BUMPS-WEBVIEW(1)

💖 BUMPS-WEBVIEW(1) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the bumps-webview man page — it lives in the User Commands section of the manual, and it's literally the webview interface situation for Bumps. buckle up 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

bumps-webview — a webview interface for Bumps 🦋

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

the vibe is: you get a whole webview interface for Bumps. here's the usage, exactly as it comes, no cap:

usage: bumps-webview [-h] [-x] [--external] [-p PORT] [--hub HUB]

[--fit {dream,scipy.leastsq,amoeba,de,lm,newton}]
       [--start] [--store STORE] [--read_store READ_STORE]
       [--write_store WRITE_STORE] [--exit] [--serializer
       {pickle,dill,dataclass}] [--trace] [--parallel PARALLEL] [--path
       PATH] [--no_auto_history] [--convergence_heartbeat]
       [--use_persistent_path] [filename]

🧚 positional arguments 🧚

• filename — the problem file to load, and it's gotta be either a .py or a .json (serialized) fitproblem. that's the whole assignment bestie 📁

🎀 options 🎀

• -h, --help — shows this help message and then dips out. classic. 👋
• -x, --headless — do NOT automatically load the client in the browser. it's giving invisible mode 💀
• --external — listen on all interfaces, including external ones. if you don't set this flag, it's local connections only, periodt 🔒
• -p, --port PORT — the port on which to start the server. pick your number, queen 🔢
• --hub HUB — api address of the parent hub. this one is only used when it's called as a subprocess, iykyk 🛰️
• --fit {dream,scipy.leastsq,amoeba,de,lm,newton} — the fitting engine you wanna use. check the manual for the deets on each one 🔥
• --start — start the fit the moment the problem is loaded. no waiting around 💅
• --store STORE — sets read_store and write_store to the same file, one flag two jobs ✨
• --read_store READ_STORE — read the initial session state from a file. heads up: this overrides --store 📖
• --write_store WRITE_STORE — output file for the session state. also overrides --store 📝
• --exit — end the process when the fit is complete. ⚠️ but fr fr, fit results are lost unless write_store is specified. protect your data bestie 😭
• --serializer {pickle,dill,dataclass} — the strategy for serializing the problem. if the store already has a value defined, it'll use that one instead 🫙
• --trace — enable memory tracing. it prints after every uncertainty update in dream 🧠
• --parallel PARALLEL — run the fit using multiprocessing for parallelism. pro tip: use --parallel=0 for all cpus, all of them, every single one 🌈
• --path PATH — set the initial path for the save and load dialogs 🗂️
• --no_auto_history — disable auto-appending problem state to history on load and at fit end. the history girlies are gonna be devastated 🙈
• --convergence_heartbeat — enable the convergence heartbeat for the jupyter kernel. it keeps the kernel alive during the fit, like a little life support 🫶
• --use_persistent_path — save the most recently used path to disk so it persists between sessions. memory of a goldfish, but make it ✨persistent✨ 💾

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the full documentation for bumps-webview is maintained as a Texinfo manual. if the info and bumps-webview programs are properly installed at your site, then this command:

info bumps

should give you access to the complete manual. go read it, it's iconic 👑

and that's the whole page bestie!! this was BUMPS, February 2025, signing off 💜💅✨ stay slay, stay serialized, and always specify your write_store 🎀