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csm_gui - Tool

	Package	nfra
	Module	CSM

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Inspection and manipulation of component source models

include "csm_gui.g"

Description

csm_gui is a (GUI) utility that allows the user to inspect, edit and otherwise manipulate component source models (csm). It serves as a frontend for the componentlist DO, which interacts with the regular tables where the component lists are stored. The user may also use the componentlist DO directly, or even access a csm table with the regular table tools.

The functionality of the GUI is a superset of that to which NEWSTAR users are used. The main functions are:

• Opening a csm table and displaying its components in a listbox.

• Different component parameters may be displayed using the listbox buttons labelled `col 1' and `col 2'. It is also possible to view these parameters in different units. AIPS++ measures are used throughout.

• Editing the parameters of individual components. A separate editing panel pops up after clicking on a component in the listbox.

• Displaying a simple `image' of the components by plotting them as crosses with a size proportional to their flux.

• Deleting selected components. After removing them, the components are merely `inactive': they are ignored but can still be recovered. They are really deleted by closing the list, or by purging it explicitly.
• Creating and appending new components, e.g. for creating (simple) component models by hand.

In addition, there is an AIPS++ program (see mdl2scn), which converts an ASCII version of a NEWSTAR MDL file into an AIPS++ csm.

As the componentlist DO becomes richer, the csm GUI functionality will grow with it.

Example

The csm GUI is started up by:

include "csm_gui.g"

Hopefully, the GUI will then be self-evident. The GUI, and all its secondary panels, should be removed by means of the `quit' option in the `file' menu.