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Initial checkin for AIM92 aimR8.2 (last updated May 1997).

+.TH BUFFRAME 1 "1 September 1993"
+
+.SH NAME
+bufframe \- a shifting AIM output frame buffer.
+
+.SH SYNTAX 
+bufframe [options] [file]
+
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+
+The program reads an AIM header and the output from the genbmm (basilar
+membrane motion) or gennap (neural activity pattern) programs. This is
+divided into contiguous time frames using the optional arguments and written
+on the stdout with an
+appropriate header as if output from the gensai program. This enables
+genbmm or gennap output to be divided into time frames and replayed as a
+time-varying cartoon by gensai using the "useprevious" option.
+
+Certain display parameters have different default values for different
+applications. The gensai display parameters should be set to the
+appropriate values, in order to plot the cartoon on the same scale. For
+example: when the source application is gennap, set gensai top=1000,
+when the source application is genbmm, set gensai bottom=-100.
+
+
+.SH OPTIONS
+
+1. width, frstep.
+
+The input is divided into frames according to the width option and the
+frstep option. The width option sets the width of the output frames.
+The frstep option sets the step or shift between successive output frames.
+With no units, the values of width and frstep are in samples.
+Both width and frstep may take time units (s or ms), in which case the values
+are converted to samples using the given `samplerate' option.
+
+2. frame.
+
+A range of sequential frames may be selected for output by:
+
+.nf
+	  frame=a[-b]
+.fi
+
+The upper limit `b' is optional, and when it is missing then the range
+is a single frame, otherwise `a' and `b' are inclusive range limits.
+The strings "min" and "max" are recognised as extreme limits constrained
+by the given width and frstep and the input size,
+otherwise the values of `a' and `b' are frame numbers: 0,1,2,...
+
+The frame selector may also take time units (s, or ms) to specify frames
+"closest" to the given time, being the frame number which is the
+greatest integer multiple of the framestep (frstep) which does not
+exceed the given time measured from the
+start of the input file.
+
+3. Transpose.
+
+The option flag:
+
+.nf
+  Transpose=on
+.fi
+
+causes a matrix transpose (swap rows and columns) of each output frame.
+When a frame has a height greater
+than it's width then setting "Transpose=on" may provide
+a preferable display orientation. For example, this enables a very narrow
+(eg. single column) time-slice to be plotted horizontally, so that a
+time-slice of filterbank output may be plotted as a spectrum on a horizontal
+frequency axis.
+
+4. Header.
+
+The option flag:
+
+.nf
+      Header=off
+.fi
+
+causes the header to be suppressed from the output.
+
+5. display, animate.
+
+Most options in the input header are copied to the output header.  This
+enables options which are needed for the eventual display to pass
+straight through. Some options are set so that they can override the
+input header. For example, the `display' option is set on to enable
+display even when input has "display=off". The `animate' option can be set
+on even when the input has "animate=off".
+
+
+.SH EXAMPLES
+
+1. To convert gennap output to multiple animated frames:
+
+.nf
+gennap len=16ms display=off output=stdout file1 |
+	bufframe width=8ms frstep=0.2ms anim=on > file2.sai
+gensai useprev=on top=1000 file2             -(for landscape plot)
+genspl useprev=on top=1000 pensize=2 file2   -(for spiral plot)
+.fi
+
+
+2. To view the basilar membrane from a cross section, animating the waves on it.
+
+.nf
+genbmm mincf=220 maxcf=660 len=8ms output=stdout display=off file1 |
+	bufframe width=1p frstep=1p Tran=on display=on anim=on > file2.sai
+gensai bott=-100 useprev=on mag=.2 file2
+
+    or:
+
+genbmm mincf=220 maxcf=660 len=32ms output=stdout display=off file1 |
+	bufframe width=1p frstep=1p Tran=on Header=off > file2
+x11play -n75 -a500 file2
+.fi
+
+
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+options edframe
+
+.SH COPYRIGHT
+.LP
+Copyright (c) Applied Psychology Unit, Medical Research Council, 1995
+.LP
+Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software without fee 
+is hereby granted for research purposes, provided that this copyright 
+notice appears in all copies and in all supporting documentation, and that 
+the software is not redistributed for any fee (except for a nominal 
+shipping charge). Anyone wanting to incorporate all or part of this 
+software in a commercial product must obtain a license from the Medical 
+Research Council.
+.LP
+The MRC makes no representations about the suitability of this 
+software for any purpose.  It is provided "as is" without express or 
+implied warranty.
+.LP
+THE MRC DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING 
+ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS, IN NO EVENT SHALL 
+THE A.P.U. BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES 
+OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, 
+WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, 
+ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS 
+SOFTWARE.
+