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+.. _silx view:
silx view
=========
+.. figure:: http://www.silx.org/doc/silx/img/silx-view-v1-0.gif
+ :align: center
+
Purpose
-------
@@ -37,25 +41,59 @@ and to view this data in plot widgets or in simple table views.
Usage
-----
-::
+.. code-block:: none
- silx view [-h] [--debug] [--use-opengl-plot] [files [files ...]]
+ silx view [-h] [--slices SLICES [SLICES ...]] [--debug] [--use-opengl-plot] [-f] [--hdf5-file-locking] [files ...]
Options
-------
- -h, --help Show this help message and exit
- --debug Set logging system in debug mode
- --use-opengl-plot Use OpenGL for plots (instead of matplotlib)
- -f, --fresh Start the application using new fresh user preferences
- --hdf5-file-locking Start the application with HDF5 file locking enabled (it is disabled by default)
+.. code-block:: none
+
+ -h, --help show this help message and exit
+ --slices SLICES [SLICES ...]
+ List of slice indices to open (Only for dataset)
+ --debug Set logging system in debug mode
+ --use-opengl-plot Use OpenGL for plots (instead of matplotlib)
+ -f, --fresh Start the application using new fresh user preferences
+ --hdf5-file-locking Start the application with HDF5 file locking enabled (it is disabled by
+ default)
Examples of usage
-----------------
-::
+Open file(s)
+............
+
+.. code-block:: none
silx view 31oct98.dat
silx view *.edf
silx view myfile.h5
+
+
+Open HDF5 dataset(s)
+....................
+
+Using the HDF5 path to the dataset:
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+ silx view my_hdf5_file.h5::entry/instrument/detector/data
+
+Using wildcard:
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+ silx view my_hdf5_file.h5::entry/*/data
+
+
+Open HDF5 dataset slices
+........................
+
+Open first and last slices of datasets:
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+ silx view my_hdf5_file.h5::entry/*/data --slices 0 -1