SPECFE: a User Friendly Front End to Spec
Dr. Guy Jennings
Table of Contents
Introduction
Getting Started (if specfe is already installed on your system)
Quick Installation Instructions (if you're feeling lucky)
Installation from binary RPM package
Installation from source RPM package
Installation from source code
Operation
Starting up Specfe
Default Startup
Starting other Spec geometries
Passing additional options to spec when starting specfe
Shutting down specfe
Monitoring a Spec data file
Displaying Scanned Data
Automatically choosing the data file to display
Automatic plotting of new data scans
Manually choosing the data file to display
Displaying a data file in a separate specfe process
Viewing the scans within a spec data file
The 'Reference' Scan
Scan Numbering
Choosing what to plot
Mouse commands in graphs
Printing Displayed Data
Choosing a printer
Single Page Printing
Thumbnail Printing
Saving a graph as a postscript file
Useful Printing Hints
Controlling Motors and Counters
The Motor Control Dialog
The Counter Control Dialog and Tweaking Mode
EXAFS Scans
The EXAFS macros
Powder Scans
Other Spec Commands
Specfe Preferences
Customization of Specfe
Customizing the Command Templates
More general customizing of the specfe user interface
Adding another button to the specfe toolbar
Adding new menus and commands to specfe
Adding a new notebook page to the specfe main window
Troubleshooting
Detailed Installation Instructions
Installation Requirements
Getting and unpacking the specfe source code
Configuration and configuration options
Compilation and installation
Other Compilation Options
Possible errors during compilation
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Introduction