Hi everybody: here is a new version of moodss. Check it out! (or at least the screenshots at http://jfontain.free.fr/moodss3.gif or http://jfontain.free.fr/moodss4.gif :). Notes: - moodss modules can now be written in Perl! Sample Random and Minimal modules are provided. Documentation (see Random.pm file) needs improving. Feedback is highly welcomed. ### CHANGES ### --- version 13.0 --- modules can now be written in the Perl language (the tclperl package is required, available in my homepage) added Minimal and Random Perl modules (capitalized names) module programmers: INCOMPATIBLE change, during a module loading phase, the current directory is the module directory, so the packageDirectory array is no longer required nor made available to the module MySQL mystatus module updated to support 3.23.31 and 3.23.32 servers removed a memory leak that occured during packages scan when dynamically loading a new module removed error when no modules are found when trying to dynamically load a new module a cell with a value of ? was not considered void by the thresholds code removed libfilesystem and libnetwork linux binaries from distribution tarball ### README ### This is moodss (Modular Object Oriented Dynamic SpreadSheet) version 13.0. Moodss won in the Best System Admin Technology category (Tcl Tips and Tricks, Valuable Real World Programming Examples) at the O'Reilly Tcl/Tk 1999 Conference. Linux Magazine calls it a "lifesaver". Tucows gives it 5 penguins (stars :-). Moodss is a modular application. It displays data described and updated in one or more modules, which can be specified in the command line or dynamically loaded or unloaded while the application is running. Data is originally displayed in tables. Graphical views (graph, bar, 3D pie charts, ...), summary tables (with current, average, minimum and maximum values) and free text viewers can be created from any number of table cells, originating from any of the displayed viewers. Thresholds can be set on any number of cells. Specific modules can easily be developed in the Tcl and Perl scripting languages or in C. A thorough and intuitive drag'n'drop scheme is used for most viewer editing tasks: creation, modification, type mutation, destruction, ... and thresholds creation. Table rows can be sorted in increasing or decreasing order by clicking on column titles. The current configuration (modules, tables and viewers geometry, ...) can be saved in a file at any time, and later reused through a command line switch, thus achieving a dashboard functionality. The module code is the link between the moodss core and the data to be displayed. All the specific code is kept in the module package. Since module data access is entirely customizable (through C code, Tcl, Perl, HTTP, ...) and since several modules can be loaded at once, applications for moodss become limitless. For example, thoroughly monitor a dynamic web server on a single dashboard with graphs, using the Apache, MySQL, cpustats, memstats, ... modules. If you have replicated servers, dynamically add them to your view, even load the snmp module on the fly and let your imagination take over... Along with a core trace module, random, ps, cpustats, memstats, diskstats, mounts, route, arp, kernmods, netdev, pci, system, MySQL (myquery, mystatus, myprocs, myvars) modules for Linux, ping, snmp and snmptrap for UNIX, apache and apachex modules are included (running "wish moodss ps cpustats memstats" mimics the "top" application with a graphic edge and remote monitoring capability). Thorough help is provided through menus, widget tips, a message area, a module help window and a global help window with a complete HTML documentation. Moodss is multi-langual thanks to Tcl internationalization capabilities. So far only English and partially French are supported. Help with other languages will be very warmly welcomed. Development of moodss is continuing and as more features are added in future versions, backward module code compatibility will be maintained. I cannot thank the authors of the tkTable, BLT, MIME/SMTP and the HTML libraries enough for their great work. In order to run moodss, you need to install the following packages (unless you can use the rpm utility, see below): Tcl/Tk 8.3.1 or above, at (or at a mirror near you) http://dev.scriptics.com/ or ftp://ftp.scriptics.com/ the latest tkTable widget library at: http://www.hobbs.wservice.com/tcl/main.html the latest BLT library at: ftp://tcltk.sourceforge.net/pub/tcltk/blt/ eventually the latest tclperl library for wrinting modules in Perl at: http://jfontain.free.fr/ (see the INSTALL file for complete instructions, for UNIX and also Windows platforms). You also have the option of using the moodss rpm file (also in my homepage), if you are using a Redhat Linux system (6.0 or above). You can find the required tcl, tk, tktable, blt, tcpperl and other rpms at: http://jfontain.free.fr/ Whether you like it (or hate it), please let me know. I would like to hear about bugs and improvements you would like to see. I will correct the bugs quickly, especially if you send me a test script (module code with a data trace would be best). Jean-Luc Fontaine mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jfontain.free.fr/ ### you may find it now at my homepage: http://jfontain.free.fr/moodss-13.0.tar.gz http://jfontain.free.fr/moodss-13.0-1.i386.rpm http://jfontain.free.fr/moodss-13.0-1.spec and a bit later at: ftp://contrib.redhat.com/ in libc6 sub-directory. Enjoy and please let me know what you think. -- Jean-Luc Fontaine mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jfontain.free.fr/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <mysql-unsubscribe-##L=##[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
