debian man page for xpat

XPAT(1) 						     ALLIANCE Reference Manual							   XPAT(1)

NAME
       xpat - graphic pattern viewer

SYNOPSIS
       xpat [-l file_name] [-xor] [-install] [-force]

ORIGIN
       This  software  belongs	to  the  ALLIANCE CAD SYSTEM developed by the ASIM team at LIP6 laboratory of Universite Pierre et Marie CURIE, in
       Paris, France.

       Web : http://asim.lip6.fr/recherche/alliance/
       E-mail : alliance-users@asim.lip6.fr

DESCRIPTION
       Xpat is a pattern viewer. All functionnalities can be accessed through different menus.	Xpat works under Motif and X11r6.   When  entering
       Xpat,  the  main window appears and shows 5 different menus on the top bar. These menus can be entered by simply clicking on the mouse left
       button. Here is the description of these menus.

       File	 Open : load an existing pattern file (see pat(5)).
		 Quit : quit xpat.

       Edit	 Identify : identify a selected pattern.
		 Connected : highlight a selected pattern.
		 Search : search a pattern.

       View	 Zoom : perform zoom in, zoom out, center, fit, refresh on figure.
		 Layer : select types of layers displayed.
		 Map : show cursor position in the entire figure.
		 Arrows : show arrows for moving at the grid step.
		 Grid : Set the X,Y step of the grid if displayed.

       Tools	 Message : display the last error messages

       Setup	 Save or load a user defined configuration of default displayed menus.

SPECIAL KEYS
       +/-    Increase or decrease the time scale.

OPTIONS
       -l file_name
	      Load the pattern file file_name (without extention .pat)

       -xor   Two graphic cursor methods can be used, invert or xor.

       -force this option force all graphical objects to be displayed.

       -install
	      Switch to a private color map.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
       MBK_WORK_LIB
	      indicates the path to the read directory for the session.

       XPAT_PARAM_NAME (optionnal)
	      indicates the path to the parameter file used by Xpat.

       SEE ALSO
	      mbk(1), MBK_WORK_LIB(1), PAT(5), asimut(1)

BUG REPORT
       This tool is under development at the ASIM department of the LIP6 laboratory.
       We need your feedback to improve documentation and tools.

ASIM
/LIP6							 September 1, 2000							   XPAT(1)