bind - SpecTcl Command

	bind - SpecTcl Command

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Syntax

sbind name   [name...]
sbind -id id [id...]
sbind -all
sbind -list
sbind -list name     [pattern]
sbind -list -id id   [id...]
sbind -list -xid xid [xid...]

Synopsis

Binds one or more spectra to the display subsystem.

Spectra which are already bound are not affected
There must be enough spectrum slots and spectrum space for the bind to complete for all elements.
Once a spectrum is bound it can be Xamined by the displayer.
The display slots are allocated by locating the lowest numbered free slot.
If all spectra could be bound returns nothing, if some spectra could not be bound, a list is returned. Each item in the list is a pair containing the spectrum id and the reason it could not be bound.
The bind -list commands produce a Tcl List of triplets. Each triplet contains the spectrum id, name and displayer slot id.

Detailed Description

SpecTcl only limits the set of spectra supported by the amount of virtual memory available. This is not true of the displayer. That program has a limited number of spectrum slots and a fixed amount of spectrum memory which is defined at startup time. The bind command allows you to make a correspondence between the set of Spectra maintained by SpecTcl and the set which can be Xamined through the displayer. Once a spectrum is bound to Xamine, it can be unbound using the unbind command

sbind name [name...]

Binds the set of spectra named by the parameters to the command to available display slots.

sbind id [id...]

Binds the set of spectrum with ids matching the list of parameters to the command to available display slots.

sbind -all

Attempts to bind all spectra defined in SpecTcl to the display. Note that since attempting to bind an already bound spectrum is silently ignored, this command can always be attempted (e.g. after a new list of spectra have been defined).

sbind -list

Lists all spectra which are bound to the display.

sbind -list name [pattern]

Lists all bound spectra whose name matches pattern . Wildcards are permitted in the pattern

sbind -list -id id [id...]

Lists the bindings for the set of spectra whose ids are given in the command parameters.

sbind -list -xid xid [xid...]

Lists the bindings for the set of displayer slot ids given in the command parameters.

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