 Using Matlab and Mathematica to Compute Parameters
  • 2.4.7 Array parameters
  • 2.4.8 String Parameters

• 2.5 Particle types

• 2.6 The oct design database and its editor, vem

• 2.7 Creating universes
  • 2.7.1 Opening working windows
  • 2.7.2 Some basic vem commands
  • 2.7.3 Building an example

• 2.8 Using galaxies
  • 2.8.1 Creating a galaxy
  • 2.8.2 Using a galaxy
  • 2.8.3 Galaxy and universe parameters

• 2.9 Editing Icons
  • Changing the number of terminals in galaxy icons

• 2.10 Sounds
  • 2.10.1 Workstation Audio Internet Resources
  • 2.10.2 Solaris
    • SparcStation CD-ROM
  • 2.10.3 HPUX
  • 2.10.4 Playing Audio over the Network
    • Via the Web
    • Java
    • AF
  • 2.10.5 Ptolemy Sounds

• 2.11 Hardcopy
  • 2.11.1 Printing oct facets
  • 2.11.2 Capturing a screen image
    • Importing an image as PostScript
    • Importing an Image as a X bitmap (XBM)

• 2.12 Other useful information
  • 2.12.1 Plotting signals and Fourier transforms
  • 2.12.2 Moving objects
  • 2.12.3 Copying objects
  • 2.12.4 Labeling a design
  • 2.12.5 Icon orientation
  • 2.12.6 Finding the names of terminals
  • 2.12.7 Multiple inputs and outputs
  • 2.12.8 Using delays
  • 2.12.9 Auto-forking
  • 2.12.10 Dealing with errors
  • 2.12.11 Copying and moving designs
    • Moving facets
  • 2.12.12 Environment variables
  • 2.12.13 Command-line options

• 2.13 X Resources

• 2.14 Tk options

• 2.15 Multi-domain universes

Authors: Joseph T. Buck
Edwin E. Goei
Wei-Jen Huang
Alan Kamas
Edward A. Lee

Other Contributors: Andrea Cassotto
Wan-Teh Chang
Michael J. Chen
Brian L. Evans
David Harrison
Holly Heine
Christopher Hylands
Tom Lane
Phil Lapsley
David G. Messerschmitt
Rick Spickelmier
Matthew Tavis