Tutorial

Pothos GUI tutorial table of contents

• Launching the GUI
• Inserting a block
  • Searching for a block
  • Viewing documentation
  • Drag and drop blocks
• Creating connections
• Using widget blocks
• Graph pages and breakers
• Executing the design
• The host explorer
• Creating affinity zones

Launching the GUI

PothosGui should be in your executable search path. Open up a terminal and type PothosGui and hit enter:

The following window should appear:

Inserting a block

The block tree is a dockable widget that allows the user to browse through the available processing blocks, read documentation, and to add blocks to the topology editor.

• The block tree is a dock widget, and can be moved and re-positioned within the main window.
• If the block tree widget is not visible, make sure that "Block Tree" is checked under the view menu.

Searching for a block

To search the block tree for a given block, enter keywords into the search bar at the top of the block tree. In addition, hit the Ctrl+F key sequence at any time to make the block tree visible, and give focus to the search bar.

Viewing documentation

Mouse-over a block to view its associated documentation.

Drag and drop blocks

Use the mouse to drag and drop blocks from the block tree into the graph editor. In addition, a block can be added to the editor by double clicking the selection or by clicking the "Add" button.

Creating connections

• connecting streaming ports
• Connecting signals and slots

Using widget blocks

Graph pages and breakers

Executing the design

The host explorer

Creating affinity zones