Contents

• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• 1. Overview
  • 1.1 Rationale
  • 1.2 Can one get help?
  • 1.3 Distribution
  • 1.4 Portability
  • 1.5 Configurability
  • 1.6 Interfaceability restrictions
  • 1.7 Caveats
  • 1.8 PaPCo sites
• 2. Version Control
  • 2.1 Old versions
  • 2.2 PaPCo core v. PaPCo modules
  • 2.3 Keeping things up to date
  • 2.4 Changes to Version 6.0
  • 2.5 Changes to Version 7.0
  • 2.6 Changes to Version 8.0
  • 2.7 Changes to Version 9.0
• 3. Installing PaPCo
  • 3.1 papco_default.dat
  • 3.2 papco_printer_config.dat
  • 3.3 papco_startup.pro
  • 3.4 papco_setup.pro
  • 3.5 papco_configure.pro
  • 3.6 Start-up Summary
  • 3.7 Installing new PaPCo modules
  • 3.8 Troubleshooting
  • 3.9 Current PAPCO modules
• 4. Running PaPCo
  • 4.1 The top widget part: The Module Panel
  • 4.2 The middle left widget part: The Control Panel
  • 4.3 The right widget side: The Panel Composer
  • 4.4 Printer defaults information
  • 4.5 The bottom widget part: The Action Buttons
  • 4.6 IDL window output
  • 4.7 Draw Window
  • 4.8 Command-line PaPCo
  • 4.9 Recovering from a crash
• 5. Behind the scenes
  • 5.1 Architectural transparency
  • 5.2 Panel editor philosophy
  • 5.3 Plotting philosophy
  • 5.4 PaPCo color scheme
  • 5.5 Slicing philosophy
  • 5.6 Read-routine philosophy
  • 5.7 Caveat on system resources
• 6. Including your own modules
  • 6.1 Getting into the PaPCo environment
  • 6.2 make_new_module.pro
  • 6.3 Module directory structure
  • 6.4 The papco_interface routines
  • 6.5 Simple Slices
  • 6.6 Plot and Read Routines
  • 6.7 Initializing your module
  • 6.8 Extending PaPCo read by orbit to new missions
  • 6.9 USER defined slices
• 7. Standard Modules
  • 7.1 PaPCo Event Module
  • 7.2 PaPCo Text Module
  • 7.3 plot_type Module
• 8. Future PaPCo, beyond PaPCo
  • 8.1 Sharing PaPCo products
  • 8.2 Using a graphical data base
  • 8.3 Web PaPCo
• 9. Running Logs
  • 9.1 IDL startup log
  • 9.2 PAPCO startup log
  • 9.3 PAPCO finishing log
• 10. Templates for PaPCo
  • 10.1 PaPCo interface templates
  • 10.2 Plot & Read templates
  • 10.3 mission_createorbitinfo.pro
• 11. Other useful PaPCo routines
  • 11.1 Color plot routines
  • 11.2 PaPCo get remote data routine
  • 11.3 PaPCo output routine
• 12. Files needed by PaPCo
  • 12.1 Core PaPCo
  • 12.2 The directory structure of PaPCo