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From: Jean-Luc Fontaine <jfontain@multimania.com> Subject: moodss-6.1 - modular spreadsheet in Tcl/Tk Date: 17 Jan 1999 17:08:48 -0800 Hi everybody: here is a new version of moodss. Check it out! (or at least the screenshots at http://www.multimania.com/jfontain/moodss3.gif or http://www.multimania.com/jfontain/moodss4.gif :). ### CHANGES ### *** version 6.1 *** module help can now be a HTML document (see random module example with separate HTML file in module sub-directory) use a Help Modules sub-menu per module support -geometry command line option HTML formatted help documentation for Linux arp module ### README ### This is moodss (Modular Object Oriented Dynamic SpreadSheet) version 6.1. Moodss is implemented in the great Tcl language (requires at least versions 8.0 of Tcl and Tk, for UNIX or Windows). Moodss is a modular application. It displays data described and updated in one or more independent modules loaded when the application is started. Data is originally displayed in tables. Graphical views (graph, bar, 3D pie charts, ...), summary tables (with current, average, minimum and maximum values) and free text viewers can be created from any number of table cells, originating from any of the displayed viewers. A thorough and intuitive drag'n'drop scheme is used for most viewer editing tasks: creation, modification, type mutation, destruction, ... Table rows can be sorted in increasing or decreasing order by clicking on column titles. The current configuration (modules, tables and viewers geometry, ...) can be saved in a file at any time, and later reused through a command line switch, thus achieving a dashboard functionality. The module code is the link between the moodss core and the data to be displayed. All the specific code is kept in the module package. Since module data access is entirely customizable (through C code, Tcl, HTTP, ...) and since several modules can be loaded at once, applications for moodss become limitless. For example, comparing a remote database server CPU load and a network load from a probe on the same graph becomes possible. Apart from a sample module with random data, ps, cpustats, memstats, diskstats, mounts, route and arp modules for Linux are included (running "wish moodss ps cpustats memstats" mimics the "top" application with a graphic edge). Module contibutions are of course welcomed and will be included in my home page. Thorough help is provided through menus, widget tips, a message area, a module help window and a global help window with a complete HTML documentation. Development of moodss is continuing and as more features are added in future versions, backward module code compatibility will be maintained. I cannot thank the authors of tkTable, BLT and the HTML library enough for their great work. In order to run moodss, you need to install the following packages (unless you can use the rpm utility, see below): obviously Tcl/Tk 8.0 or 8.1 at (or at a mirror near you) http://www.scriptics.com/ or ftp://ftp.scriptics.com/ the latest tkTable widget library at: http://www.purl.org/net/hobbs/tcl/ and the latest BLT library at: ftp://ftp.tcltk.com/pub/blt/ (see the INSTALL file for complete instructions, for UNIX and also Windows platforms). Note: pre-compiled libraries for tkTable and BLT on Linux are available in my homepage. You also have the option of using the moodss rpm file (also in my homepage), if you are using a Redhat Linux system (5.1 or above). The required tcl, tk and blt rpms are part of the Redhat distriution, whereas the tktable rpm can be found at ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/contrib/libc5/i386/tktable-2.2-1.i386.rpm. Whether you like it (or hate it), please let me know. I would like to hear about bugs and improvements you would like to see. I will correct the bugs quickly, especially if you send me a test script (module code with a data trace would be best). Jean-Luc Fontaine http://www.multimania.com/jfontain/ or mailto:jfontain@multimania.com ### you may find it now at: http://www.multimania.com/jfontain/moodss-6.1.tar.gz http://www.multimania.com/jfontain/moodss-6.1-1.i386.rpm http://www.multimania.com/jfontain/moodss-6.1-1.src.rpm (and possibly the rpms soon in Redhat contrib sites) or: ftp://ftp.neosoft.com/pub/tcl/incoming/moodss-6.1.tar.gz ftp://ftp.neosoft.com/pub/tcl/incoming/moodss-6.1-1.i386.rpm to be moved soon into (not sure about the rpm): ftp://ftp.neosoft.com/pub/tcl/sorted/apps/moodss-6.1.tar.gz ftp://ftp.neosoft.com/pub/tcl/sorted/apps/moodss-6.1-1.i386.rpm Enjoy and please let me know what you think. -- Jean-Luc Fontaine mailto:jfontain@multimania.com http://www.multimania.com/jfontain/ [[Send Tcl/Tk announcements to tcl-announce@mitchell.org Send administrivia to tcl-announce-request@mitchell.org Announcements archived at http://www.findmail.com/list/tcl_announce/ The primary Tcl/Tk archive is ftp://ftp.neosoft.com/pub/tcl/ ]]