Fixed problem with drx3d crashing on a fatal error
March 8, 2009
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Last ever collect release, unless severe new bugs are reported quickly.
Added instructions on how to compile all the basis software.
Removed the requirement to have a physical license file to run collect.
November 25, 2008
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Fixed bug in interaction between "nanny" and "any" introduced October 21.
October 21, 2008
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Conversion to SFRM now handles the ADC offset correctly
SFRM files written by collect can now be read by SAINT
Documented the process of exporting frames to APEX2 and SAINT
Added "apex" option to "makefries"
Added optional usage of "detalign.vic" to "makefries"
Added image correction option "correctall" to "imagesum"
New Bruker logo/colors
October 17, 2008
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Fix bug that broke "write=" option in imagesum
Better support for conversion of .kcd to .sfrm files.
October 13, 2008
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Use detector gain in peak search sensitivity determination
Corrected the order of ADC0 correction and dezingering in "ndisp"
Corrected the order of ADC0 correction and dezingering in peak search
Changed the dezingering criterion from 4 sigma to 5 sigma to eliminate false positives
(These fixes are especially significant for APEX2 detectors)
More robust handling of scalepack output file
Corrected rare crash in simulating a diffraction pattern
Add possibility to read a P4P file to get a unit cell
Allow distortion correction of images without a detector ID.
Do not use dark current columns for kcd images that were undistorted
Add support for Bruker GADDS frames
Eliminate non-diffraction image files (dark and low) from lists automatically
Add possibility to "imagesum" of correcting a whole series of images in one invocation
Made the default readout noise a configuration variable
Allow "raw" as the extension of a "hkl" file
Corrected handling of the baseline offset in ".sfrm" frames
Gracefully recover from temporary errors reading the generator when setting new values
Add note to "calomega" to describe its marginal usability
Fixed rotation direction in ADSC image headers
December 18, 2006
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Switch around ADC0 substraction and dezingering of images in peak search an image display.
Dezingering algorithm more sensitive for very weak signals (helps for APEX2 detectors).
Read unit cells from .p4p files
Ask less frequently for expert help in makedetalign
Do not unnecessarily repeat spoton in autocal if calibration files were copied from CD/ROM
Automatically exclude dark frames from *.kcd in some tools
Make CSD searches work with the new 2006 "cqbatch" program from the CCDC
October 16, 2006
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Support for compressed sfrm images.
Support for user-defined trigger events during data collection
Automatic contrast enhancement for microscope images
Compatibility to new version of dirax [please upgrade dirax too!]
Improved p4p export
Bugfixes for trigonal spacegroups in RMAT file support
Bugfixes in mica-vector support in evalccd
New option to move detector back so that the best obtainable resolution covers it completely
Remove support for "low" images as background in evalccd; this was statistically wrong
More flexibility for different detector formats in distortion correction
Rough support for eval15 in "evalall".
Support for thales tubes in newtube
Strategy bug fix for systems limited in their negative theta range
October 20, 2005
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Solved a problem requiring license updates with recent Fedora Core releases
whenever the kernel is replaced.
New program p4p2drx
Rudimentary support for DVD writing from supergui (largely untested)
First support for pixel15 (future successor to eval14).
Many small feature enhancements and small bug fixes
April 4, 2005
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imagebin program now has an option to set the binning factor.
peak search has been made more configurable (for strange peak shapes).
a bug in single frame selection for ndisp was fixed (adc0 related).
More variables for evalccd are now configurable
Display program can write the data given in a "profile" to a CSV file.
Support for .osc files
Changes in overflow handling for non-KCD images
Better support for ApexII detector calibration (numerous bugfixes)
Support for scaling .x files using x2sad and sadabs
September 28, 2004
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New program 'tunebeamstop' to determine the beamstop mask for evalccd.
'Beamstopsize' is now called 'beamstopdiameter' for evalccd.
'evalall keepshift fixfinal' will now merge the y files for postrefinement
various fixes for non-Bruker AXS frame formats
various fixes goniostat handling
various fixes for counterclockwise rotations
support for changes in evalccd package (incompatible with the past!)
support for changes in dirax
reader for MAR-CCD images.
imagesum can now correct images for distortion
imagesum can now correct multiple images in one run
it is now in principle possible to install collect in a different place (not necessarily /usr/local/nonius any more).
ndisp can be instructed to start with buttons and status lines removed.
detector id can be more than just a number
findresolution can now use only a given resolution range
maximum peak size for peak search and integration can now be configured
support for new header fields in the KappaCCD
ndisp can now display .BMP files
sadabs results are reported in nreport
options for "manual peak refinement" and "tune beamstop" were added to supergui.
low temperature kappa limitations are taken into account for indexing using a simple rotation.
July 18, 2003
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The "Unit Cell" tool will no longer draw the 0,0,0 reflection in ndisp.
h,k,l positions are indicated in 2 digits now in ndisp to help with incommensurate structures
A bug for cubic cells in reading HKL output was fixed
New command-line options for the spectrum command
A fix in the recognition of round detectors for ADC0 correction
Fixes in reading and writing MAR image files and handling of the MAR DTB system
New fields in the bruker .sfrm header
Fixes in time calculations in collect in case different frame-angles are used in a strategy.
Extensions in the possibilities of peakref and npeakref
New program to calibrate the zero-point of the omega axis
Box size for HKL is now configurable
Command line options for 'makeambi'
The 'beamstop' options have disappeared from makeshoe; they can now be specified in a calibration file if needed
Makep4p can now retrieve a post-refinement cell from scalepack output files.
December 12, 2002
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Low-temperature kappa limitation for the Phi/Chi experiment (i.e. measure a phi/chi scans at a chi offset)
Configurability of phi/chi improved
Experiment list added to nanny interface
"netscape" can be used for browsing the manual even if "mozilla" is also installed.
makeshoe will now create rmat files with names showing the origin of the matrix
makeshoe and evalall programs now do some disk space checking before starting
The "progress" window during data collection will now pop itself to the front if an error condition occurs.
Collect can now handle KappaCCD systems with "external" detectors.
Supergui's "evalccd" integration now proposes to use "sadabs" on Linux, and
the "nanny" GUI has moved to Supergui's Tools menu (configurable!)
makep4p has an option to specify the output file name.
The phi/chi strategy can now add an extra scan at a chi offset to be able to determine the "height" of the crystal in a refinement cycle (configurable).
Makeshoe can now map out the area on the detector where the beam stop throws its shadow.
September 12, 2002
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The default output file name for cifin can now be changed in the
configuration file.
Added procedure for Siemens tubes to "newtube" program.
Added support for mozilla webbrowser under "help" functions.
Added new command "makep4p" for easier export to shelxtl.
"nreport" can now produce partial CIF output.
Implement more flexible way of handling multiple Q vectors.
"nanny" supports "sadabs" output format.
In "nanny" scans can now be excluded on demand.
More than one interfering ("twin") lattice can be handled from the
"makeshoe" program.
The "maximum chi" limit (usually set to 65 degrees) to block out incomplete
reflections has been replaced throughout the package by a
"maximum duration factor" (normally set to 5). The duration factor follows
the diffraction geometry in a more natural way.
The "ntrans" program has been completely redesigned.
"evalccd" postrefinement can now be run totally from the gui.
March 1, 2002.
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Face indexing can now add faces in any direction on the screen by
pointing at a face.
Nprocess can now uncompress .Z images before feeding them to denzo,
and recompress them after.
New example python script: how to perform a fully automatic data
collection.
Fixes for reading non .kcd files
Fixes for trigonal lattices
New goniostats
Better tests for goniometer positions
Many programs are less dependent on the .kcd image file format
The size of the video microscope window will be restored if this
is possible after use.
nprocess can now automatically uncompress/compress images to integrate
using denzo.
Some clarifications in the manuals
August 27, 2001.
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Support for a few more heavy elements.
Considerable speedups in SMART frames.
Possibility for theta offset in cell determinations.
Support for new parameters in new version of evalccd.
Better support for non-kappa goniostats.
Prescan can be configured as a button in supergui.
scalehkl can now "concatenate" scaled reflection files.
June 27, 2001.
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Program "calbias" to optimize performance of new 591 generators.
SMART image format.
New corporate identity.
Speedups in image header parsing.
More reliable way to count free disk space.
Scalepack can now be instructed from makescalein not to merge the data.
Speedups (2x) in "backgroundimage".
Simple button operation for overflow data collection in collect.
Replaced "remove deselected" button in collect by "X" buttons.
More clear distinction between trigonal and hexagonal symmetry.
March 29, 2001.
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No new features, only fixes.
March 19, 2001.
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Speedup of "general profile" and "histogram" tools in ndisp.
drx3d now uses the old mouse bindings again, and is more of
a complete GUI.
Peak search can now generate and use a peak database.
New "Peak Editor" tool in ndisp can be used to change which peaks
are used for indexing and the 'findresolution' program.
There is a postrefinement for evalccd option in supergui's "tools" menu.
Generating shoe boxes for evalccd is now about 30% faster.
File names now have 4 digits for the frame number by default (e.g.
s01f0001.kcd), since more than a 1000 frames in a single scan
are now occurring regularly.
rotindex and phichi can now fine tune detector positions.
New program "alphacal" to test another goniostat angle.
Output from "nreport" for integrations using evalccd.
ndisp can follow a directory, and display whatever files appear there.
supergui will display an ortep plot of a structure solved in maXus if it
is available.
supergui's "open new project" and "open existing project" are now more
easy to use. See also the manual for the "xtaloperators" configuration
parameter.
All programs can now read ADSC Q4 images.
CSD hits for the unit cell can now be browsed in ConQuest (requires
ConQuest version 1.1 [October 2000]).
January 16, 2001.
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Programmer's manual is now automatically generated. It still needs
a lot more explanations but is already much more complete than before.
drx3d now uses OpenGL.
The apparent center of the microscope can now be translated when
doing face indexing.
evalccd's "Make shoeboxes" display can now be made less crowded.
The proposed 'dx' for the data collection strategy now uses knowledge
about the size of the observed spots.
More warnings will now propagate into the "collect" progress-window.
The "prescan" command will now set the generator to nominal power before
the measurement.
December 18, 2000.
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New version of basis software (basis5). Required! This means that
this version of collect can run on IRIX 6.3 and newer, and
on RedHat 6.x (best is 6.2; do not use RedHat 7.0!)
The "hints.shelve" file on SGI IRIX has changed incompatibly.
Solved a problem with pointgroups for R-centered hexagonal lattices.
Added a new program "nabscor" to perform absorption corrections using
platon outside of maXus.
All error and warning messages issued by the "collect" suite will
go to the "stderr" output rather than the "stdout" output channel,
and all of them are logged to 'nonius.log' as well.
New options for the nhabitus command to be able to follow an
optimization process.
Even more stable communication protocol with KappaCCD Server. This
requires an upgrade of the server program too (December 2000
release or newer), otherwise connections may even be LESS reliable
than before!
New experimental "postrefine" procedure for use with evalccd.
Changed the "Tools List" in ndisp: "remove deselected" has been replaced
by an individual "remove" button for each tool.
The "Unit Cell" support in ndisp has moved to a new "Tool". This
tool replaces the old "Load Unitcell" command and the "Predictions"
and "Axis directions" tools.
The infrequently used "Mouse Mirror" and "Peak List from File"
tools in Ndisp can now be removed from the menus using
configuration variables; these are "off" by default.
New names for the configuration variables that define the screen colors
used by the GUI programs; more fine control.
Added a possibility to study double-diffraction phenomena in the
"bisecting" program.
"collect" can now show a list of the reflections that were missed
by the strategy.
New menu layout in "supergui".
"rotindex" can now be used as a gui.
"powderize" can now be used as a gui, and can be called from supergui.
All programs can now read and write CCP4 compressed MAR345 images.
All programs can now read and write CCP4 compressed KCD images.
This is not very useful (yet), as the integration packages can
not yet read these files.
Using new (more flexible) inter-process communication protocol.
Can now save postscript images from ndisp.
Can now save postscript snapshots while doing face indexing.
September 25, 2000.
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New program "copycal" to make a local copy of all current
calibration files in a subdirectory of the project directory.
Good advice: run this before burning your project to disk, since
calibration files may have changed when you come back to the
data set (supergui's CD-writing routine does this for you).
"autocal" can use either evalccd or denzo.
Fixes in FriedelStrategy for hexagonal cells.
Collect will now automatically default to avoiding low and high
Kappa measurements when the cryostat is active at low temperature.
The "phichi" program now can be used as a GUI.
Support for phi scans at kappa offset. These will now be used (unless
configured otherwise) for low-temperature measurements.
Reflection prediction fix for scans longer than 197.795 degrees (the
problem did not occur in automatically generated strategies).
findhkl can now display multiple hits.
powderize can now write xrs82 files for better interaction with GUFI.
new option in ndirax (needs new dirax too!) to remove all matching
reflections from the list. This sometimes simplifies finding a
twin lattice.
Option to fix order of direction cosines in CIF file.
New option in ndisp to select a single frame from the image.
New optional module to handle modulated/aperiodic structures
(integration requires the evalccd package!).
Filters used by default in ndisp can now be selected using configuration
parameters.
July 31, 2000.
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New program "autocal" to aid in system calibration. Many
significant changes to the calibration tools were made to make
this possible.
Denzo interaction can now use new "goniostat" commands, hopefully ensuring
100% compatibility between nprocess and kc.
Option in "xmatrix" program to examine the handedness of a ".x" file
from the command line.
July 14, 2000.
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collect: automatically connect to hardware without questions
(configurable).
New "autoiconify" configuration options to remove window clutter.
nreport: "dx" added, some layout changes.
all: more systematic warning messages from calibration modules.
nprint: support ".jpg" output.
prescan: gui control added
comparecell: new program to find twin laws.
all: fixed bug that sometimes produced negative transformations for
R-centered unit cells.
makedistor: Major rewrite. Automatic determination of the grid rotation.
Integrated makedefcal into the same program. Vertical line removal.
phichi and denzoindex: new "make" option to collect the data without
using the "collect" gui.
ndisp and imagesum: local dark image correction using images made by the
autodark calibration option.
ndirax: major facelift. Interface to "comparecell".
all: change handling of "acceptdenzosign=1" to be compatible with the
new July 2000 release of denzo.
makedetalign: rewritten to make it more easy to use. Only needs to run
once now. Judges its own results.
June 5, 2000.
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collect: added manipulation of the scan set.
ndisp: intensity histogram.
collect: Oxford Cryostream model 700 support.
collect: use own window to show "text output", do not use "xterm".
Manual for the phi/chi experiment in collect.
General instruction manual for using "evalccd"
ntrans: new program to manipulate the unit cell and transformation
matrices.
findhkl with display argument now highlights the located reflection
in ndisp.
collect: can recover connection to ndisp using "slave" mode.
makeshoe: can automatically make "low" images.
collect: will now log "generator" and "cryostream" operations in
the "nonius.log" logfile.
scangroups: new program to check what KCD files are present in the
current directory.
collect: peak search button from index experiment is gone.
collect now runs "denzoindex" to do the cell determination.
denzoindex: can now run "Scalepack" to get standarddeviations on
cell parameters.
denzoindex: can interface to new "csdcell" program
csdcell: query Cambridge Structural Database for unit cell matches
collect: new configuration option "manualhkllimits"
all: write DIP images
April 28, 2000.
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Manual index made more topical. The old index is still available
as "index_all.html"
Configuration file changed and configuration manual reorganized.
ndisp: Gamma correction.
scalehkl: new program to scale hkl files by a fixed factor.
collect: face index window can be scaled.
collect: can limit pointgroups to chiral plus laue (for biomolecules).
collect: can default to chiral pointgroup.
collect: will now check cryostat temperature to determine whether an image
must be recollected.
makedefcal, respons2sensi, makedefsite: new programs to perform KappaCCD
calibrations for the HKL software suite.
cifin: can now be controlled completely from the command line.
makescalein: can now be controlled completely from the command line.
qambi: fully automatic very quick AMBI data collection and integration
using Denzo.
collect and findhkl: correct bug in reflection prediction near detector
edges, sometimes resulting in missing reflections (noticeable at
very high resolution).
all: experimental xml-rpc server to replace inter-process communication
and supply a "system status" under "http://localhost:6480/". Currently
this system status is useless, but this will grow useful in the future.
March 8, 2000.
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Calibration files that are not directly associated with denzo and scalepack
are moved to
/usr/local/calibration/<detid>. For
compatibility with an upcoming update of the HKL software, it is
essential that all files except def.cal,
sensi####.kcd and def.site are moved out of
/usr/local/hklint/####
ndisp: can now display DIP ".ipf" files
ndisp: can now display FAST ".img" files
ndisp: can now display graphical files (".jpg", ".gif",...)
ndisp: the "tool editor" (under the "Tools" menu) now acts immediately
and can be used to make tools temporarily invisible.
manual: much better description of the calibration procedure.
precession: can make more than one precession image in one run.
nprocess: all GUI options are now also available from the command line.
makescalein: can now scale a dataset by a fixed number (for
merging data with different exposuretimes or avoiding "0+/-0"
intensity reflections).
collect: new operation "Execute unix command"
collect: new operation "Wait for operator intervention"
all: unit cells now have an associated point group
collect: can now use laue group or point group to optimize strategy instead of
only crystal system.
findhkl: can now do symmetry expansion
collect: can now automatically collect shutter closed images for each scan
spectrum: new program to measure effective spectrum of primary beam
prescan: new program to get an idea of crystal quality quickly
microscopetest: new program to check video microscope connection
hkllimits: new program to determine hkl limits for a data file
syndark: new program to synthesize a dark image suitable for straight
subtraction.
plotscale: new program to plot inter-frame scaling.
EvalCCD software interface.
October 18, 1999.
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all: peak searching now does "unreliable pixel" correction.
ndisp: off-by-half-a-pixel bug fixed in peak locations.
ndisp: resolution circle labels placed more intelligently.
ndisp: resolution circles now work for precession images.
ndisp: axis directions tool image can now be scaled.
ndisp: chi limit tool.
all: support for anti-parallel monochromator.
all: support for Nonius-microsource generator.
supergui: Built in first support for "platon".
backgroundimage: faster.
nprint: scale postscript images to page.
nprocess: made it work for images coming from CD/R.
nprocess: can fix mosaicity.
nprocess: can be run using only command line arguments.
xtalsnap: standalone program to make snapshot on video microscope.
makelow: front end to "backgroundimage" program.
makesensi: program to measure fluorescence images and calculate detector
response image.
spoton and spoton-integrate: program to follow a reflection over the detector
and verify detector calibration.
makeambi: standalone program to make completely standard AMBI data collection.
makedistor: can handle a rotated grid.
caldark: better correction.
comparehkl: special symmetry for monoclinic with A or C axis unique.
calibgui: removed program.
August 20, 1999.
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collect: New implementation of all strategy modules. A strategy can now
target a redundancy larger than 1.0
collect: special flag in strategy determination for low temperature
limitations, replacing some obscure configuration parameters.
collect: possibility to study the resulting redundancy before
performing the data collection.
ndisp: new tool to display unit cell axis directions in a separate window
makescalein: Attempts to take defaults from previous run
newtube: Option for filament change on 591
makesav: prepared for next version of DENZO-SMN.
ndisp: option to use logarithmic scale in profile window.
ndisp: no longer pops up edit window for color of newly created tools.
imagesum: better header handling in case of image addition.
makescalein: can refine error model.
makescalein: will run more than 2 times if the number of rejected
reflections keeps changing.
makescalein: will now run scalepack without asking first. This can be
inhibited using the command-line flag "norun".
nprocess: will now run the integration without asking first. This can be
inhibited using the command-line flag "norun".
supergui: New command in Special menu to determine unit cell from first
data collection images.
all: warning for unknown/misspelled/obsoleted configuration parameters.
programmers manual: some new chapters, many revisions.
July 7, 1999
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comparehkl: new tool to compare reflections within/between HKL files.
transhkl: new tool to apply a transformation matrix to a HKL file.
ndisp: can now display more information about precession images.
ndisp: tools now largely work in precession images.
ndisp: new experimental mouse-pointer-mirror tool.
ndisp: "clone" button in Zoom tool.
rmat: document describing RMAT file format, formalizing the use
of a user-preferred axis transformation matrix.
dezinger: new stand-alone program to carefully dezinger large numbers
of "identical" frames without running out of memory.
precession: Speedup with factor 2 or more depending on data.
June 11, 1999
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precession: non-integer index
rmatrix and xmatrix: new stand alone programs to handle crystal
orientation matrices.
cifin: retrieve data on cell refinement from scalepack
collect: serious bug in predictions fixed that could lead to inefficient
(but more redundant) data collections.
May 7, 1999
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all: ability to use simple expressions ("3*4.5") whenever a floating
point variable needs to be entered in a GUI
all: more programs have a help button.
cifin: would sometimes not convert Friedel reflections. Bug fixed.
collect: changed default format for crystal snapshots from JPG to PPM to avoid
problems on some computers.
supergui: implemented cd writer speed selection in configuration file.
programmers manual: some more modules described.
collect: Tube initiation removed.
newtube: New program to start using a new tube.
hints: New supporting tool giving access to 'hints.shelve' file.
cifin: prepared for maXus 3.0
collect: can interactively toggle display of different parts of crystal drawing.
nreport: number of reflections, completeness, resolution range and R-merge from scalepack
March 24, 1999
precession: new stand-alone program calculate precession images.
nhabitus: new stand-alone program to display crystal habitus.
kcd3dmap: new program to create 3D maps of KappaCCD images.
March 3, 1999
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collect: by default avoid theta swings that are higher than strictly necessary.
this can be changed back to the old default using the "autothetamargin" parameter
in the configuration file.
collect: significant speedup (up to 10 times) in simulation code.
nprocess: report at the end.
nprocess: will now integrate trigonal cells in hexagonal setting.
manuals: updated powder and orientation experiments in collect.
collect: made ".non" files portable (previously they would contain a hard-coded
directory path).
supergui: added "ndisp", "nreport", "powder experiment", "calculate project disk space",
"(un)compress KCD files" and "write project to cd" to the
"Special" menu. The CD writer can only be used if properly
configured.
supergui: added "delete project directory" to the "File" menu. Careful!
It seems to work!
supergui: moved "process images using DENZO SMN" to new menu "Alternatives". Added "Phi/Chi" there
as well (if dirax is installed).
supergui: active process is now indicated by a yellow button.
nprint: format selection: either PostScript or PPM format supported now.
findhkl: New program to locate a frame containing a particular reflection.
bisecting: New program to make an image containing a particular reflection.
ndisp: can now be interactively resized.
February 11, 1999
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manuals: new navigational tools, reorganized directory structure.
nprint: window capture tool, callable from supergui's "special" menu.
collect: fix important bug in strategy calculation in case |b|>|c| and |b|>20
supergui: more flexible using greyed-out buttons.
February 8, 1999
drx3d: new program to show C-vectors and lattices in 3-D
collect: can ask for "thetamax" and "thetamin" as resolutions (configuration parameter).
all: CCD_HOSTNAME can now be configured via configuration file as well (but environment
variable still overwrites it).
nreport: small layout changes.
supergui: implement automatic as well as manual modes.
ndisp: auto-raise run-time configuration.
ndisp: display length of drag-line in C-space.
January 29, 1999
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base software: new version 4 (Required!)
powderize: new program to make powder diagrams from KCD files.
nreport: new program to make summary report.
nlicense: new program to request a license.
collect: new experiment to make video movie of crystal with face index description.
collect: integrated cryostat control (requires Nov 26, 1998 version of SERVER95)
collect: store images from video microscope every hour (requires Oct 1, 1998 version of SERVER95)
nprocess: show cell used for integration.
supergui: display and change/create project.
supergui: automatic left-to-right execution.
ndisp and imagesum: pixel area correction filter.
ndisp: New tools for diagonal profiles, header information, and reflection statistics.
ndisp: Show peak predictions and peak search in Zoom windows.
ndisp: persistent auto-scaling parameters.
all: polarization for other than Ag/Mo/Cu radiation.
all: First version of "unreliable pixel" filter (experimental!).
all: module-based licensing introduced.
all: more balloon help.
general: Started writing programmers manual.
November 19, 1998
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all: better dark image correction based on short exposure and long
exposure shutter closed images.
all: number of hidden dependencies on Mo K-alpha wavelength removed.
ndisp: detector sensitivity filter.
collect: datacollection manual updated.
nprocess: "process together" modifiable.
collect: first version of a crystal description editor.
