Environmental Control Commands

These functions allow you to manipulate the environment of PyDV on a global level. They are useful to avoid repeated use of other commands or to change the state of PyDV in dramatic ways.

Note

< > = Required user input.

[ ] = Optional user input.

[PyDV]: = Python Data Visualizer command-line prompt.

alias

Define a synonym for an existing command.

[PyDV]: alias <command> <alias>

custom

Load a file of custom functions to extend PyDV. Functions must be of the form ‘def do_commandname(self, line): …’

[PyDV]: custom <file-name>

debug

Show debug tracebacks if True

[PyDV]: debug on | off

drop

Start the Python Interactive Console

[PyDV]: drop

erase

Erase all curves on the screen but leave the limits untouched. Shortcut: era

[PyDV]: erase

kill

Delete the specified entries from the menu.

[PyDV]: kill [all | number-list]

namewidth

Change the width of the first column of the menu and lst output.

[PyDV]: namewidth <integer>

quit

Exit PyDV. Shortcut: q

[PyDV]: quit