Merge branch 'update-readme-and-fix-example' into 'master'

Update README and fix example

Closes #43

See merge request ros-tracing/tracetools_analysis!112
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### Commands
Since CTF traces (the output format of the [LTTng](https://lttng.org/) tracer) are very slow to read, we first convert them into a single file which can be read much faster.
```
$ ros2 trace-analysis convert /path/to/trace/directory
```
Then we can process it to create a data model which could be queried for analysis.
Then we can process a trace to create a data model which could be queried for analysis.
```
$ ros2 trace-analysis process /path/to/trace/directory
```
### Jupyter
Note that this simply outputs lightly-processed ROS 2 trace data which is split into a number of pandas `DataFrame`s.
This can be used to quickly check the trace data.
For real data processing/trace analysis, see [*Analysis*](#analysis).
The last command will process and output the raw data models, but to actually display results, process and analyze using a Jupyter Notebook.
Since CTF traces (the output format of the [LTTng](https://lttng.org/) tracer) are very slow to read, the trace is first converted into a single file which can be read much faster and can be re-used to run many analyses.
This is done automatically, but if the trace changed after the file was generated, it can be re-generated using the `--force-conversion` option.
Run with `--help` to see all options.
### Analysis
The command above will process and output raw data models.
We need to actually analyze the data and display some results.
We recommend doing this in a Jupyter Notebook, but you can do this in a normal Python file.
```shell
$ jupyter notebook
```
Then navigate to the [`analysis/`](./tracetools_analysis/analysis/) directory, and select one of the provided notebooks, or create your own!
Navigate to the [`analysis/`](./tracetools_analysis/analysis/) directory, and select one of the provided notebooks, or create your own!
For example:
```python
from tracetools_analysis import loading
from tracetools_analysis import processor
from tracetools_analysis import utils
from tracetools_analysis.loading import load_file
from tracetools_analysis.processor import Processor
from tracetools_analysis.processor.cpu_time import CpuTimeHandler
from tracetools_analysis.processor.ros2 import Ros2Handler
from tracetools_analysis.utils.cpu_time import CpuTimeDataModelUtil
from tracetools_analysis.utils.ros2 import Ros2DataModelUtil
# Load trace directory or converted trace file
events = loading.load_file('/path/to/trace/or/converted/file')
events = load_file('/path/to/trace/or/converted/file')
# Process
ros2_handler = processor.Ros2Handler()
cpu_handler = processor.CpuTimeHandler()
ros2_handler = Ros2Handler()
cpu_handler = CpuTimeHandler()
processor.Processor(ros2_handler, cpu_handler).process(events)
Processor(ros2_handler, cpu_handler).process(events)
# Use data model utils to extract information
ros2_util = utils.ros2.Ros2DataModelUtil(ros2_handler.data)
cpu_util = utils.cpu_time.CpuTimeDataModelUtil(cpu_handler.data)
ros2_util = Ros2DataModelUtil(ros2_handler.data)
cpu_util = CpuTimeDataModelUtil(cpu_handler.data)
callback_durations = ros2_util.get_callback_durations()
callback_symbols = ros2_util.get_callback_symbols()
callback_object, callback_symbol = list(callback_symbols.items())[0]
callback_durations = ros2_util.get_callback_durations(callback_object)
time_per_thread = cpu_util.get_time_per_thread()
# ...
# Display, e.g. with bokeh or matplotlib
# Display, e.g., with bokeh, matplotlib, print, etc.
print(callback_symbol)
print(callback_durations)
print(time_per_thread)
# ...
```
Note: bokeh has to be installed manually, e.g. with `pip`:
Note: bokeh has to be installed manually, e.g., with `pip`:
```shell
$ pip3 install bokeh