This is moodss (Modular Object Oriented Dynamic SpreadSheet) version
3.3. Moodss is implemented in the great Tcl language (requires at
least versions 8.0 of Tcl and Tk, for UNIX or Windows).

Moodss is a modular application. It displays data described and
updated in one or more independent modules loaded when the application
is started. Data is originally displayed in tables. Graphical views
(graph, bar or pie charts) can be created from any number of table
cells through a simple drag'n'drop operation. Table rows can be sorted
in increasing or decreasing order by selecting any column.

Since module data access is entirely customizable (through C code,
Tcl, HTTP, ...) and since several modules can be loaded at once,
applications for moodss become limitless. For example, comparing a
remote database server CPU load and a network load from a probe on the
same graph becomes possible.

Apart from a sample module with random data, ps, cpustats and memstats
modules for Linux are included as examples
(running "wish moodss ps cpustats memstats" mimics the "top"
application with a graphic edge). Module contibutions are of course
welcomed and will be included in my home page.

Thorough help is provided through menus, widget tips, a message area,
a module help window and a global help window with a complete HTML
documentation.

One or more module names are passed as command line parameters. The
moodss core then loads the modules and starts displaying their data in
one or more tables, which are then updated at a user selectable
frequency.

The module code is the link between the moodss core and the data to be
displayed. All the specific code is kept in the module package. Moodss
goal is to become a complete and generic way of monitoring data.

Development of moodss is continuing and as more features are added in
future versions, backward module code compatibility will be maintained.

I cannot thank the authors of tkTable, BLT (official and unofficial)
and the HTML library enough for their great work.

In order to run moodss, you need to install the following packages:
obviously Tcl/Tk 8.0 or 8.1 at (or at a mirror near you)
http://sunscript.sun.com/ or
http://www.scriptics.com/
the tkTable widget at:
ftp://ftp.cs.uoregon.edu/pub/tcl/tkTable/tkTable2.00.tar.gz
and the BLT library at:
ftp://ftp.neosoft.com/pub/tcl/sorted/devel/blt2.3-8.1.tar.gz or
ftp://ftp.neosoft.com/pub/tcl/sorted/devel/blt8.0-unoff.tgz
(see the INSTALL file for complete instructions, for UNIX and also
Windows platforms).

Whether you like it (or hate it), please let me know. I would like to
hear about bugs and improvements you would like to see. I will correct
the bugs quickly, especially if you send me a test script (module code
with a data trace would be best).

Jean-Luc Fontaine
http://www.mygale.org/~jfontain/ or mailto:jfontain@mygale.org
