LIST
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display Midas data as textual list
<file> Name of input file
<template> Name of template file
Keyword Only Parameters:
[AUTOSELECT] - ON,OFF. [DEF=ON]
Turn auto highlighting of selections on/off.
[CNT] - CLICK,CONT [DEF=CLICK]
[CURSOR] - CELL,ROW,COL [DEF=CELL]
[HILITE] - BACK,FORE [DEF=BACK]
[HCOLOR] - Color name [DEF="THEME"]
[MULTI] - FULL,OFF [DEF=OFF]
Controls SELECT/DESELECT message data on CTRL and SHIFT
selections.
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** As of release 2.2.0 LIST is considered to be an "End of Life" primitive. **
** The LIST primitive is scheduled for replacement by LIST2 in future **
** releases. Please see nxm/sys/docs/list2migration.txt for details. **
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LIST is a NeXtMidas file viewer primitive. It does not currently allow any
altering/modification of its input file.
The [MULTI=FULL] mode should only be used on small lists. This mode forces
the return of all selected and previously selected data in the SELECT message
and all previously selected data in the DESELECT message.
MOUSE:
The CTRL key may be used to perform non-contiguous multiple selection and
of the SHIFT key to select a range as of version 1.92.
TEMPLATES:
LIST's data display layout is defined by sets of keywords in the
extended-header of a Midas file designated as a 'template'.
TEMPLATE KEYWORDS:
A:SECTION==XDATALIST (required)
All LIST template keywords MUST fall between the SECTION==XDATALIST and
SECTION==END keywords. These keywords exist to define the scope of all
keyword searches performed by LIST, and also to identify Midas files as
LIST templates.
The following keywords make up the 'global' keyword section, i.e. those
attributes that affect the display as a whole rather than affecting a single
field:
A:LABELS==ON (optional - default is ON)
Controls display of the column label line, which immediately follows any
title line(s). Currently accepted values are ON and OFF.
A:GRID==ON (optional - default is ON)
Controls display of the grid lines. Currently accepted values are ON and
OFF.
A:COLLABJUS==CENTER (optional - default is CENTER)
Controls justification of column labels. Currently accepted values are
RIGHT, LEFT and CENTER.
A:INDEX==ON (optional - default is ON)
Controls display of the row labels column, which displays ordinal element
numbers in a non-scrolling
region at the left edge of the screen. Values are ON and OFF.
L:FIELDS==2 (required)
Specifies the number of FIELD sections contained in the template.
This value is generally 1 for Type 1000 and 2000 files, or the number of
subrecords/subcomponents to be displayed in Type 3000 and 5000 files. For
Type 2000 files, the last FIELD section will be used for each remaining
element in each frame.
A:COLOR==N
A:COLOR==GREEN
A:COLOR==FIELDN
Specifies the color to be used to display the data in each row.
Use COLOR==N, N is a color table index, to set the default display color
Use COLOR==GREEN, GREEN is the color string, to set the default display
color. Use COLOR==FIELDN to cause the color of each row to be dictated by
the color of the LIST FIELD==N. This field should be enumerated and have an
associated MCOLORS keyword (see below), or else its corresponding data file
values will be used as indices into the color table.
The remaining template keywords are used to specify the formatting attributes
associated with each displayed field:
L:FIELD==1 (required)
Marks the start of a group of keywords describing a LIST field. The global
FIELDS template keyword defines the number of required FIELD==N sections.
These sections must begin with FIELD==1 and continue sequentially to
FIELD==FIELDS. LIST FIELD sections are declared in the left-to-right order
in which they will be displayed.
A:SUBR==IN (required for Type 3000, 5000 files)
SUBR is required and used only with Type 3000 and 5000 files. It specifies
the name of the subrecord or subcomponent to be associated with the current
FIELD (HIN.subr or HIN.comp).
A:LABEL==IN (optional)
Specifies the text to be displayed in the label column for this field.
L:WIDTH==19 (required)
Specifies the field's display width in characters. Be sure this value is
large enough to accommodate the display format defined by
DISPFORM (see below).
A:DISPFORM==A (optional)
Specifies the format pattern used to display this field. See javadocs for
java.text.DecimalFormat for correct pattern syntax.
A:COLOR==N (optional - default is the specified theme's foreground color)
A:COLOR==GREEN
A:COLOR==FIELDN
Override the default color of the column with a specific color. The easiest
ways to specify this color are:
(1) Use one of the "defined" colors alone or with one of the following
modifiers "DARK,DEEP,LIGHT,BRIGHT". The defined colors are
"BLACK,BLUE,CYAN,GRAY,GREEN,MAGENTA,ORANGE,PINK,RED,WHITE,YELLOW".
Examples: COLOR==DARKBLUE
COLOR==RED
(2) Use the hexidecimal representation of the desired RGB color value.
Example: COLOR==OXFF0000 (red)
COLOR==0X00FF00 (green)
COLOR==0X0000FF (blue)
Use COLOR==N, where N is a color table index, to set the default display
color for this field.
Use COLOR==GREEN, where GREEN is the color string, to set the default
display color for this field.
Use COLOR==FIELDN, to cause the colors of each item in this fieldto mirror
those of FIELD==N. Field N should be enumerated and have an associated
MCOLORS keyword (see below), or else its corresponding data file values will
be used as indices into the color table.
A:MENU==One,Two,Three,Four,Five
Enumerated list that shows the display values corresponding to the data
values in MVALUES keyword.
A:MCOLORS==GREEN,BLUE,RED
A:MCOLORS==1,2,3
A comma separated list of indices into the color table (or color strings)
corresponding to each of the menu items in the MENU keyword.
A:MVALUES==4,5,6
A comma separated list of values corresponding to each of the enumerated
choices in the MENU keyword. This is the data that is actually stored in
the file.
L:HIDE==1 (optional - default is 1)
Specifies whether or not to hide the column.
Currently accepted values are 0 and 1.
L:STRETCH==1 (optional - default is 0)
Specifies which column to stretch to fill in any unused display area when
the LIST window is resized. Only applies to one column at a time. If more
than one column is set to STRETCH, the last column specified is the one
used. Currently accepted values are 0 and 1.
A:COLUMNTYPE==TIME (optional - default is STRING)
Currently accepted values are PANEL, TOGGLE, RASTER, TIME, and STRING.
If COLUMNTYPE==RASTER, the following fields specify specific attributes for
the raster column:
L:RASTERFRAME==16 (optional - default is 16)
Specifies the width of the raster.
L:RASTERLEVELS==16 (optional - default is 16)
Specifies the number of color levels in the colormap of the raster.
S:RASTERCOLORMAP==RAMP (optional - default is RAMP)
Specifies the colormap to use for generating the raster. This is a string
argument that can be used to specify one of the defined colormaps
(GRAYSCALE,RAMP,WHEEL,TERRAIN,MULTI) or a comma-delimited string of colors
that define the colormap itself.
S:RASTERSELCOLOR==GREEN (optional - default is GREEN)
Specifies the color to use to "highlight" the raster.
If COLUMNTYPE==TIME, the following field is used to specify the formatting
of the time string:
L:TIMEFMT==6 (optional - default is 1 (STD))
Specifies one of the time string formats (as defined in the Time class) in
which to display a column of type TIME. Currently accepted values are the
numbers 1-7, where
1 - STanDard [yy]yy:mm:dd::hh:mm:ss 1993:02:25::14:42:57.123
2 - ACQisition [yy.ddd]:[hh:mm:ss] 93.056:14:42:57.123
3 - EPOCH quadwords [yy]yy:sec_in_year 1993:4804977.123
4 - NORAD yyddd.frac_of_day 93056.6131611511111111
5 - TimeCode Reader ddd:hh:mm:ss 056:14:42:57.123
6 - VAX dd-MMM-yy[yy]:hh:mm:ss 25-FEB-1993:14:42:57.123
7 - HMS hh:mm:ss 14:42:57.123
Finally, the SECTION==END keyword completes the LIST template:
A:SECTION==END (required)
Marks the end of the LIST template keywords section
NOTE: In normal operations, when using the list command the data from the
file being listed is read from the file when the list is drawn for the
first time. Therefore, if a list is hidden (such as in a tab), then
any updates or additions to that list may be put in the wrong position.
As of 2.8.2, the /DRAWHIDDEN switch was added to allow users to 'force'
the list to populate with their data, even if it is hidden. This allows
for updates and additions to the data to be in the correct position.
MESSAGES:
PROCESSED:
ADDCOLUMN - Adds a column
APPLYTEMPLATE - Apply a new template
CLOSEFILE - Closes the file
COLOR - Sets color
CURSOR - Sets highlight color
EXIT - Exits the LIST
GET - TBD
GETROW - Gets a row from the list
GETROWVECTOR - Gets a row from the list as a vector
GETROWTABLE - Gets a row from the list as a table
GETCOL - Gets a col from the list
GETCOLUMNVECTOR - Gets a col from the list as a vector
GETCOLUMNTABLE - Gets a col from the list as a table
HIGHLIGHT - Highlights a given row
OPENFILE - Opens a new data file
OPENTEMPLATE - Opens a new tamplate
OPEN TEMPLATE - DEPRECATED: Use OPENTEMPLATE (no space)
OUTPUTTYPE - Sets the default output type (table or vector)
PAN - DEPRECATED: This message does nothing.
POP - Toggle the push/pop state of the window (Warning: the
current implementation of this message is inconsistent
with PLOT and LIST2 which check the INFO field to
determine type of push/pop. This implementation matches
what PLOT and LIST do with INFO=-1.)
SET - TBD
SETROW - Sets a row in the list
REFRESH - Refreshes the list
THEME - Sets the theme of the list
BUTTON - Internal Message: Mouse click
FILES - Internal Message: Show files menu
KEYPRESS - Internal Message: Keyboard key press
MENU - Internal Message: Show configuration menu
OPTIONS - Internal Message: Show options menu
OTHER - Internal Message: Show other options menu
POINTER - Internal Message: Mouse motion
RESIZE - Internal Message: Window resized
SETTINGS - Internal Message: Show settings menu
WINDOW - Internal Message: Window action
SENT:
DESELECT - Deselect of selected rows (see SELECT message)
SELECT - Selection information
Data Fields are:
S:TYPE - ROW, COLUMN or CELL
O:ROW - Row number (1..n or -1 for COLUMN type)
O:COLUMN - Column Number (1..n or -1 for ROW type)
T:VALUE - Table of data from last click (LMB, SHIFT-LMB or CTRL-LMB)
S:NAME - TBD
Optional Data Fields for MULTI=FULL (Version 1.92+) are:
T:CURRSEL - Table of CURRENT selected rows data (SELECT msg, ROW type
only)
T:PREVSEL - Table of PREVIOUS selected rows data (ROW type only)
SELECTROW - Selection information for a row (see SELECT message)
Switches:
/EXIT= - on RETURN,MENU,MESSAGE or ALL [DEF=NONE in pipe mode, else ALL]
NOTE: MESSAGE must be selected for MENU or RETURN to work.
/DRAGDROP - Enable or disable drag and drop [DEF=Disabled]
/DRAWHIDDEN- Populate the data from a list in a hidden pane (such as a tab)
/GRID - ON,OFF. Turn grid on/off. Overrides template settings.
/MSGID= - the ID to process messages from the remote nodes (usually 1)
/OUTTYPE= - AUTO(def),VECTOR,TABLE
if AUTO, depends on file type. If type 1000/2000 will output as
VECTOR. Types 3000/4000/5000 output as TABLE.
/POLL= - reread the current file every x seconds (does not compare
the data to the old data)
WARNING: Currently this reopens and reads the entire file.
TBD to read only viewable data.
/REFRESH= - Sets refresh mode ("Legacy" or "Timer"). [DEF="TIMER"]
/RT - (doesn't do anything yet)
/SCROLLEND - Scroll to end of list
/COLLABELS - ON,OFF. Turn column labels on/off. Overrides template settings.
/ROWLABELS - ON,OFF. Turn row labels on/off. Overrides template settings.
