Have you ever SSH'ed into a robot to debug whether sensors are outputting
what they should, e.g. rostopic echo /camera/image_raw?
If so, rosshow is for you.
This displays various sensor messages in a useful fashion using Unicode Braille art
in the terminal so you don't need to fire up port forwards, Rviz,
or any other shenanigans just to see if something is working.
It currently only supports types from std_msgs and sensor_msgs but support for more types is coming.
Contributions welcome!
After installation, you can immediately run it with:
rosshow <topicname>
Most visualizations use Unicode Braille characters to render visualizations. If your terminal supports only ASCII, you can use the -a option for a purely ASCII-art render:
rosshow -a <topicname>
You can also force 1-bit, 4-bit, or 24-bit color modes if your terminal type is not detected correctly. You may need these when using rosshow inside of a screen.
rosshow -c1 <topicname> rosshow -c4 <topicname> rosshow -c24 <topicname>
Also be sure to check out my web visualization tool, rosboard at https://github.com/dheera/rosboard.
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Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.
Snaps are discoverable and installable from the Snap Store, an app store with an audience of millions.
Snapd can be installed from Manjaro’s Add/Remove Software application (Pamac), found in the launch menu. From the application, search for snapd, select the result, and click Apply.
Alternatively, snapd can be installed from the command line:
sudo pacman -S snapd
Once installed, the systemd unit that manages the main snap communication socket needs to be enabled:
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket
To enable classic snap support, enter the following to create a symbolic link between /var/lib/snapd/snap and /snap:
sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap
Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.
To install rosshow, simply use the following command:
sudo snap install rosshow --edge
Browse and find snaps from the convenience of your desktop using the snap store snap.
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