Subject: surf-1.0: An X-based monitor for numerical simulations
From: [email-masked] (Weimin Zhao)
Date: Wed, 11 May 1994 02:14:45 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce

Hi, Linuxers,
I just loaded a program called surf to sunsite under /pub/Linux/Incoming.

Here's an excerpt from the README:

SURF is an Xlib based program to debug, monitor, and control large-
scale numerical simulations, written in either fortran or C.  3D results
are displayed on a 2D coordinate system while color shades are used to
display the third coordinate (z).  At present, only cylindrical and Cartesian
systems are supported.  Up to 22 integer and 22 double precision parameters
to be passed to and from your subroutine can be set via a file during startup
as well as being changed interactively as the simulation progresses.  One
scalar variable and upto two arrays of any sizes can be monitored during
the progress of simulation.

SURF is written using Xlib to run with minimum system resource demand
and thus should provide an effective means for large-scale simulation:

    * 3-dimensional real-time display of results;
    * real-time interactive control up to 22 integer and 22 double
      precision parameters;
    * real-time display of one scalar variable (hot-value);
    * real-time display of CPU time usage at each step of simulation.
    * up to two arbitrary-size arrays of double precision variables
      displayed at each simulation step and are compared with the initial
      value;
    * values of z along the two pointer-selected axes can be displayed
      at any step of simulation.
    * on-line help pop-up window;
    * pop-up window display showing present set up of the parameters;
    * customizable color.

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And here's the LSM entry:

Begin2
Title        = surf - An interactive monitor/controller for numerical simulations
Version      = 1.0
Desc1        = surf is an Xlib based program to monitor and control numerical
Desc2        = simulation programs.  It displays the results of simulation as
Desc3        = it progress and allows simulation parameters to be changed on-
Desc4        = the-fly.  It can be linked to your simulation program either in
Desc5        = C (for linux) or Fortran (for other platforms).
Author       = Weimin Zhao
AuthorEmail  = [email-masked]
Maintainer   = Weimin Zhao
MaintEmail   = [email-masked]
Site1        = sunsite.unc.edu
Path1        = /pub/Linux/Incoming; /pub/Linux/X11/xapps/math
File1        = surf-1.0.tar.gz
FileSize1    = 25520
Required1    = X11, X shared libs, lib[cm]
CopyPolicy1  = GPL, LGPL
Keywords     = simulation, math, model, graphics
EnteredBy    = Weimin Zhao
CheckedEmail = [email-masked]
End
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