Beamline Software

Sector 7 uses a variety of software on its computers. Here are some references for some of the software.

MDA Utilities , Utilities for reading MDA data files
SPEC , Command line interface to beamline equipment
- User's manual (offsite HTML) (PDF)
XOP , X-ray oriented programs
GNU Octave , High level language for numerical computations
- User's manual (HTML) (PDF)
- FAQ (HTML) (PDF)
- liboctave (HTML) (PDF)
- Reference Card (PDF - Letter) (PDF - Legal) (PDF - A4)
Gnuplot , Command-line driven plotting program
- Introduction to gnuplot (offsite HTML)
- User's manual (HTML) (PDF)
Grace , menu-driven plotting program
- User's manual (HTML)
- Tutorial (HTML)
C-PLOT , SPEC's plotting program
- User's manual (offsite HTML) (PDF)
- Command Reference (PDF)
- Format Reference (PDF)

EMACS , Extensible editor
- User's manual (HTML) (PDF)
- ELISP manual (HTML) (PDF)
- Introduction to EMACS LISP (HTML) (PDF)
- Miscellaneous manuals
VIM , VI improved
- User's manual (HTML)
NEdit , Nirvana editor
- User's manual (offsite HTML) (PDF)
LaTeX , Technical writing system
- LaTeX 2e Documentation (PDF) : advanced reference
- Essential LaTeX (PDF) : quick reference for beginners
- The Not Too Short Introduction to LaTeX 2e (PDF) : tutorial for beginners
- LaTeX Symbols (PDF) : symbol reference