pyofss-gui

Graphical user interface for pyofss

License: GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3)

photonic, simulation, fiber, fibre, optical

Classifiers

Development Status: 3 - Alpha
Environment: X11 Applications :: Qt
Intended Audience: Science/Research
License: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3)
Natural Language: English
Operating System: POSIX :: Linux
Programming Language: Python :: 2.6; Python :: 2.7
Topic: Scientific/Engineering :: Physics

The pyofss GUI uses a drag-and-drop approach to adding optical modules to form a system to simulate. Parameters for each optical module can be viewed and modified before the system simulation is run. Outputs from each optical module can be visualised using the plot interface.

Installation

Pyofss-gui is available on PyPI and can be retrieved using the pip program:

sudo aptitude install python-pip
pip install pyofss-gui

Dependencies

Pyofss-gui depends on pyofss and PyQt. They can be installed using:

sudo aptitude install python-qt4
pip install pyofss

Appearance

Some themes do not show icons in menus and on buttons. The following two commands can often fix this issue:

gconftool-2 --type boolean --set /desktop/gnome/interface/buttons_have_icons true
gconftool-2 --type boolean --set /desktop/gnome/interface/menus_have_icons true

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