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Chart::GRACE - object for displaying data via Xmgrace
use Chart::GRACE;
xmgrace($a, { SYMBOL => 'plus'};
use Chart::GRACE ();
$grace = new Chart::GRACE;
$grace->plot($pdl);
xmgrace($pdl, { LINESTYLE => 'dotted' });
Provides a perl/PDL interface to the XMGR plotting package. Can be used to plot PDLs or Perl arrays.
A simple function interface is provided that is based on the more complete object-oriented interface.
The interface can be implemented using either anonymous pipes or named pipes (governed by the module variable Chart::GRACE::NPIPE). If named pipes are used ($NPIPE = 1) XMGR can be controlled via the pipe and buttons are available for use in XMGR. If an anonymous pipe is used XMGR will not accept button events until the pipe has been closed.
Currently the named pipe option can not support data sets containing 3 or more columns (I have not worked out how to do it anyway!). This means that only TYPE XY is supported. For anonymouse pipe 3 or more columns can be supplied along with the graph type.
The default option is to use the named pipe.
The following drawing options are available: The options are case-insensitive and minimum match.
Controls the linestyle. Allowed values are none(0), solid(1), dotted(2), dashed(3), dotdash(4). Default is solid.
Controls the line colour. LINECOLOR is an allowed synonym. Allowed values are white, black, red, green, blue, yellow, brown, gray, violet, cyan, magenta, orange, indigo, maroon, turqse and green4 (plus numeric equivalents: 0 to 15). Default is black.
Width of the line. Default is 1.
Governs whether the area inside the line is filled. Default is none.
Governs symbol type. 46 different types are supported (see XMGR options for the mapping to symbol type). Basic symbol types are available by name: none, dot, circle, square, diamond, triangleup, triangleleft, triangledown, triangleright, triangledown, triangleright, plus, X, star. Default is circle.
Colour of symbol. See LINECOLOUR for description of available values. Default is red.
Symbol size. Default is 1.
Governs whether symbols are filled (1), opaque (0) or have no fill (none(0)). Default is filled.
Set whether to autoscale as soon as set is drawn. Default is true.
Type of data set. Allowed values as for XMGR: XY, XYDX, XYDY, XYDXDX, XYDYDY, XYDXDY, XYZ, XYRT.
A simplified non-object oriented interface is provided. These routines are exported into the callers namespace by default.
A simplified interface to plotting on Xmgrace.
Select the current set (integer 0->).
Detach XMGRACE from the pipe. This returns control of XMGRACE to the user.
Print arbritrary commands to XMGR. The @ symbol is prepended to all commands and a newline is appended.
The following methods are available.
Constructor. Is used to launch the new XMGR process and returns the object.
Return file handle (of type IO::Pipe) associated with external XMGRACE process.
Return options object associated with XMGRACE object.
Returns name of pipe associated with object.
Returns whether an XMGRACE process is currently attached to the object. Can also be used to set the state.
Returns (or sets) the current set.
Returns (or sets) the current graph.
Turns the debug flag on or off. If on (1) all commands sent to XMGRACE are also printed to STDOUT.
Default is false.
Method to print Xmgrace commands to the attached XMGRACE process. Carriage returns are appended. '@' symbols are prepended where necessary (needed for anonymous pipes, not for named pipes).
Print numbers to the pipe. No @ symbol is prepended. For named pipes we must use the POINT command. For anonymous pipes the data is just sent as is (so multiple column can be supplied).
Selects the current graph in XMGRACE.
Method to plot XY data. Multiple arguments are allowed (in addition to the options hash). This routine plots the supplied data as the currently selected set on the current graph.
The interpretation of each input argument depends on the set type (specified as an option: SETTYPE). For example, 3 columns can be translated as XYDY, XYDX or XYZ. No check is made that the number of arguments matches the selected type.
Array references can be substituted for PDLs.
The options hash is assumed to be the last argument.
$xmgr->plot(\@x, \@y, { LINECOL => 'red' } );
$xmgr->plot($pdl);
Process the options hash and send to XMGRACE. This sends the options for the current set.
Forces XMGRACE to redraw.
Kill a set. If no argument is specified the current set is killed; else the specified set (integer greater than or equal to 0) is killed.
Instruct XMGRACE to autoscale.
Autscale on the specified set (default to current set).
Set the world coordinates.
Set the current graphs viewport (where the current graphi is displayed).
Set the graphtype. Allowed values are: 'XY', 'BAR', 'HBAR', 'STACKEDBAR', 'STACKEDHBAR', 'LOGX', 'LOGY', 'LOGXY', 'POLAR', 'SMITH'
Configure the current set.
$xmgr->configure(SYMBOL=>1, LINECOLOUR=>'red');
Close the pipe without asking XMGRACE to die. This can be used if you want to leave XMGRACE running after the object is destroyed. Note that no more messages can be sent to the XMGRACE process associated with this object.
Destructor for object. Sends the 'exit' message to the XMGRACE process. This will fail silently if the pipe is no longer open. (eg if the detach() method has been called.
An example program may look like this:
use Chart::GRACE;
use PDL;
$a = pdl( 1,4,2,6,5);
$xmgrace = new Chart::GRACE;
$xmgrace->plot($a, { SYMBOL => 3,
LINECOL => 'red',
LINESTYLE => 2
SYMSIZE => 1 }
);
$xmgrace->configure(SYMCOL => 'green');
$xmgrace->detach;
If PDL is not available, then arrays can be used:
use Chart::GRACE
@a = ( 1,4,2,6,5 );
$xmgrace = new Chart::GRACE;
$xmgrace->plot(\@a, { SYMBOL => 3,
LINECOL => 'red',
LINESTYLE => 2
SYMSIZE => 1 }
);
$xmgrace->configure(SYMCOL => 'green');
$xmgrace->detach;
The GRACE home page is at http://plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il/Grace/ This modules is designed to be used with XMGRACE version 5.1.1.
The PDL::Options module is required. This is available as part of the PDL distribution (http://pdl.perl.org) or separately in the PDL directory on CPAN or my author directory.
This module was derived from Chart::XMGR
Copyright (C) Tim Jenness 1998,1999,2001 <t.jenness@jach.hawaii.edu>.
All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
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package Chart::GRACE;
use 5.003; use strict; use Carp; use IO::Pipe; use IO::File; # Options parsing use PDL::Options; # We are exporting a command. #require Exporter; use vars qw/$VERSION $Current %DEFAULTS %SYNONYMS %TRANSLATION %COLOURS @ISA %EXPORT_TAGS $NPIPE $COUNTER/; use subs qw/ __curr_xmgr/; @ISA = qw(Exporter); %EXPORT_TAGS = ( 'Func' => [qw/ xmgr xmgrprint xmgrset xmgrdetach /] ); Exporter::export_tags('Func'); # Use Named pipe if true. # This is the default $NPIPE = 1; # Need to make a named pipe if NPIPE is true # If the mkfifo command is not available then we turn this feature off eval "use POSIX qw/mkfifo/"; if ($@) { # Create dummy mkfifo command eval "sub mkfifo {}"; $NPIPE = 0; } # Allows me to keep track of named pipe names by using # a different one each time the object is created $COUNTER = 0; # $Current is a kludge to allow people to run these subs as normal # subroutines without using the object. It is set to the current object # and used by the xmgracelline routine to call the methods. # Version number $VERSION = '0.95'; # Store the default configuration options %DEFAULTS = ( 'LINESTYLE' => 1, 'LINECOLOUR' => 1, 'LINEWIDTH' => 1, 'SYMBOL' => 'circle', 'SYMCOLOUR' => 2, 'SYMSIZE' => 1, 'SYMFILL' => 1, 'FILL' => 0, 'AUTOSCALE' => 1, 'SETTYPE' => 'xy' ); # Store synonyms %SYNONYMS = ( 'LINECOLOR' => 'LINECOLOUR', 'SYMCOLOR' => 'SYMCOLOUR' ); # Define colours %COLOURS = ( 'white' => 0, 'black' => 1, 'red' => 2, 'green' => 3, 'blue' => 4, 'yellow' => 5, 'brown' => 6, 'gray' => 7, 'violet' => 8, 'cyan' => 9, 'magenta' => 10, 'orange' => 11, 'indigo' => 12, 'maroon' => 13, 'turqse' => 14, 'green4' => 15 ); # Store the translation %TRANSLATION = ( 'LINESTYLE' => { 'none' => 0, 'solid' => 1, 'dotted'=> 2, 'dashed'=> 3, 'ldash' =>4, 'dotdash'=>5 }, 'LINECOLOUR' => { %COLOURS }, 'SYMCOLOUR' => { %COLOURS }, 'SYMBOL' => { 'none' => 0, 'dot' => 1, 'circle' => 2, 'square' => 3, 'diamond' => 4, 'triangleup' => 5, 'triangleleft' => 6, 'triangledown' => 7, 'triangleright' => 8, 'plus' => 9, 'X' => 10, 'star' => 11 }, 'SYMFILL' => { 'none' => 0, 'filled' => 1, 'opaque' => 2 } ); # __curr_xmgrace. Returns the current XMGR object, creating # a new one if necessary. sub __curr_xmgrace { my $xmgrace = $Current; # If it is not defined start a new XMGR $xmgrace = new Chart::GRACE unless defined $xmgrace; return $xmgrace; }
sub xmgrace { my $xmgrace = __curr_xmgrace; # Now send all arguments to the plot routine $xmgrace->plot(@_); }
sub xmgraceset { my $xmgrace = __curr_xmgrace; my $set = shift; $xmgrace->set($set); }
sub xmgracedetach { my $xmgrace = __curr_xmgrace; $xmgrace->detach; }
sub xmgraceprint { my $arg = shift; my $xmgrace = __curr_xmgrace; $arg = $arg . "\n"; $xmgrace->prt($arg); }
sub new { my $proto = shift; my $class = ref($proto) || $proto; my $xmgrace = {}; $xmgrace->{Pipe} = undef; # File handle object of pipe $xmgrace->{Attached} = 0; # Is an XMGR process attached $xmgrace->{Set} = 0; # Current set number $xmgrace->{Graph} = 0; # Current graph $xmgrace->{Options} = new PDL::Options( \%DEFAULTS ); $xmgrace->{Debug} = 0; # Debugging flag $xmgrace->{Npipe} = undef; # Name of named pipe # Bless into class bless ($xmgrace, $class); # Store the current object - KLUDGE alert $Current = $xmgrace; # Launch the XMGR process if ($NPIPE) { # Increment counter $COUNTER++; # Create the named pipe if necessary # This is not really safe. Should be using File::Temp $xmgrace->{Npipe} = "/tmp/xmgrace_fifo$$" . "_$COUNTER"; # See if the pipe exists and or is not a pipe unless (-p $xmgrace->npipe) { print "Making named pipe:".$xmgrace->npipe ."..." if $xmgrace->debug; unlink $xmgrace->npipe; mkfifo($xmgrace->npipe, 0600) || croak "Couldnt create named pipe: $!"; # POSIX print "Done\n" if $xmgrace->debug; } # Fork xmgr my $pid; if ($pid = fork) { # Parent # Open pipe $xmgrace->{Pipe} = new IO::File; $xmgrace->{Pipe}->open("> ". $xmgrace->npipe) or die "Can't open named pipe: $!"; } elsif (defined $pid) { # Child exec 'xmgrace -noask -npipe '.$xmgrace->npipe . ' -timer 900'; } else { die "Can't fork: $!\n"; } } else { # An anonymous pipe $xmgrace->{Pipe} = new IO::Pipe; $xmgrace->{Pipe}->writer('xmgrace -pipe -noask'); } $xmgrace->{Pipe}->autoflush; $xmgrace->{Attached} = 1; # Configure the options $xmgrace->{Options}->synonyms( \%SYNONYMS ); $xmgrace->{Options}->translation( \%TRANSLATION ); # Set a default title $xmgrace->prt('TITLE "Perl->XMGRACE"'); return $xmgrace; }
sub pipe { my $self = shift; if (@_) { $self->{Pipe} = shift;} return $self->{Pipe}; }
sub opt { my $self = shift; if (@_) { $self->{Options} = shift;} return $self->{Options}; }
sub npipe { my $self = shift; if (@_) { $self->{Npipe} = shift;} return $self->{Npipe}; }
sub attached { my $self = shift; if (@_) { $self->{Attached} = shift;} return $self->{Attached}; }
sub set { my $self = shift; if (@_) { $self->{Set} = shift;} return $self->{Set}; }
sub graph { my $self = shift; if (@_) { $self->{Graph} = shift;} return $self->{Graph}; }
sub debug { my $self = shift; if (@_) { $self->{Debug} = shift;} return $self->{Debug}; }
sub prt { my $self = shift; my @args = @_; # In case we are parsing in a read-only variable # If names pipe then just append newline if ($NPIPE) { map { $_ = "$_\n" } @args; } else { # Normal pipe so need the @ symbol as well map { $_ = "\@$_\n" } @args; } print map { "XMGRACE: $_" } @args if $self->debug; my $PIPE = $self->pipe; foreach (@args) { print $PIPE "$_"; } }
sub prt_data { my $self = shift; my @args = @_; # In case we are parsing in a read-only variable my $set = $self->set; # For named pipes need to process the data some more if ($NPIPE) { foreach (@args) { next if $_ eq '&'; my @bits = split(/ /, $_); # Only first two bits are allowed for POINT my $data = join(',',@bits[0..1]); $_ = "s$set POINT $data\n"; } } else { # Just send the data with a carriage return map { $_ .= "\n" } @args; } print map { "XMGRACE: $_" } @args if $self->debug; my $PIPE = $self->pipe; foreach (@args) { print $PIPE "$_"; } }
sub select_graph { my $self = shift; my $graph = $self->graph; $self->prt("WITH g$graph"); }
sub plot { my ($optref); my $self = shift; croak 'Usage: plot($pdl, [$hash])' if (scalar(@_) < 0); # Read options hash from command line. # Assumed to be last arg (if its a hash) if (ref($_[-1]) eq 'HASH') { $optref = pop(@_); } else { $optref = {}; } # Take a local copy of the args my @input = @_; # Process the user options and combine with defaults my $merged = $self->opt->options($optref); # Retrieve set number my $set = $self->set; # Select the current graph $self->select_graph; # First thing we need to do is kill the current set in XMGR $self->killset; # Then need to set the target of this data set $self->prt("TARGET s$set"); # Now need to set the settype. This is contained in the options # hash. $self->prt("TYPE $$merged{SETTYPE}"); # First thing we need to do is check the dimensions of the # first argument (if it is a PDL). # If it is 2D then we want to loop my $nargs = $#input; # Found out how many numbers in the first arg my $npts; if (ref($input[0]) eq 'ARRAY') { $npts = $#{$input[0]}; } elsif (UNIVERSAL::isa($input[0],'PDL')) { $npts = $input[0]->clump(-1)->nelem - 1; # Match perl start at 0 } else { croak 'Cant work out how to display data: Not PDL or Array ref'; } # Loop over each point in arg and send a data point to XMGR for (my $i = 0; $i <= $npts; $i++ ) { # Somewhere to store the current value my @val = (); # Read element from each arg for (my $j = 0; $j <= $nargs; $j++) { push (@val, $i) if $nargs == 0; my $val; my $cpt = $input[$j]; # An ARRAY reference if (ref($cpt) eq 'ARRAY') { if ($i <= $#{$cpt}) { $val = ${$cpt}[$i]; } else { $val = 0; } # A PDL } elsif (UNIVERSAL::isa($cpt,'PDL')) { # Check that we are in range my $num = $cpt->clump(-1)->nelem; if ($i <= $cpt->clump(-1)->nelem - 1) { $val = $cpt->clump(-1)->at($i); } else { $val = 0.0; } # None of the above } else { $val = 0; } # Store $val push ( @val, $val); } # Now we have the list. Create a string and send to XMGRACE my $data = join(' ',@val); # my $string = "\@s$set POINT $data"; # $self->prt($string); $self->prt_data("$data"); } # Close the set (if not a named pipe) $self->prt_data('&') unless $NPIPE; # Send the options hash $self->send_options($merged); # Update the display $self->redraw; }
sub send_options { my $self = shift; my $optref = shift; my $set = $self->set; # select current graph $self->select_graph; # Somewhere to put the options my @XMGR = (); # Loop through the keys foreach my $key (%$optref) { if ($key eq 'LINESTYLE') { push(@XMGR, "s$set LINESTYLE $$optref{$key}"); } elsif ($key eq 'LINECOLOUR') { push(@XMGR, "s$set COLOR $$optref{$key}"); } elsif ($key eq 'LINEWIDTH') { push(@XMGR, "s$set LINEWIDTH $$optref{$key}"); } elsif ($key eq 'SYMBOL') { push(@XMGR, "s$set SYMBOL $$optref{$key}"); } elsif ($key eq 'FILL') { push(@XMGR, "s$set FILL $$optref{$key}"); } elsif ($key eq 'SYMSIZE') { push(@XMGR, "s$set SYMBOL SIZE $$optref{$key}"); } elsif ($key eq 'SYMCOLOUR') { push(@XMGR, "s$set SYMBOL COLOR $$optref{$key}"); } elsif ($key eq 'SYMFILL') { push(@XMGR, "s$set SYMBOL FILL $$optref{$key}"); } if ($key eq 'AUTOSCALE') { if ($$optref{$key}) { $self->autoscale; } } } $self->prt(@XMGR); }
sub redraw { my $self = shift; $self->prt('redraw'); }
sub killset { my $self = shift; my $set = $self->set; if (@_) { $set = shift; } $self->prt("KILL s$set"); }
sub autoscale { my $self = shift; $self->prt('autoscale'); }
sub autoscale_on { my $self = shift; my $set = $self->set; if (@_) { $set = shift; } $self->prt("autoscale on s$set"); }
sub world { my $self = shift; my ($xmin, $xmax, $ymin, $ymax) = @_; $self->prt("WORLD $xmin, $ymin, $xmax, $ymax"); # $self->prt("WORLD XMAX $xmax"); # $self->prt("WORLD YMIN $ymin"); # $self->prt("WORLD XMAX $ymax"); }
sub viewport { my $self = shift; my ($xmin, $xmax, $ymin, $ymax) = @_; $self->prt("VIEW $xmin, $ymin, $xmax, $ymax"); # $self->prt("VIEW XMAX $xmax"); # $self->prt("VIEW YMIN $ymin"); # $self->prt("VIEW XMAX $ymax"); }
sub graphtype { my $self = shift; my $type = shift; my $graph = $self->graph; $self->prt("g$graph TYPE $type"); }
sub configure { my $self = shift; my %hash = @_; # Now parse the options and return the converted values # Make sure we only return the requested parameters. $self->opt->full_options(0); # Turn off full options my $answer = $self->opt->options(\%hash); $self->send_options($answer); # Reset $self->opt->full_options(1); # Redraw $self->redraw; }
sub detach { my $self = shift; if ($self->attached) { close ($self->pipe) or carp "Cant release XMGRACE process: $!"; } # Update the object state so that we know that XMGRACE is no longer running $self->attached(0); }
sub DESTROY { my $self = shift; # Check that pipe is still opened (depends on global destruction order) if ($self->pipe) { $self->prt("exit\n") if $self->pipe->opened; # Close the pipe if ($self->attached) { $self->pipe->close or carp "Cant stop XMGRACE process: $!"; } } # Remove the FIFO (if we made one) unlink $self->npipe if defined $self->npipe; }
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