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4.4 info Commands

— Command: dump-state

Print information for the entire state of the system: parameters, objects, etc...

— Command: dump-parameters

Print global system parameters.

— Command: dump-objects

Print state and location of all objects.

— Command: dump-positions

Print location of all objects.

— Command: dump-energy

Print detailed kinetic and potential energy breakdown for the whole system.

Finally, ipple can export placements to other visualization tools. (It's the least I can do until a GUI is added!)

— Command: emit-dot [file]

Print to stdout or file in the dot language (from graphviz), suitable for generating a diagram of the current state of objects. Recommendation: run the output through the fdp (force-directed placement) command: fdp -Tpdf input -o output.pdf.

— Command: emit-fig [file]

Print to stdout or file in the fig language (xfig), suitable for generating a diagram of the current state of objects. Recommendation: run the output through the fig2dev export command, such as: fig2dev -Lpdf input.fig -o output.pdf.