samples.txt

PyModel Samples

There are some examples in the subdirectories under the pymodel
samples directory: ABP, Marquee, PowerSwitch, Socket, Stack,
WebApplication, etc.  For a description of each sample, see the README
in the samples directory and in each sample subdirectory.

Each sample subdirectory contains some test script modules: test.py,
test_graphics.py etc.  These scripts demonstrate the samples, as well
as testing PyModel itself.  

To execute test.py (etc.), type the command

 trun test

(but not python test.py) For this to work, the PyModel/pymodel
directory must be on your Python path, the current directory must be
on your Python path, and the PyModel/bin directory must be on your
execution path.  To achieve all this, you can run the
PyModel/pymodel/pymodel_paths command.  Alternatively, if you have
installed PyModel, these preliminaries may not be necessary.
For more details see PyModel/INSTALL.txt

Each test script contains commented command lines that demonstrate
combinations of arguments and options.  Running each test script
displays output on the terminal, and many test scripts also generate
files of graphic output in .svg, .pdf, or .ps format. The graphics
files can then be displayed by an appropriate viewer (for example,
.svg files can be displayed by many browsers).

Some samples directories contain svg/ subdirectories (etc.) with test
output files that we computed on our development system, so you can
view them without having to execute the tests scripts yourself.
(Executing the test scripts will not overwrite the contents of these
directories.)

Revised Apr 2013