Man Pages for Tipsy Commands

absorb (1) - calculate spectra
activatebox (1) - change the box that is being used
angleup (1) - change the viewing angle to edge-on
arguments (1) - list the arguments required for a command
arraystat (1) - print statistics about the array values
axesscale (1) - set the length of plotted coordinate axes
boxstat (1) - print the physical parameters of a box
catbox (1) - concatenate two boxes into a third
clearall (1) - equivalent to clearrot, unloadall, and unmarkall
clearrot (1) - resets the viewing angle down the z-axis
closeascii (1) - close the currently open ascii file
closebinary (1) - close the currently open binary file
colorbarlabel (1) - place labels over the color bar
commands (1) - list the possible commands
coolconstants (1) - set the values of constants related to cooling
deletemacro (1) - delete a macro
deletewin (1) - delete a window
formconstants (1) - set the constants related to star formation
framepoints (1) - write x, y, and z projections to files
gasify (1) - change dark matter into gas
gravsoft (1) - set the gravitational softening for the dark matter
gravsoftgas (1) - set the gravitational softening for the gas and stars
hard (1) - make an X window dump (and send it to the printer)
help (1) - display useful information about commands on the screen
hubble (1) - add or remove the Hubble expansion in a box
hubble [drift] (1) - extrapolate particle positions in a box
label (1) - place a label in the plot
loadall (1) - loads and sets the limits for box 0
loadbinary (1) - load in data from a binary file
loadstandard (1) - load in data from a binary file in machine independent format
lumconstants (1) - set the constants related to stellar luminosities
macro (1) - execute a tipsy macro
makebox (1) - make and load a box interactively
makemacro (1) - make a macro interactively
markarray (1) - mark particles according to their array values
markbox (1) - mark the particles in a box
markgal (1) - mark gas particles that are likely to be in galaxies
markmass (1) - mark particles according to their mass
markstat (1) - print physical parameters of marked particles
moments (1) - write the shape as a funtion of radius
neutralize (1) - force the gas in cool dense areas to be neutral
oldreadascii (1) - read an old format ascii file
openascii (1) - open an ascii file
openbinary (1) - open a binary file
pcenter (1) - recenter a periodic box
plot (1) - plot using current projection and zoom
pointsize (1) - set the pointsize for plotted particles
printhelp (1) - print useful information about commands on the printer
profile (1) - write physical profiles as a funtion of radius
readarray (1) - read an array from a file
readascii (1) - read an ascii file
readbinarray (1) - read an array from a binary file
readbinvector (1) - read a vector from binary file
readmacro (1) - read a macro file
readmark (1) - read indices of marked particles from a file
readoldbin (1) - read an old format binary file
readvector (1) - read a vector
redshift (1) - set the redshift and coordinate system
resetcolor (1) - reset the colormap
rotate (1) - rotate the viewing angle
rotationcurve (1) - calculate the circular velocity rotation curve
ruler (1) - find projected distance between two points
setbox (1) - make and load a box from the command line
setsphere (1) - make and load a spherical box from the command line
shell (1) - execute a system command
showaxes (1) - turn axes display off or on
showboxes (1) - turn display of box edges off or on
showdark (1) - turn display of dark particles off or on
showgas (1) - turn display of gas particles off or on
showstar (1) - turn display of star particles off or on
showvec (1) - turn display of particle vectors off or on
showvel (1) - turn display of velocity vectors off or on
smooth (1) - set parameters for smoothing
starhistory (1) - write the distribution in age of stellar mass
tipsy (1) - theoretical image processing system
unload (1) - unload a box
unmarkall (1) - unmark all particles
unmarkbox (1) - unmark particles in a box
unzoom (1) - reset zoom factor to 1
uvfield (1) - set the values of constants related to the uv background field
vcenter (1) - subtract a velocity from all particles in a box
velocitydist (1) - write the distribution of mass in circular velocity
velscale (1) - scale the length of velocities or vectors
velsigma (1) - write the bulk velocity and velocity dispersion averaged on shells
version (1) - print the version number of tipsy
view (1) - project and display current plot
viewall (1) - plot particles according to particle type
viewarray (1) - plot particles according to array values
viewgas (1) - plot particles according to gas values
viewmag (1) - plot particles according to velocity or vector magnitude
viewpot (1) - plot particles according to gravitational potential
viewrad (1) - plot particles according to radial component of velocity or vector
viewstar (1) - plot particles according to star properties
viscconstants (1) - set the constants related to artifical viscosity
vista (1) - make FITS images
window (1) - switch to an alternative viewing window
writebox (1) - write particles in a box to a file
writeboxrot (1) - write particles in a box to a file in the rotated coordinate system
writemacro (1) - write a macro to a file
writemark (1) - write indices of marked particles to a file
xall (1) - do an all plot projected along the y axis
xarray (1) - do an array plot projected along the x axis
xgas (1) - do a gas plot projected along the x axis
xmag (1) - do a magnitude plot projected along the x axis
xpot (1) - do a potential plot projected along the x axis
xrad (1) - do a radial plot projected along the x axis
xray (1) - make xray maps in different energy bands and write to FITS files
xrayload (1) - read xray data
xstar (1) - do a star plot projected along the x axis
xypoints (1) - write the plotted x and y coordinates of the particles
xyzpoints (1) - write the x, y, and z coordinates of the particles to a file
yall (1) - do an all plot projected along the y axis
yarray (1) - do an array plot projected along the y axis
ygas (1) - do a gas plot projected along the y axis
ymag (1) - do a magnitude plot projected along the y axis
ypot (1) - do a potential plot projected along the y axis
yrad (1) - do a radial plot projected along the y axis
ystar (1) - do a star plot projected along the y axis
zall (1) - do an all plot projected along the y axis
zarray (1) - do an array plot projected along the z axis
zgas (1) - do a gas plot projected along the z axis
zmag (1) - do a magnitude plot projected along the z axis
zoom (1) - zoom by a factor around a point
zpot (1) - do a potential plot projected along the z axis
zrad (1) - do a radial plot projected along the z axis
zspace (1) - move particles to redshift space in a box
zstar (1) - do a star plot projected along the z axis