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From:       Yiwen Mao <yiwenv () live ! ca>
Date:       2008-04-01 0:13:48
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 <listitem>
 <para>
 The <guibutton>Next</guibutton> page is where you select which
-data to use. If you've configured the ASCII datasource correctly, the field names \
will have been read from the first entry of the datafile and <quote>x</quote> and \
<quote>y</quote> will be entries in the <guilabel>Available</guilabel> list on the \
left-hand side of the page. Move the <quote>y</quote> field to \
the<guilabel>Selected</guilabel> list using the arrow buttons in the center of the \
window. The <link linkend="data-sources-concepts-index">INDEX</link> field is a \
special field created by &kst;; it can be used as X-axis data when the user does not \
specify data vector for X-axis. +data to use. If you've configured the ASCII \
datasource correctly, the field names will have been read from the first entry of the \
datafile and <quote>x</quote> and <quote>y</quote> will be entries in the \
<guilabel>Available</guilabel> list on the left-hand side of the page. Move the \
<quote>y</quote> field to the<guilabel>Selected</guilabel> list using the arrow \
buttons in the center of the window. The <link \
linkend="data-sources-concepts-index">INDEX</link> field is a special field created \
by &kst;; it can be used as X-axis data when the data source does not provide a data \
vector for the X-axis.  </para>
 </listitem>
 
 <listitem>
 <para>
-Clicking the <guibutton>Next</guibutton> button again allows you to select Data \
Presentation options. Under <guilabel>Plot Types</guilabel>, leave the default \
<guilabel>XY</guilabel> as it is, but change the <guilabel>X axis vector</guilabel> \
to Create From Field: x. +Clicking the <guibutton>Next</guibutton> button again \
allows you to select Data Presentation options. Under <guilabel>Plot \
Types</guilabel>, leave the default <guilabel>XY</guilabel> as it is, but change the \
<guilabel>X Axis Vector</guilabel> to <guilabel>Create From Field</guilabel>: x.  \
</para>  </listitem>
 
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
 </para>
 
 <para>
-Numerous other command-line options are available&mdash;using the command-line only, \
plots of data can be printed directly to files, and simple data manipulation such as \
creation of power spectra can be performed as well.  For a complete list of \
command-line options, see <link linkend="command-lineoptions">Command Line Usage and \
Examples</link>. +Numerous other command-line options are available &mdash; using the \
command-line only, plots of data can be printed directly to files, and simple data \
manipulation such as creation of power spectra can be performed as well.  For a \
complete list of command-line options, see <link \
linkend="command-lineoptions">Command Line Usage and Examples</link>.  </para>
 </tip>
 
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
 <sect1 id="customize-plot-setting">
 <title>Customizing Plot Settings</title>
 <para>For the previous curve plot, suppose you want to change the default x and y \
                labels, and add a title for it.</para>
-<para>To change the default setting for the plot, first, right click anywhere on the \
plot, a <guimenu>Contex Menu</guimenu> will appear as below.</para> +<para>To change \
the default setting for the plot, first, right click anywhere on the plot, a \
<guimenu>context menu</guimenu> will appear as below.</para>  <screenshot>
 <screeninfo>context_menu</screeninfo>
 <mediaobject>
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
 </textobject>
 </mediaobject>
 </screenshot>
-<para>Choose <guimenuitem>Edit...</guimenuitem>, and the Edit plot dialog will \
appear.</para> +<para>Choose <guimenuitem>Edit...</guimenuitem>, and the \
<guilabel>Edit Plot</guilabel> dialog will appear.</para>  <para>To add or change the \
Y/X label and title of the plot, click on the <guibutton>Appearence</guibutton> \
tab.</para>  <screenshot>
 <screeninfo>appearence</screeninfo>
@@ -154,8 +154,8 @@
 </screenshot>
 
 <para>In the textbox beside <guilabel>Y axis/X axis</guilabel>: enter the Y axis/X \
axis label you want. In this case, <quote>Distance(m)</quote> and \
                <quote>Time(s)</quote>.</para>
-<para>In the textbox beside <guilabel>Top label:</guilabel> enter the title for the \
plot. In ths case: <quote>Distance vs Time</quote>. In addition, you can choose the \
justification of the title by selecting Left, Right or Center in the \
                <guilabel>Jusitificaion</guilabel> textbox.</para>
-<para>To change the settings of the X or Y axis, such as choosing the scale of the \
X/Y axis or adding gridlines, click on the <guilabel>X Axis</guilabel> or <guilabel>Y \
Axis</guilabel> tabs.</para> +<para>In the textbox beside <guilabel>Top \
label:</guilabel> enter the title for the plot. In ths case: <quote>Distance vs \
Time</quote>. In addition, you can choose the justification of the title by selecting \
Left, Right or Center in the <guilabel>Justification</guilabel> textbox.</para> \
+<para>To change the settings of the X or Y axis, such as choosing the scale of the \
X/Y axis or adding gridlines, click on the <guilabel>X Axis</guilabel> or <guilabel>Y \
Axis</guilabel> tab.</para>  <screenshot>
 <screeninfo>x_y_axis</screeninfo>
 <mediaobject>
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
 </mediaobject>
 </screenshot>
 <para>Change the minor ticks of the X axis to be 1, and choose to show both the \
                major and minor gridlines for the X axis.</para>
-<para>For the Y axis for which no screenshot is shown, select \
<guilabel>Reverse</guilabel> for the <guilabel>scale</guilabel>, change the \
<guilabel>Minor ticks</guilabel> to be 1 .</para> +<para>For the Y axis, for which no \
screenshot is shown, select <guilabel>Reverse</guilabel> for the \
<guilabel>Scale</guilabel>, change the <guilabel>Minor ticks</guilabel> to be \
1.</para>  <para>To change the range of X or Y axis, choose the \
<guilabel>Range</guilabel> tab.</para>  <screenshot>
 <screeninfo>range</screeninfo>
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
 </mediaobject>
 </screenshot>
 <para>Change the range of x axis to be <guilabel>From</guilabel> 0 \
                <guilabel>To</guilabel> 8.</para>
-<para>Finally, you can highlight some important part of the plot by using the \
<guilabel>Marker</guilabel> tab.</para> +<para>Finally, you can highlight some \
important part of the plot by using the <guilabel>Markers</guilabel> tab.</para>  \
<screenshot>  <screeninfo>marker</screeninfo>
 <mediaobject>
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@
 
 <listitem>
 <para>
-Now a <quote>New Plugin</quote> dialog will appear which allows you to configure the \
fit. Since the example data here are quadratic, we'll use the <guilabel>Fit \
polynomial</guilabel> plugin. Choose this from the Plugin Selection drop-list. As it \
happens, the <guilabel>Order</guilabel> of the polynomial is set to 2 by default, \
which is what we want. You can set the <guilabel>Order</guilabel> to any integer, one \
of the predefined scalar quantities, or some statistical value based on one of the \
available vectors (eg. the Standard Deviation of x, <guilabel>[x/Sigma]</guilabel>). \
+Now a <quote>New Plugin</quote> dialog will appear which allows you to configure the \
fit. Since the example data here are quadratic, we'll use the <guilabel>Fit \
polynomial</guilabel> plugin. Choose this from the Plugin Selection drop-list. As it \
happens, the <guilabel>Order</guilabel> of the polynomial is set to 2 by default, \
which is what we want. You can set the <guilabel>Order</guilabel> to any integer, one \
of the predefined scalar quantities, or some statistical value based on one of the \
available vectors (e.g. the Standard Deviation of x, <guilabel>[x/Sigma]</guilabel>). \
</para>  <para>
 There are several Output fields where you can enter text to be used as the unique \
name for the vectors and scalars generated by this fit. For more information, you can \
read the section on the <link linkend="plugins-kstfit_polynomial_unweighted">Fit \
Polynomial</link> in the <link linkend="plugins">Plugins</link> chapter. @@ -339,7 \
+339,7 @@  </screenshot>
 
 <para>
-Now we are ready to generate the histogram itself. Select \
<menuchoice><guimenu>Data</guimenu><guimenuitem>New \
Histogram...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Select the Data Vector which has just been \
created from <filename>normal.dat</filename>. There are several options relating to \
bin choices. For quick generation of histograms, it is usually easiest to just press \
the "Auto-Bin" feature. This will select an optimal bin size and range for the given \
data. +Now we are ready to generate the histogram itself. Select \
<menuchoice><guimenu>Data</guimenu><guimenuitem>New \
Histogram...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Select the Data Vector which has just been \
created from <filename>normal.dat</filename>. There are several options relating to \
bin choices. For quick generation of histograms, it is usually easiest to just press \
the <guilabel>Auto-Bin</guilabel> feature. This will select an optimal bin size and \
range for the given data.  </para>
 
 <para>
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@
 </screen>
 </para>
 
-<para>This perl script will generate random data, uniformly distributed in [-0.5, \
0.5], with occasional spikes. Make the script executable and run it using the \
commands...</para> +<para>This perl script will generate random data, uniformly \
distributed in the range [-0.5, 0.5], with occasional spikes. Make the script \
executable and run it using the commands...</para>  
 <para>
 <userinput><command>chmod a+x simrealtime.pl</command></userinput>
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@
 </para>
 
 <para>
-Suppose that we would like to receive notification every time a large spike occurs \
in our incoming data stream. This can be done using an event monitor. Select the \
menu-item <menuchoice><guimenu>Data</guimenu><guimenuitem>New Event \
Monitor</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, and configure the new event monitor's settings as \
shown below. +Suppose that we would like to receive notification every time a large \
spike occurs in our incoming data stream. This can be done using an event monitor. \
Select the menu-item <menuchoice><guimenu>Data</guimenu><guimenuitem>New Event \
Monitor...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, and configure the new event monitor's settings \
as shown below.  </para>
 
 <screenshot>
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@
 &kst; contains built-in routines to generate power spectrum from data. The following \
example shows how to create a power spectrum.  </para>
 <para>
-First, plot the normal distributed data vector generated by the <link \
linkend="perl-script">perl script</link>: generate_normal.pl in the histogram \
turorial. +First, plot the normal distributed data vector generated by the <link \
linkend="perl-script"><filename>perl script</filename></link>: generate_normal.pl in \
the histogram turorial.  The plot of the normal distributed data is shown below: \
</para>  <screenshot>
 <screeninfo>vector plot</screeninfo>
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@
 </screenshot>
 
 <para>
-To create a power spectrum from this data vector, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Data \
menu</guimenu><guimenuitem>New Spectrum...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>  +To create a \
power spectrum from this data vector, choose \
<menuchoice><guimenu>Data</guimenu><guimenuitem>New \
Spectrum...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>   </para>
 <screenshot>
 <screeninfo>choose new spectrum</screeninfo>
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@
 </mediaobject>
 </screenshot>
 <para>
-In the text box beside <guilabel>Data Vector:</guilabel> select the vector that you \
want to creat a power spectrum from. The default is INDEX, but you can change it by \
selecting from the dropdown textbox. You can change the name of the specturm in the \
<guilabel>Unique name</guilabel> text box. <guilabel>FFT options</guilabel> will be \
explained in detail later in <link linkend="data-types-spectrum">spectrum \
section</link> of the data chapter. For a quick look of the resulting spectrum, just \
use the default choices for the FFT option and click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>. The \
following spectrum is generated: +In the text box beside <guilabel>Data \
vector:</guilabel> select the vector that you want to creat a power spectrum from. \
The default is INDEX, but you can change it by selecting from the dropdown textbox. \
You can change the name of the specturm in the <guilabel>Unique name</guilabel> text \
box. <guilabel>FFT option</guilabel> will be explained in detail later in the <link \
linkend="data-types-spectrum">spectrum section</link> of the data chapter. For a \
quick look of the resulting spectrum, just use the default choices for the FFT option \
and click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>. The following spectrum is generated:  </para>
 
 <screenshot>


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