Where you can gaw :
You can find gaw on these websites :
http://www.rvq.fr
http://www.herveq.tk
http://gaw.tuxfamily.org
Please discard http://www.herveq.fr
You can find a short description page on this web page:
http://www.rvq.fr/linux/gaw.php
Note : Fedora 13 : If you don't have icon in menu, run the command :
gconftool-2 --type boolean --set /desktop/gnome/interface/menus_have_icons true
See directory examples for example of different data file format.
Compiling:
We need :
- Gtk+ libs and headers installed.
- Alsa libasound and headers alsa/asoundlib.h installed.
tar zxvf gaw-yyyymmdd.tar.gz
cd gaw-yyyymmdd
./configure
make
If you do not want to embed libasound, try :
./configure --enable-gawsound=no
If you want to disable nls support :
./configure --disable-nls
Putting gaw in gnome menu (on Fedora)
cp gaw.desktop /usr/local/share/applications
cp gaw.png /usr/local/share/pixmaps/
Runnning gaw :
On command line : gaw
: gaw <file to load> ...
: gaw -h for some options
You can get help : leaving the mouse on a button will generate a tooltips.
As it is not possible to get a tooltips on a menu item, messages are
generated in the statusBar. The statusBar is at bottom left corner, and
displays "Welcome to gaw" when you enter gaw. So you should keep one eye on
the statusBar and the other on the menu item. This is difficult for some
people !!!
Sensible areas for Drag and Drop :
Sources for Drag and Drop :
Any data file icon on desktop or filemanager
menu buttons on list windows
buttons on left side of panels
Destinations for Drag and Drop :
Add Panel button on menu Bar
Delete wave button on menu Bar
Drawing Areas
Area where X labels are displayed
Loading file when gaw is running :
file/open + select your file
Drag&Drop : from your desktop or your Nautilus to a DrawingArea
Display wave when not already displayed :
Drag&Drop : from buttom in list window to a DrawingArea
or left click in a DrawingArea to select it and double left click on the
button in list window.
or Drag&Drop to area where X labels are displayed. This add a penel.
or Drag&Drop to Add Panel Button on MenuBar. This add a penel.
Display wave when already displayed : move
Drag&Drop : from wave buttom at left of DrawingAreas to a DrawingArea
Display wave when already displayed : copy
shift+Drag&Drop : from wave buttom at left of DrawingAreas to a DrawingArea
Remove displayed wave
select wave with left click on wave button and click delete wave.
or select wave with left click on wave button and right click in
DrawingArea and select delete wave.
or right click on wave button and select delete this wave.
or drag the wave button to the trash button (Delete wavein menuBar)
Set cursors in DrawingArea
left click set the first cursor
Middle click set the second cursor
Zoom in
left click Zoom in button in menu bar.
or zoom menu and select Zoom in.
or right click in DrawingArea and select Zoom in.
or Keyboard : "Z"
Zoom out
left click Zoom out button in menu bar.
or zoom menu and select Zoom out.
or right click in DrawingArea and select Zoom out.
or Keyboard : "<shift>Z"
Zoom a selected X area
set the 2 cursors and click Zoom Cursors in menu bar.
or right click in DrawingArea and select Zoom X... and
drag the left button on the area to zoom.
Zoom X undo
zoom menu and select Zoom X full.
or right click in DrawingArea and select Zoom X full.
or Keyboard : "<control>Z"
Zoom Y
right click in DrawingArea and select Zoom Y... and
drag the left button on the area to zoom.
Zoom Y undo
right click in DrawingArea and select Zoom Y full.
Zoom X+Y
Select Zoom X+Y... and
drag the left button on the area to zoom in DrawingArea.
Export to image file in one of the format available in Gtk
right click in DrawingArea and select Export to image.
Export data in some available formats
click File/Export Data in variable list window, enter the format and
filename.
usefull for users ? let me know. Anyway it is usefull for testing !!!
Save conf
save configuration in $HOME/.gaw/gawrc with the last used input filename
which becomes the default input file name.
next running gaw will reload this default file.
Clear def
save configuration in $HOME/.gaw/gawrc with clearing the default
input file name.
Multisweep :
Multisweep means generate a set of data for a different value of a
component. Only Hspice format supports multiweep. You can find an
example in the file examples/invsweep.tr0. So load the file and try
Right click on a button in the list window : y @... and select
Add all similar to selected. This will show al the waves for each
value of the component.
About data Formats
=================
In principle Gaw is able to recognize the implemented formats, but due to
the lack of definition in some format, it should be very easy to confuse Gaw.
So it is suggested to provide a format.
There are 2 ways to provide a format :
- setting the format in the menu for loading a file.
- giving an extension to your file.
The recognized extensions are :
.tr[0-9], .sw[0-9], .ac[0-9] for hspice
.B, .N, .W for cazm
.raw for spice3raw
.rawspice for spice2raw
.out for nsout
.wav for wav
.acd, .acs, .dat, .ascii for ascii
Requirements for Gaw
====================
Dependancies :
Alsa lib >= 1.0.16
gtk+-2.0 >= 2.10.0
Gaw is developped under Fedora But this does not mean, it should not work on
others distributions. Instead it means that if there are mistakes due to
distributions differences, I cannot see them, and you need to report them.
Compiled gaw 20100823:
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Fedora 13
Linux olix 2.6.33.6-147.fc13.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Jul 6 22:32:17 UTC 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
GLIB library version: 2.24.1
GTK+ library version: 2.20.1
Alsa version: 1.0.23
data directory: /usr/local/share/gaw
locale directory: /usr/local/share/locale
Fedora 11
Linux rvix 2.6.29.6-217.2.8.fc11.i586 #1 SMP Sat Aug 15 00:44:39 EDT 2009 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
GLIB library version: 2.20.5
GTK+ library version: 2.16.6
Alsa version: 1.0.21
data directory: /usr/local/share/gaw
locale directory: /usr/local/share/locale
Frugalware (ppc) :
Linux imac 2.6.32-fw3 #1 PREEMPT Fri May 7 10:52:40 CEST 2010 ppc GNU/Linux
GLIB library version: 2.22.4
GTK+ library version: 2.18.7
Alsa version: 1.0.22
data directory: /usr/local/share/gaw
locale directory: /usr/local/share/locale
