How to add a new metric to ZMERT

1. you need to download ZMERT from its official homepage:
http://www.cs.jhu.edu/~ozaidan/zmert/

2. decompress the zip file that you just downloaded:
unzip zmert_v1.50.zip

3. you can find the jar file (zmert.jar) in the ./lib directory

4. extract zmert.jar content by using command:
jar xf zmert.jar

5. following the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr56pD8bTUc&fmt=18
to add new metric java file

6. after adding the new metric java source file, you need to recompile the java files:
javac *.java

7. the last step is to create a new version of zmert.jar by typing:
jar cvfM zmert.jar *.java* *.class

Python Repeatable Timer Example

def hello():
   print "hello, world"
   global t
   t = Timer(3.0, hello)
   t.start()

t = Timer(3.0, hello)
t.start() # after 3 seconds, "hello, world" will be printed