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graphic pattern viewer
Synopsis
Description
Xpat is a pattern viewer. All functionnalities can be accessed through different menus. Xpat works under Motif and X11r6. When entering Xpat, the main window appears and shows 5 different menus on the top bar. These menus can be entered by simply clicking on the mouse left button. Here is the description of these menus.
- File
Open : load an existing pattern file (see pat(5)).
Quit : quit xpat.- Edit
Identify : identify a selected pattern.
Connected : highlight a selected pattern.
Search : search a pattern.- View
Zoom : perform zoom in, zoom out, center, fit, refresh on figure.
Layer : select types of layers displayed.
Map : show cursor position in the entire figure.
Arrows : show arrows for moving at the grid step.
Grid : Set the X,Y step of the grid if displayed.- Tools
Message : display the last error messages
- Setup
Save or load a user defined configuration of default displayed menus.
Special Keys
- +/-
Increase or decrease the time scale.
Options
- -l file_name
Load the pattern file file_name (without extention .pat)
- -xor
Two graphic cursor methods can be used, invert or xor.
- -force
this option force all graphical objects to be displayed.
- -install
Switch to a private color map.
Environment Variables
- MBK_WORK_LIB
indicates the path to the read directory for the session.
- XPAT_PARAM_NAME (optional)
indicates the path to the parameter file used by Xpat.
See Also
mbk(1), MBK_WORK_LIB(1), PAT(5), asimut(1)