[Kst] Feature Requests

Thu Jul 24 21:16:44 UTC 2014

Hi Ben,

I find the 2 ideas good and I think they are reasonably feasible.
I think you can formalize the requests so we don't losa track of them.

Nicolas

----- Mail original -----
> De: "Ben Lewis" <benlewis003 at gmail.com>
> À: netterfield at astro.utoronto.ca, kst at kde.org
> Envoyé: Dimanche 20 Juillet 2014 07:56:31
> Objet: Re: [Kst] Feature Requests
> 
> 
> Hi Barth,
> 
> I have two more feature requests.
> 
> 
>     * Jump to "View Vector Value" column and row - When "highlight
>     data points" is enabled I would like a context menu and/or
>     shortcut key to jump to the highlighted data points relevant
>     column and row in the "View Vector Values" dialogue. When
>     activated the "View Vector Values" dialogue would open with the
>     relevant vector loaded and the relevant row highlighted and in
>     the middle of the visible window.
>     * Auto complete Data Wizard - On each page of the Data Wizard I
>     would like a "Finish" button. This would take the current
>     settings and complete the remainder of the wizard with all
>     default values at any stage.
> 
> If there is support for either of these I will submit a formal
> feature request.
> 
> Regards, Ben
> 
> 
> On 15/07/2014 10:05 PM, Ben Lewis wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi Bath,
> 
> Please see my comments below.
> 
> Regards, Ben
> 
> 
> On 15/07/2014 2:35 AM, Barth Netterfield wrote:
> 
> 
> On July 14, 2014 9:13:18 PM Ben Lewis wrote:
> 
> Kst,
> 
> Here are some features I would love to see in Kst...
> *
> Scroll Bar *- It would be great to have a scroll bar at the bottom of
> each
> plot. This will give the user a perspective on where they are when
> zoomed
> into a small window of a large data set. SensorCloud uses this
> functionality, if you haven't seen it (it's very impressive) you can
> view
> it in action here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6tko2wOJc4 .
> Hmmm.... this doesn't really fit into kst's model (where consumers
> of vectors
> neither know nor care where the vector came from).  And one might
> have a plot
> which shows data from multiple datasources of different sizes and of
> different
> ranges.  So it is hard to understand what the scroll bar would refer
> to in
> this case.
> 
> So... hmmm... let me think about it and see if I can come up with a
> coherent/consistent model. It seems to me that this feature should
> work even when data sources are of different sizes and with
> different ranges. Ultimately the plot has a finite range with a
> first x-axis sample and a last x-axis sample. The scroll bar just
> shows what portion of the full range (from first to last sample) is
> currently in view.
> 
> When zoomed into a large data set it is easy to loose perspective. It
> can be difficult to tell how much progress is being made when
> scrolling backwards and forwards e.g. If I keep scrolling at this
> rate will I get through this data set in 5 minutes of five hours? Or
> I'm looking for an event that occurred about 3/4 through the test,
> is it likely to be forward or backward from my current position.
> 
> As an added feature, the scroll bar could be manipulated to control
> the view in the main plot area. The active portion of the scroll bar
> could be paned backwards and forwards (maintaining a fixed range) or
> the edges of it could be moved to expand or contract the current
> view (variable range).
> 
> WRT your suggestion of using a graphical version of the change range
> dialog. I don't this this is what I'm looking for. For this feature
> to be useful it needs to be quick. I'm pretty sure the change range
> feature will trigger a new read of the data source(s) which is on
> the intent of this feature. It's more about being able to move
> quickly around the currently loaded range.
> 
> I'm not sure how Kst works behinds the the UI so I may be way off
> track here and happy to be corrected.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> *Digital Display* - Sometimes it is handy to have the current value
> of a
> channel shown as a digital number. It is much quicker and more
> accurate to
> read a number off a digital display rather than interpolate the value
> off a
> plot. HBM's Catman software has this feature and a really nice touch
> is
> that you can configure the display to show one of the channels
> statistical
> values when live data is stopped. So when live data is streaming it
> will
> show the current value but when live data stops it will display the
> channels min, max, average or other such value. This is a really
> handy
> feature and can save a lot of time. You can see this feature in
> action here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q66D-yc5KnE (3:00 -
> 3:37) If I understand what you mean: We can already do this.
> 
> Create a curve - say ploting [ALT (V2)] vs [Time (V1)].
> Create a label.
> As the label text use: Sensor: [ALT:Last (X15)] m
> 
> When you type "[" in the label text box, a large auto completion box
> will
> appear with all of the possible scalars and strings that you can
> insert.  The
> list includes First, Last, Sigma, Mean, rms, Max and Min and a few
> other
> things for each vector.
> 
> You can also do equations in labels:
> For example, [=[ALT:Sigma (X18)]^2] would give the square of the
> standard
> deviation. Cool! I didn't know you could do that.
> 
> This is very close to what I'm looking for. It just seems a bit odd
> to put this sort of information in a label. Especially if there are
> a number of variables to keep track of (see RH label in screen shot
> below). It would be great if there was a "text box" with this sort
> of functionality that could be positioned just like the legend can.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> *Set Default Update Type* - On the first screen of the data wizard
> the user
> can choose the desired update type - time interval, change detection
> or no
> update. The default is change detection. Once an update type has been
> selected for a particular file, Kst will remember this, which is
> great. But
> for a new file the user is forced to change this setting every time,
> if
> they wish to use a setting other than change detection. It would be
> great
> if the default setting could be changed somewhere. Definitely - I
> will add this.  You can add a wishlist bug for this so I don't
> forget :-) Will do.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> *Time Offset from ASCII File* - In the "Configure ASCII File"
> dialogue box
> there are a number of options for the time offset source. It would be
> great
> to add "Read offset from line:" as another source (just as is
> currently
> done with field names and units). Can you make a wishlist bug for
> this? Will do.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> If any of these ideas are doable and other people also like them, I
> will
> submit a formal feature request.
> 
> Regards, Ben
> 
> 
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