XPAT(1)

📦 version 5.1.1, in fedora 43, fedora 44

✨ XPAT — the graphic pattern viewer ✨

okay bestie, gather round, because this one is so cute and so useful 💖 this is the manual page for xpat, part of the ALLIANCE Reference Manual. it's giving "i made a whole windowing app and it's adorable." let's get into it 🦋

🌸 NAME 🌸

xpat — graphic pattern viewer 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

that's it. that's the whole vibe. four options, no notes 💅

🌈 ORIGIN 🌈

okay so this software? it belongs to the ALLIANCE CAD SYSTEM, which was developed by the ASIM team at the LIP6 laboratory of Université Pierre et Marie CURIE, in Paris, France 🇫🇷✨ iconic, prestigious, we love to see it.

🫶 if you're out here using this, you're part of the lineage. say hi to Paris for me.

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Xpat is a pattern viewer. literally its whole job is to look at patterns and be pretty about it. all the functionnalities can be accessed through different menus, so you never have to remember a flag in your head (except the four in the synopsis, but those are easy, bestie).

Xpat works under Motif and X11r6. so if you're on something else… good luck babe 😭

when you enter 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. no secret handshake, no right-click lore, just click. here's the rundown of all five:

🗂️ 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). yes, "extention." that's how it's spelled here, we're keeping it, periodt. 💀
  • -xor — Two graphic cursor methods can be used, invert or xor.
  • -force — this option force all graphical objects to be displayed. no objects left behind fr fr 🔥
  • -install — Switch to a private color map. so private. so exclusive. main character energy honestly 👑

🌱 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES 🌱

  • MBK_WORK_LIB — indicates the path to the read directory for the session.
  • XPAT_PARAM_NAME (optional) — 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. 🫶 like genuinely, they want your input, bestie, don't leave them on read.

⭐ pspsps — if something is weird or undocumented, that's your sign to say something. the ASIM team is literally asking. be the feedback. 🌈

and that's the whole page, no cap 💜 this was the xpat page from ASIM/LIP6, dated September 1, 2000 — yeah, she's a vintage queen and she still slays 💅✨ bye bestie, go view some patterns 🦋

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