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Package Summary
This rqt plugin ROS package provides easy view of .launch files. User can also start and end node by node that are defined in those files.
- Maintainer status: developed
- Maintainer: Isaac Saito <130s AT lateeye DOT net>
- Author: Isaac Saito <isaito AT osrfoundation DOT org>, Stuart Glaser
- License: BSD
- Bug / feature tracker: https://github.com/ros-visualization/rqt_common_plugins/issues
- Source: git https://github.com/ros-visualization/rqt_common_plugins.git (branch: groovy-devel)
Package Summary
This rqt plugin ROS package provides easy view of .launch files. User can also start and end node by node that are defined in those files.
- Maintainer status: developed
- Maintainer: Isaac Saito <130s AT lateeye DOT net>
- Author: Isaac Saito, Stuart Glaser
- License: BSD
- Bug / feature tracker: https://github.com/ros-visualization/rqt_common_plugins/issues
- Source: git https://github.com/ros-visualization/rqt_common_plugins.git (branch: master)
Package Summary
This rqt plugin ROS package provides easy view of .launch files. User can also start and end node by node that are defined in those files.
- Maintainer status: maintained
- Maintainer: Isaac I.Y. Saito <iisaito AT kinugarage DOT com>, Ryan Sinnet <ryan AT rwsinnet DOT com>
- Author: Isaac Saito, Stuart Glaser
- License: BSD
- Bug / feature tracker: https://github.com/ros-visualization/rqt_launch/issues
- Source: git https://github.com/ros-visualization/rqt_launch.git (branch: master)
Package Summary
This rqt plugin ROS package provides easy view of .launch files. User can also start and end node by node that are defined in those files.
- Maintainer status: maintained
- Maintainer: Isaac I.Y. Saito <iisaito AT kinugarage DOT com>, Ryan Sinnet <ryan AT rwsinnet DOT com>
- Author: Isaac Saito, Stuart Glaser
- License: BSD
- Bug / feature tracker: https://github.com/ros-visualization/rqt_launch/issues
- Source: git https://github.com/ros-visualization/rqt_launch.git (branch: master)
Package Summary
This rqt plugin ROS package provides easy view of .launch files. User can also start and end node by node that are defined in those files.
- Maintainer status: maintained
- Maintainer: Isaac I.Y. Saito <iisaito AT kinugarage DOT com>, Ryan Sinnet <ryan AT rwsinnet DOT com>
- Author: Isaac Saito, Stuart Glaser
- License: BSD
- Bug / feature tracker: https://github.com/ros-visualization/rqt_launch/issues
- Source: git https://github.com/ros-visualization/rqt_launch.git (branch: master)
Package Summary
This rqt plugin ROS package provides easy view of .launch files. User can also start and end node by node that are defined in those files.
- Maintainer status: maintained
- Maintainer: Isaac I.Y. Saito <iisaito AT kinugarage DOT com>, Ryan Sinnet <ryan AT rwsinnet DOT com>
- Author: Isaac Saito, Stuart Glaser
- License: BSD
- Bug / feature tracker: https://github.com/ros-visualization/rqt_launch/issues
- Source: git https://github.com/ros-visualization/rqt_launch.git (branch: master)
Package Summary
This rqt plugin ROS package provides easy view of .launch files. User can also start and end node by node that are defined in those files.
- Maintainer status: maintained
- Maintainer: Isaac I.Y. Saito <iisaito AT kinugarage DOT com>, Ryan Sinnet <ryan AT rwsinnet DOT com>
- Author: Isaac Saito, Stuart Glaser
- License: BSD
- Bug / feature tracker: https://github.com/ros-visualization/rqt_launch/issues
- Source: git https://github.com/ros-visualization/rqt_launch.git (branch: master)
Package Summary
This rqt plugin ROS package provides easy view of .launch files. User can also start and end node by node that are defined in those files.
- Maintainer status: maintained
- Maintainer: Isaac I.Y. Saito <iisaito AT kinugarage DOT com>, Ryan Sinnet <ryan AT rwsinnet DOT com>
- Author: Isaac Saito, Stuart Glaser
- License: BSD
- Bug / feature tracker: https://github.com/ros-visualization/rqt_launch/issues
- Source: git https://github.com/ros-visualization/rqt_launch.git (branch: master)
Contents
New in groovy
This package is still experimental. Feedback from early users are appreciated.
Usage
% rqt
And choose Launch from Plugins menu.
See rqt/UserGuide#Running_rqt_plugins for more options.
Feature
Sample image using KDE: 
Sample image using Gnome: 
Feature implemented
Users can:
See all .launch files on the local file system, and select one in the pulldown menu.
See all nodes defined in a .launch file. In the image above, elements of each row are (from left):
name of instantiated node
number of times run
start&stop button
restart-able button
pkg name
.launch file name
ARG input field
- Run and stop nodes individually
Change ARG element value in .launch file before the node gets started
- Start and stop all nodes at once
What rqt_launch does NOT do
This list is just a clarification/disclaimer. Enhancement request is welcomed at Bugtracker (link is available at Package Summary of this page).
Edit .launch file
Show hierarchy of included .launch files -- nodes that are defined in included files are shown on the same level without being noted so.
- Error or any print output in each node's process is not caught.
a workaround is to use rqt_console along with rqt_launch
Difference between roslaunch
As noted here, roslaunch doesn't guarantee that the nodes start running in any order. In rqt_launch, however, nodes get started in the order in the .launch file (still doesn't mean that each process finished initialization procedure in the started order - it depends on how much time they take).
Design discussion
Links
SIG roslaunch - not necessarilly tied though.