Merge branch 'release-Jan16'

Release of Taurus 3.7.0 (the Jan16 milestone)

The main improvements since taurus 3.6.0 (aka Jul15) are:

- Added support for sqlite DB in Tango (ticket #148)
- Fixed many usability bugs in TaurusTrend2D and other
  guiqwt-based widgets (#238, #240, #244, #247, #251, #258)
- Fixed issues with "export to ASCII" feature of plots
- Fixed issues with PLY optimization (#262)
- "taurus-polling-period" argument works for evaluation
  attributes now too (#249)
- many other bugs fixed

For a detailed list of solved issues, see:
  http://sf.net/p/tauruslib/tickets/milestone/Jan16/

or, for a full log of commits, run (in your git repo):
  git log 3.6.0..3.7.0

doc/man/tau2taurus.1

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.46.6.
-.TH TAU2TAURUS "1" "July 2015" "tau2taurus 3.6.0" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.3.
+.TH TAU2TAURUS "1" "February 2016" "tau2taurus 3.7.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-tau2taurus \- manual page for tau2taurus 3.6.0
+tau2taurus \- manual page for tau2taurus 3.7.0
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B tau2taurus
 [\fI\,options\/\fR] \fI\,inputfile\/\fR

doc/man/taurusconfigbrowser.1

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.46.6.
-.TH TAURUSCONFIGEDITOR "1" "July 2015" "taurusconfigeditor 3.6.0" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.3.
+.TH TAURUSCONFIGEDITOR "1" "February 2016" "taurusconfigeditor 3.7.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-taurusconfigeditor \- manual page for taurusconfigeditor 3.6.0
+taurusconfigeditor \- manual page for taurusconfigeditor 3.7.0
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B taurusconfigbrowser
 [\fI\,options\/\fR] [\fI\,INIFILENAME\/\fR]

doc/man/tauruscurve.1

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.46.6.
-.TH TAURUS "1" "July 2015" "Taurus Curve Dialog 3.6.0" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.3.
+.TH TAURUS "1" "February 2016" "Taurus Curve Dialog 3.7.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-Taurus \- manual page for Taurus Curve Dialog 3.6.0
+Taurus \- manual page for Taurus Curve Dialog 3.7.0
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B tauruscurve
 [\fI\,options\/\fR] [\fI\,<model1> \/\fR[\fI\,<model2>\/\fR] ...]

doc/man/taurusdemo.1

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.46.6.
-.TH TAURUSDEMO "1" "July 2015" "taurusdemo 1.0" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.3.
+.TH TAURUSDEMO "1" "February 2016" "taurusdemo 1.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 taurusdemo \- manual page for taurusdemo 1.0
 .SH SYNOPSIS

doc/man/taurusdesigner.1

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.46.6.
-.TH TAURUSDESIGNER "1" "July 2015" "taurusdesigner 3.6.0" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.3.
+.TH TAURUSDESIGNER "1" "February 2016" "taurusdesigner 3.7.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-taurusdesigner \- manual page for taurusdesigner 3.6.0
+taurusdesigner \- manual page for taurusdesigner 3.7.0
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B taurusdesigner
 [\fI\,options\/\fR] \fI\,<ui file(s)>\/\fR

doc/man/taurusdevicepanel.1

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.46.6.
-.TH TAURUSDEVICEPANEL "1" "July 2015" "TaurusDevicePanel 3.6.0" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.3.
+.TH TAURUSDEVICEPANEL "1" "February 2016" "TaurusDevicePanel 3.7.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-TaurusDevicePanel \- manual page for TaurusDevicePanel 3.6.0
+TaurusDevicePanel \- manual page for TaurusDevicePanel 3.7.0
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B taurusdevicepanel
 [\fI\,options\/\fR] [\fI\,devname \/\fR[\fI\,attrs\/\fR]]

doc/man/taurusdoc.1

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.46.6.
-.TH TAURUSDOC "1" "July 2015" "taurusdoc 3.6.0" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.3.
+.TH TAURUSDOC "1" "February 2016" "taurusdoc 3.7.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-taurusdoc \- manual page for taurusdoc 3.6.0
+taurusdoc \- manual page for taurusdoc 3.7.0
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B taurusdoc
 [\fI\,options\/\fR]

doc/man/taurusform.1

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.46.6.
-.TH TAURUSFORM "1" "July 2015" "taurusform 3.6.0" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.3.
+.TH TAURUSFORM "1" "February 2016" "taurusform 3.7.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-taurusform \- manual page for taurusform 3.6.0
+taurusform \- manual page for taurusform 3.7.0
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B taurusform
 [\fI\,options\/\fR] [\fI\,model1 \/\fR[\fI\,model2 \/\fR...]]

doc/man/taurusgui.1

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.46.6.
-.TH TAURUSGUI "1" "July 2015" "taurusgui 3.6.0" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.3.
+.TH TAURUSGUI "1" "February 2016" "taurusgui 3.7.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-taurusgui \- manual page for taurusgui 3.6.0
+taurusgui \- manual page for taurusgui 3.7.0
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B taurusgui
 [\fI\,options\/\fR] \fI\,confname\/\fR

doc/man/taurusimage.1

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.46.6.
-.TH TAURUS "1" "July 2015" "Taurus Image Dialog 3.6.0" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.3.
+.TH TAURUS "1" "February 2016" "Taurus Image Dialog 3.7.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-Taurus \- manual page for Taurus Image Dialog 3.6.0
+Taurus \- manual page for Taurus Image Dialog 3.7.0
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B taurusimage
 [\fI\,options\/\fR] \fI\,<model>\/\fR

doc/man/tauruspanel.1

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.46.6.
-.TH TAURUSPANEL "1" "July 2015" "tauruspanel 3.6.0" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.3.
+.TH TAURUSPANEL "1" "February 2016" "tauruspanel 3.7.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-tauruspanel \- manual page for tauruspanel 3.6.0
+tauruspanel \- manual page for tauruspanel 3.7.0
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B tauruspanel
 [\fI\,options\/\fR] [\fI\,devname\/\fR]

doc/man/taurusplot.1

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.46.6.
-.TH TAURUSPLOT "1" "July 2015" "taurusplot 3.6.0" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.3.
+.TH TAURUSPLOT "1" "February 2016" "taurusplot 3.7.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-taurusplot \- manual page for taurusplot 3.6.0
+taurusplot \- manual page for taurusplot 3.7.0
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B taurusplot
 [\fI\,options\/\fR] [\fI\,<model1> \/\fR[\fI\,<model2>\/\fR] ...]

doc/man/taurusremotelogmonitor.1

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.46.6.
-.TH TAURUS "1" "July 2015" "Taurus remote logger 1.0" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.3.
+.TH TAURUS "1" "February 2016" "Taurus remote logger 1.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 Taurus \- manual page for Taurus remote logger 1.0
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B taurusremotelogmonitor
 [\fI\,options\/\fR]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+Table that displays the taurus logging messages
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR

doc/man/taurustrend.1

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.46.6.
-.TH TAURUSTREND "1" "July 2015" "taurustrend 3.6.0" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.3.
+.TH TAURUSTREND "1" "February 2016" "taurustrend 3.7.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-taurustrend \- manual page for taurustrend 3.6.0
+taurustrend \- manual page for taurustrend 3.7.0
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B taurustrend
 [\fI\,options\/\fR] [\fI\,<model1> \/\fR[\fI\,<model2>\/\fR] ...]

doc/man/taurustrend1d.1

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.46.6.
-.TH TAURUS "1" "July 2015" "Taurus Trend 3.6.0" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.3.
+.TH TAURUS "1" "February 2016" "Taurus Trend 3.7.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-Taurus \- manual page for Taurus Trend 3.6.0
+Taurus \- manual page for Taurus Trend 3.7.0
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B taurustrend1d
 [\fI\,options\/\fR] \fI\,<model>\/\fR

doc/man/taurustrend2d.1

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.46.6.
-.TH TAURUS "1" "July 2015" "Taurus Trend 2D 3.6.0" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.3.
+.TH TAURUS "1" "February 2016" "Taurus Trend 2D 3.7.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-Taurus \- manual page for Taurus Trend 2D 3.6.0
+Taurus \- manual page for Taurus Trend 2D 3.7.0
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B taurustrend2d
 [\fI\,options\/\fR] \fI\,<model>\/\fR

doc/man/taurusui.1

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.46.6.
-.TH TAURUSUI "1" "July 2015" "taurusui 1.0" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.3.
+.TH TAURUSUI "1" "February 2016" "taurusui 1.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 taurusui \- manual page for taurusui 1.0
 .SH SYNOPSIS

doc/man/taurusuic4.1

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.46.6.
-.TH TAURUSUIC4 "1" "July 2015" "taurusuic4 *******************************************************************************" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.3.
+.TH TAURUSUIC4 "1" "February 2016" "taurusuic4 *******************************************************************************" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 taurusuic4 \- manual page for taurusuic4 *******************************************************************************
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -44,4 +44,4 @@ generate an additional taurus python file
 taurusuic4 is deprecated since SEP11 (http://sf.net/p/sardana/wiki/SEP11)
 Consider using the taurus.qt.qtgui.util.UILoadable decorator instead
 *******************************************************************************
-taurusuic4 3.6.0
+taurusuic4 3.7.0

doc/source/users/ui/configurations.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+.. currentmodule:: taurus.qt.qtgui.panel
+
+.. _configurations:
+
+=============================================
+Taurus Configuration Browser User's Interface
+=============================================
+
+.. contents::
+
+Taurus provides an user interface for browsing TaurusMainWindow setting 
+files (.ini files), allowing a power user to visualize and edit the 
+different perspectives of a Taurus GUI.
+The configuration tree is organized in branches, with the perspective 
+at the root.
+
+Taurus Configuration Browser Application
+----------------------------------------
+
+You may browse the configuration of a TaurusMainWindow-based application
+(e.g. any TaurusGUI) by launching the taurusconfigbrowser application 
+with the following command::
+
+	taurusconfigbrowser [<configuration.ini>]
+
+Run the following command for more details::
+
+    taurusconfigbrowser --help
+
+In the figure below the taurusconfigbrowser application shows a taurus
+configuration .ini file containing three perspectives: 'LAST',
+'second_perspective' and 'third_perspective'. 'LAST' is an special perspective
+automatically stored just before the closing of the Taurus GUI; it reflects 
+the state of the GUI just before the last closing. The other two perspectives
+were saved explicitly during the Taurus GUI execution.
+
+.. figure:: /_static/taurusconfigbrowser.png
+  :align: center
+
+  taurusconfigbrowser with a perspective unfolded to show the panel entries

doc/source/users/ui/devpanels.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+.. currentmodule:: taurus.qt.qtgui.panel
+
+======================================
+Taurus Device Panels User's Interface
+======================================
+
+There are two different widgets that can be used to provide a view on a Taurus
+Device: :class:`TaurusDevicePanel` and :class:`TaurusDevPanel`.
+The first is a compact widget that gives access to attributes and commands
+of a given device. The second is a full main window application that
+provides the same access plus a device selector and a trend widget in a more
+configurable (but less compact way).
+
+.. _taurusdevicepanel:
+
+TaurusDevicePanel as a stand-alone application
+----------------------------------------------
+
+The :class:`TaurusDevicePanel` can be launched as a stand-alone application with
+the following command::
+
+    taurusdevicepanel [options] [<device_name>]
+
+Run the following command for more details::
+
+    taurusdevicepanel --help
+
+.. _tauruspanel:
+
+TaurusPanel as a stand-alone application
+----------------------------------------
+
+The :class:`TaurusDevPanel` can be launched as a stand-alone application with
+the following command::
+
+    tauruspanel [options] [<device_name>]
+
+Run the following command for more details::
+
+    tauruspanel --help
+
+

doc/source/users/ui/forms.rst

@@ -41,37 +41,21 @@ at Taurus installation time.
 .. _standalonetaurusform:
 
 TaurusForm as a stand-alone application
------------------------------------------
+---------------------------------------
 
 You may also use TaurusForm as a stand-alone application for controlling some 
 attributes or devices from the control system. You can launch the stand-alone TaurusForm
 with the following command::
 
     taurusform [options] [<model_list>]
     
-Options::
-
-  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
-  --version             show program's version number and exit
-
-  Taurus Options:
-    Basic options present in any taurus application
-
-    --taurus-log-level=LEVEL
-                        taurus log level. Allowed values are (case
-                        insensitive): critical, error, warning/warn, info,
-                        debug, trace
-    --taurus-polling-period=MILLISEC
-                        taurus global polling period in milliseconds
-    --taurus-serialization-mode=SERIAL
-                        taurus serialization mode. Allowed values are (case
-                        insensitive): serial, concurrent (default)
-    --tango-host=TANGO_HOST
-                        Tango host name
+Run the following command for more details::
+
+    taurusform --help
 
 The model list is optional and is a space-separated list of models for
 TaurusForm. Valid models are: attribute names, device names or alias. See
-:class:`TaurusForm` API for more information about valid models
+:class:`TaurusForm` API for more information about valid models.
 
 The widgets used for different types of attributes and devices
 ---------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -105,7 +89,6 @@ For an example on how a custom widget can be used for a certain type of device,
 see the :class:`taurus.qt.qtgui.extra_pool.PoolChannelTV` or
 :class:`taurus.qt.qtgui.extra_pool.PoolMotorTV` widgets.
 
-
 Changing the contents of a form
 -------------------------------
 
@@ -220,4 +203,4 @@ this way, concurrent editions will not interfere with your own editions, but at
 the same time you will be aware of them.
 
 .. tip:: Remember that you can check the cause of a pending operation by
-         consulting the write widget tooltip.
+         consulting the write widget tooltip.

doc/source/users/ui/index.rst

@@ -17,8 +17,12 @@ User's Interface
     Images <taurusimage>
     Array Editor <arrayeditor>
     Synoptics <synoptics>
+    TaurusPanel & TaurusDevicePanel <devpanels>
     Macros <macros/index>
     TaurusGui <taurusgui>
+    TaurusDemo <taurusdemo>
+    Logs <logs>
+    Configurations <configurations>
     Experiment Configuration <experimentconfiguration>
     Sardana Editor <sardanaeditor>
 
@@ -30,4 +34,3 @@ with taurus. This is done from the GUI user point of view (not for developers).
 For a detailed list of features of each widget, please refer to the
 :ref:`developers-guide-index`
 
-

doc/source/users/ui/logs.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+.. currentmodule:: taurus.qt.qtgui.table
+
+.. _logs:
+
+===========================================
+Taurus Remote Log Monitor User's Interface
+===========================================
+
+.. contents::
+
+Taurus provides an application to visualize logs generated by a
+running Taurus Application.
+The visualization can be done either in a GUI (based on 
+:class:`QLoggingWidget` ) or in the command line interface.
+
+This application can be launched using the following command::
+
+    taurusremotelogmonitor [options]
+
+Run the following command for more details::
+
+    taurusremotelogmonitor --help