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Make unit tests database connection parameters configurable
author Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it>
date Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:24:37 +0100
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  <h2>Graphviz</h2>

  <p>In order to use the commands listed below, the <a href="matlab:web('http://www.graphviz.org/')">Graphviz</a> package must be installed.</p>

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      <li><p><a href="#mac"/>Installation Guide for Mac OS X</p></li>
      <li><p><a href="#linux"/>Installation Guide for Linux</p></li>
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    <h3><a name="windows"/> Windows </h3>

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        <li><p>Download the relevant package from Downloads section of <a href="matlab:web('http://www.graphviz.org/')">www.graphviz.org</a>.</p></li>
        <li><p>Install the package by following the relevant instructions.</p></li>
        <li><p>Set the two relevant preferences with your LTPDA Preferences Panel</p></li>
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          <li>For this start the LTPDApres<br />
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          <li>or press the "LTPDA Preferences" button on the LTPDA Launch Bay<br />
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            <img src="images/LTPDAlauncher.png" alt="Interpolate" border="0"></img>
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          <li style="margin-top:1ex">Select on your LTPDA Preferences Panel the category "External Programs"<br />
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            <img src="images/LTPDAprefs_ExtProg.png" alt="Interpolate" border="0"></img>          <br />
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          <li style="margin-top:1ex">Set the path to the 'dot.exe' binary in the editable text field "DOT binary". If you perform the default installation, this should be something like:
            <br>'c:\Program Files\Graphviz2.20\bin\dot.exe';</br>
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          <li>Define in the editable text field "DOT format" the graphics format to output. See <a href="matlab:web('http://www.graphviz.org/doc/info/output.html')">formats</a> for available formats. To view the final graphics file you must have a suitable viewer for that graphics format installed on the system. For example, to output as PDF
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    <h3><a name="mac"/> Mac OS X </h3>
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        <li>Choose from:</li>
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          <li> From graphviz:</li>
          <ul>
            <li>Download the relevant package from Downloads section of <a href="matlab:web('http://www.graphviz.org/')">www.graphviz.org</a>.</li>
            <li>Install the package by following the relevant instructions.</li>
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          <li> From Fink:</li>
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            <li> If you use the fink package manager, in a terminal: <tt>> fink install graphviz</tt></li>
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        <li>Set the two relevant preferences with your LTPDA Preferences Panel.</li>
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          <li>Start the LTPDA Preferences Panel. For this follow the step 3.1 or 3.2 of the window installation.</li>
          <li>Set the path to the 'dot' binary in the editable text field "DOT binary". If you perform the default installation from fink, this should be something like:
            <br>'/sw/bin/dot'</br>
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          <li>Define in the editable text field "DOT format" the graphics format to output. See <a href="matlab:web('http://www.graphviz.org/doc/info/output.html')">formats</a> for available formats. To view the final graphics file you must have a suitable viewer for that graphics format installed on the system. For example, to output as PDF
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    <h3><a name="linux"/> Linux </h3>

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        <li>Choose from:</li>
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          <li> From graphviz:</li>
          <ul>
            <li>Download the relevant package from Downloads section of <a href="matlab:web('http://www.graphviz.org/')">www.graphviz.org</a>.</li>
            <li>Install the package by following the relevant instructions.</li>
          </ul>
          <li> From terminal (Ubuntu):</li>
          <ul>
            <li>Please type in a terminal: <tt>>sudo apt-get install graphviz</tt></li>
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          <li> From graphical package manager like <b>YaSt, Synaptic, Adept, ...</b></li>
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            <li>Start your graphical package manager</li>
            <li>Search for the <tt>>graphviz</tt> package</li>
            <li>Select the package and all depending packes and install these packages.</li>
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        <li>Set the two relevant preferences with your LTPDA Preferences Panel.</li>
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          <li>Start the LTPDA Preferences Panel. For this follow the step 3.1 or 3.2 of the window installation.</li>
          <li>Set the path to the 'dot' binary in the editable text field "DOT binary". If you perform the default installation from the terminal, this should be something like:
            <br>'/usr/bin/dot';</br>
            <br>even 'dot' without the path should work</br>
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          <li>Define in the editable text field "DOT format" the graphics format to output. See <a href="matlab:web('http://www.graphviz.org/doc/info/output.html')">formats</a> for available formats. To view the final graphics file you must have a suitable viewer for that graphics format installed on the system. For example, to output as PDF
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        <li>Define a programm in MATLAB which opens the file.</li>
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          <li>The default programm to open a pdf file is the Acrobat Reader</li>
          <li>Define another program under File -> Preferences -> Help -> PDF Reader</li>
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