Contents

• Introducing WAVE
  • Start-up worksheet for WAVE
  • A quick look at WAVE
  
  
• Annotation Editing
  • Loading annotations to be edited
  • The Annotation Template
  • Selecting an annotation
  • Changing an annotation without moving it
  • Moving an annotation
  • Inserting an annotation
  • Copying an annotation
  • Deleting and restoring annotations
  • Markers
  • Changing the Annotation Template
  • Changing many annotations at once
  • Searching for annotations
  • Saving your work
  • Creating an annotation file manually
  • Multi-edit mode
  • About link annotations
  • Creating and using new annotation types
  
  
• Analyzing Data with WAVE
  • WAVE 's menu file
  • Defining a region of interest
  • Analysis example: Generating a heart rate signal
  • The signal list
  • Using a customized menu file
  • Using the Log window
  • Using the Scope window
  • Analysis example: Measuring ST deviations
  • Controlling WAVE from an external program
  • WAVE and the Web
  
  
• Printing from WAVE
  • Standard methods for printing
  • Creating custom formats for printing
  
  
• Calibration
  • Signal calibration
  • Display calibration
  
  
• Customizing WAVE
  • Using the View window
    • Highly time-compressed displays
    • Low-rate records
  • Resizing the signal and Scope windows
  • WAVE environment variables
  • X11 resources for WAVE
  
  
• Summary of WAVE controls
  • WAVE 's main window
  • The File menu
  • The Load window
  • The Print setup window
  • The Analyze window
  • The Log window
  • The View window
  • The Edit menu
  • The Properties menu
  • The Find window
  • The Help Topics window
  • The Annotation Template window
  • The Search Template window
  • The Level window
  • The Scope window
  
  
• System Requirements for WAVE
  • Necessities
  • Printers
  • Remote access requirements
  • Data
  • About Linux
  • Other useful software
  
  
• Setting up a WAVE host
  • Obtaining and installing the current version of WAVE
  • Setting up a printer for WAVE
  
  
• Frequently Asked Questions
  • Hardware questions
    • Can I use WAVE if I don't run Linux or another Unix?
    • How can I use WAVE from an X terminal, PC, Mac, etc.?
    • Can I run WAVE remotely using a modem?
    • How can I insert annotations using a two-button mouse?
    • How do I get spot help if I don't have a Help key?
  • Problems starting WAVE
    • Why won't WAVE run?
    • Why does WAVE take so long to display the first screen?
    • Where do I find the missing fonts?
  • Display-related questions
    • I can't see the signals!
    • I can't see text in the signal window!
    • Why does WAVE crash, saying ``All pty's in use''?
    • WAVE doesn't draw/erase properly in the scope window!
    • How can I get correct display scales?
    • Why are signals too big or too small?
    • How can I enlarge or reduce the size of individual signals?
    • How can I change WAVE 's default scales or display colors?
    • Why do colors in other windows change when I use WAVE ?
    • Everything in the Analysis Commands window appears twice!
  • File-related questions
    • I can't find the file named `record'!
    • Why does WAVE tell me `Record ... is unavailable'?
    • How can I view a record stored on a web site or an FTP server?
  • Questions about editing
    • Where are my annotations?
    • Why does WAVE tell me `You may not edit annotations ...'?
    • How do I edit a record on a CD-ROM, a web site, or an FTP server?
    • How can I undo an edit?
    • Can I define my own annotations?
    • How can I recover work after a crash?
    • Can I edit annotations with a text editor?
    • What are `link' annotations?
    • Can WAVE edit signal files?
  • What else can WAVE do?
    • How can I make a screen dump?
    • Can WAVE read digitized signals in (fill in the blank) format?
    • What is ``high-resolution'' mode?
    • Can WAVE open more than one record at once?
    • Can WAVE open more than 32 signals in a window at once?
    • Can WAVE open more than one annotation file in a window at once?
    • Can WAVE do smooth scrolling?
    • Can WAVE be used for real-time display of data being acquired?
    • Can WAVE scroll through a record without user intervention?
    • How can I use WAVE 's menu variables in a script or other program?
    • Is there a Motif version of WAVE ?
    • How can I find out about ...?
  
  
• Command-line Options
  • Running two or more WAVE processes
  
  
• Menu Variables
• Keyboard Command and Mouse Action Summary
  • General rules for all Open Look applications
  • Using the keyboard and mouse in the signal window
  
  
• Index