4.3.3.2. Write functionalities

This option allows the user to write different functionalities of the software directly on a text element (Image 60). The functionalities are predefined and we put the list that the software allows at the moment in the next paragraph.

Image 60 – Shown the first framework of the software with the element write functionality with the function play written in it. This element was placed at the bottom of the framework.

The different functionalities to write on the element are:

  • open
    • produce the same action that the file – open item placed on the menu bar.
  • dellastmark
    • delete the last mark performed on the data by the user.
  • delallmarks
    • delete all the marks performed on the data.
  • savedata
    • save the data plotted on the graph, for that this action opens the file system window and allows to write the name of the file.
  • savemarks
    • save the marks performed on the data, for that this action opens the file system window and allows to write the name of the file.
  • saveplot
    • save the plot, for that this action opens the file system window and allows to write the name of the file.
  • savesound
    • save the sound, for that this action opens the file system window and allows to write the name of the file.
  • ‘quit’ or ‘exit’
    • close the software
  • play
    • reproduce the data sonification.
  • pause
    • pause the reproduction and maintain the position of the last data sonified.
  • stop
    • stop the reproduction and restore the default position to sonify to the beginning of the data.
  • markpoint
    • mark a point on the actual position of the reproduction.
  • originaldata
    • plot the original data imported.
  • xlastcut
    • plot the last cut on the x axis performed by the user.
  • inverse_mf
    • invert the y axis on the plot.
  • square_mf
    • apply the square function to the y axis.
  • squareroot_mf
    • apply the square root function to the y axis.
  • logarithm_mf
    • apply the logarithm function to the y axis.
  • xposition(pos)
    • allow to jump to a specific value of the x axis on the data.
  • tempo(percentage)
    • allow to set the tempo with a number between 0 and 100.
  • xlowerlimit(lower_limit)
    • allow to set the new lower limit on the x axis.
  • xupperlimit(upper_limit)
    • allow to set the new upper limit on the x axis.
  • octave(command)
    • allow octave commands to be written between parenthesis.
  • fromoctave(variable_x, variable_y)
    • allows  to return two variables from octave and set them as x value and y value.

If the element doesn’t appear on the framework, it can be shown from the menu Panels, sub-menu Data Operation, item Write functionalities (Image 61).

Image 61 – Shows the Data Operations sub-menu of the menu Panels, where there are four items and the keyboard focus is on the Write functionalities item (second place).

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