February 16, 1998; Ralph E. Griswold
Requires: MT Icon, event monitoring, Version 9 graphics
This file is in the public domain.
This program maps allocation events into colors and provides various
abstract visualizations of them.
Several visualizations are available:
beacon blinking light
curves random closed curves
haystack* randomly oriented lines
nova* radiating lines
pinwheel revolving sequence of sectors in a circle
polygons random polygons
splatter* randomly placed dots
strip scrolling strip of vertical lines
symplat as splatter, but in symmetric pattern
vortex* expanding/contracting square vortex
web* random walk
The visualizations marked with asterisks use the size information. The
others do not.
In terms of the monitoring framework terminology, this program
provides abstract visualizations for in an event space consisting
of category/size pairs -- 2CS -- in which the categories are colors.
The interface controls provide for:
control of the display speed
pausing the display
resetting the display
setting the period between automatic resetting
changing the view
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