Yoix / YDAT Information from the Yoix README File
We're now distributing YDAT (Yoix Data Analysis Tool), which
is a collection of scripts and Java class files that can be
used to display and analyze data. Class files needed to run
YDAT applications are now included in the yoix.jar file that
can be downloaded from our web site or installed using the
Yoix installer. When you run the demos remember that they're
interactive, so try things, like holding a mouse button down
as you move the pointer around in a histogram or graph (the
the behavior of mouse buttons in a graph is controlled by the
JChoice that appears in the lower right corner). If you see
a horizontal or vertical axis press button 1 when the pointer
is in the narrow light-gray region (the axis slider) and move
the pointer. Press button 2 in that region you can drag the
entire slider while you're hold the button down.
When you run the installer you get a generic script named ydat,
several other scripts that run canned YDAT demos, and another
one named ydot that can be used with AT&T's graphviz software
to display and manipulate graphs that have been formatted in
the xdot output language (i.e., you used the -Txdot option
YDAT uses config files to describe the data that its supposed
to display, and right now the config file for graphviz xdot
output is the only generally useful one that comes with this
release. The situation should improve in the near future and
we hope to provide more YDAT documentation and info about the
config files that should let you customize YDAT and display
your own data. In practice it's not all that difficult and a
custom config file can often be built and tested in several
hours, however without any documentation it would be a rather
difficult task.
One final note - the YDAT related Yoix scripts end up in the
directory named ydat/scripts after you run the installer and
the scripts that run YDAT point at ydat/scripts/ydat.yx. The
entire ydat/scripts directory can be moved to a web server if
you want and the definition of HOME in ydat.yx is the only
thing you have to change when the files are moves to the web
server. Point the various ydat scripts in the bin directory at
the ydat.yx script on the server and YDAT will no longer be
using the locally installed Yoix scripts.
Yoix is a registered trademark of AT&T Intellectual Property.
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