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You can view and control operations relating to the PLASTIC hub
from the Interop menu in the
Control Window.
It contains the following options:
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Register with PLASTIC
- Attempts to locate a running PLASTIC hub and register with it.
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Unregister with PLASTIC
- If currently registered with a PLASTIC hub, unregisters with it.
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Start internal PLASTIC hub
- Starts a PLASTIC hub as part of the process within which TOPCAT is
running. This will only work if a hub is not already running.
The hub will terminate when TOPCAT exits.
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Start external PLASTIC hub
- Starts a PLASTIC hub as a separate process. This will only work if
a hub is not already running.
The hub will continue running until it is explicitly terminated
(e.g. using a
kill
command).
Because this has some system-dependent features, it's not guaranteed to
work, especially in non-Unix environments.
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Show registered applications
- Pops up a small window which displays what applications are currently
registered with any PLASTIC hub with which TOPCAT is registered.
This will be kept up to date as applications register and unregister.
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Broadcast Table
- Broadcasts the currently selected table to all listening applications
using PLASTIC.
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Send Table to ...
- Sends the currently selected table to a selected listening application
using PLASTIC. Select the desired recipient application from the
submenu.
The Interop menu may be replaced by a PLASTIC window
in a future release.
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TOPCAT - Tool for OPerations on Catalogues And Tables
Starlink User Note253
TOPCAT web page:
http://www.starlink.ac.uk/topcat/
Author email:
m.b.taylor@bristol.ac.uk