cactus code

ygraph: Animated, Easy Client for 1D Line Plots

Using ygraph

ygraph can be used to view one or multiple 1D data files with the format

"Time=0.0
0.0  0.0
0.2  0.04
0.4  0.16
0.6  0.36
0.8  0.64
1.0  1.0

"Time=1.0
0.0  0.0
0.2 -0.04
0.4 -0.16
0.6 -0.36
0.8 -0.64
1.0 -1.0

Such files can be created with the Cactus thorns CactusBase/IOASCII and CactusBase/IOBasic

Viewing files is as easy as typing

ygraph <data filename> <data filename>

The are several options for customising aspects of and using ygraph, a manpage can be built from the source, or type ygraph --help for more information.

If you are using thorn CactusConnect/HTTPD you can setup your browser to automatically view any advertised ygraph files. Instructions on how to do this are provided in the WebServer-HOWTO.

Getting Hold of ygraph

Binaries and source code for ygraph are all available from the ygraph subversion repository.

Compilation of ygraph on Macs

Thanks to Bruno Giacomazzo we have a step-through-like tutorial on how to compile ygraph on Macs:

1. install svn, gtk+, gtk+2 and gtk+2-dev with Fink

2. svn co https://svn.cactuscode.org/VizTools/ygraph/trunk ygraph

3. cd ygraph

4. gettextize -c --no-changelog --intl

5. aclocal -I m4

   (suggested by gettextize)

6. touch ABOUT-NLS

   (otherwise it complains that this file doesn't exist)

7. autoreconf -i

8. ./configure --disable-gtktest

   (otherwise it comlplains that gtk2 doesn't have gtk-config)
9. edit

   src/Makefile

   and change 'gcc' into 'gcc -arch i386' (otherwise Mac complains that the libraries installed via Fink are incompatible)

10. ln -s intl/libintl.rc intl/libintl.a

11. make

    (this will create the ygraph executable in the src subdirectory)

Support

Please direct questions about ygraph to denis.pollney@gmail.com