Pdsshellgui

Introduction

• The graphical user interface that provides some point and click convenience over just working at the command line.
• In the gui shell you can enter commands at the '>>>' prompt and work with the menu options

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File

• In the file menu you can
  • Change your current working directory,
  • Save the data defined in the current workspace in the pickle format. Note that Save uses the default save file name while Save As lets you set the name. See `tdl/Pds/Files`_ for more info.
  • Select and restore a pickled data file
  • Exit the program

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Options

• In the options menu you can edit the files that control how pds starts up

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• Note for this to work the __edit__ function in the file ../pds/startup.pds needs to be properly configured to point to your favorite editor program.

Shell

• This starts a pure python shell

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Applications

• User interfaces for various applications are found under the Applications menu

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• The various application interfaces are explained in more detail here `tdl/Pds`_

Help

• Help will point you back to web based documentation

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• Note for the menu to launch the documentation correctly in a web browser the __web__ function in the file ../pds/startup.pds needs to be properly configured to point to your favorite web browser program.