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The Save Window
- Window title:
- Save
- Function:
- This panel is used to control saving data to files.
- Description:
- The Save Window is opened by selecting the
Save option from the File menu button located in the
Command Window. Selecting the Save command button initiates the save procedure.
- Panel items:
-
- Directory read-write text field:
Displays the currently selected directory to which dstool will save data.
The default is the current value of the unix environmental variable
DSTOOL_DATA_DIR.
- Filename read-write text field:
Displays the currently selected filename to which
dstool will save data. There is no default.
- Option non-exclusive selection:
- Current Settings:
- This is the default option. The current initial
conditions, parameter values, and default settings
are saved to the file specified in the Filename text field. Specifically, the data saved
makes up the Orbits, Multiple Orbits, and Periodic Orbit panels, as well as the
Selected Point and Default Settings Windows.
- Configuration:
- The positions and sizes of most dstool windows and
panels are saved to the data file specified in the Filename text field.
With the exception of the Save and Load windows and user-defined
panels, windows which can be
chosen from the Command Window may have their sizes and positions saved.
For each View Window that is open, the View Options (most of which are found on the View Options Panel)
are also saved. View Options include the background color, colormap type, and horizontal and
vertical coordinates and plotting ranges. By saving the current settings and
configuration before ending a dstool session, the user may preserve virtually
all the program working environment. Later, the user can restart dstool, load
the saved configuration and data file and continue working essentially as if the
session had not been terminated.
- Trajectories:
- All trajectories (whether or not they are currently
displayed) are saved to the data file specified in the Filename text field.
Be warned that by using this option it is easy to generate massive data
files. Trajectory data is displayed in a view window whenever no coordinate
of the view window is a
parameter.
Flow objects (generated using the Multiple Orbits Panel) are also saved when this
option is chosen.
- Fixed Points:
- All fixed points (which may be found using the Periodic Orbit Panel)
are saved to the data file specified in the Filename text field. Fixed points
are displayed in a view window whenever no coordinate
of the view window are parameters. Any computed stable or unstable manifolds are
also saved.
- Continuation Data:
- All continuation trajectories (whether or not
they are currently displayed) are saved to the data file specified in the
Filename text field. Continuation data may be displayed in any view window,
regardless of which variables are being displayed.
- Parameter Data:
- Parameter data and selected point data are similar in
that they both contain elements of the cross-product of phase and parameter
space. The main difference lies in how these data sets are displayed in view
windows. Parameter data is only displayed in a view window if all coordinates
are parameters.
- Selected Points:
- Selected Point data contains elements of the
cross-product of phase and parameter space. If the coordinates of a view window
does not consist completely of parameters, then Selected Point data are
displayed in that window.
- Function Values:
- Function values are not stored in memory but they can be
written to a data file. Function values are never read back into dstool;
dstool will stop reading when it encounters a function value.
- Save command button:
The data of the selected data types
are written from memory to the file specified in the File text field. If the file
already exists, the user is presented with a notice for confirmation.
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1998-11-02