source: sasview/sansview/releases_notes.txt @ aaea3714

Release Notes
=============

SansView 0.9.1

Package name: None

1- Version 0.9.1

        - Release date: 05/01/2009
        - Simultaneous fit of a number of different sets of data with/without the constraints. 
        - Loading and displaying 1D and 2D data of various formats.
        - 1D and 2D data fitting using Scipy or Park (a MC fitting optimizer) fit engine. 
        - 2D data manipulation and modeling. 
        - Supporting a number of standard model and model-independent functions including form factor and structure factor functions and their multiplications.  
        - Plug-in mechanism for data readers. 
        - Easy pop-up menu by mouse clicking on a given plot. 
        - Users arrange the various windows. 
        - Supporting varius 2D averaging methods : Circular, sectorslicer, annulus, boxsum, boxQx and boxQy.  
        - User defined Qrange (Qmin and Qmax) for both 1D and 2D data for fitting and modeling.  
        - The user can toggle between a number of different scales on all plots.
        - Save the fit panel or model panel status.
        - Support saving data in the formats of ASCII and xml.
        And many more. 


2- Downloading and Installing

        2.1- System Requirements:
                - Python version >= 2.5 and < 3.0 should be running on the system

        2.2- Installing:
                - Get the code from svn://danse.us/sans/releases/sansview-0.9.1 
                        (after all dependent packages/modules are installed/compiled, run 'python sansview.py' under the 'sansview-0.9.1' folder)
                - This application is also dependent on the following DANSE code:
                        svn://danse.us/sans/releases/guiframe-0.1.6 (run 'python setup.py install' under the 'guiframe-0.1.6' folder)
                        svn://danse.us/sans/releases/guicomm-0.1.2 (run 'python setup.py install' under the 'guicomm-0.1.2' folder)
                        svn://danse.us/sans/releases/DataLoader-0.2.3 (run 'python setup.py install' under the 'DataLoader-0.2.3' folder)
                        svn://danse.us/sans/releases/park_integration-0.1.2 (run 'python setup.py install' under the 'park_integration-0.1.2' folder)
                        svn://danse.us/sans/releases/sansmodels-0.4.4 (run 'python setup.py install' under the 'sansmodels-0.4.4\src\' folder)
                        svn://danse.us/park/releases/park-1.2 (run 'python setup.py install' under the 'park-1.2' folder)
                svn://danse.us/common/releases/plottools-0.1.5 (run 'python setup.py install'under the 'plottools-0.1.5\trunk\' folder)
                svn://danse.us/common/releases/util-0.1.1 (run 'python setup.py install'under the 'util-0.1.1' folder)
                - The following modules are required:
                        * matplotlib >= 0.98.3
                        * numpy
                        * scipy
                        * wxpython 2.8 unicode
                        * pyxml >= 0.8.4 (for python 2.5)
                        * PIL (Python Image Library)
                        * MinGW (for windows) or other GNU compiler (gcc)

3- Known Issues

        3.1- All systems:
                - None

        3.2- Windows:
                - Fixed a bug in the version 0.9.0 that consists of always taking the fitting weights evenly for all data points even though the data set has dI in it.
        3.3- Linux:
                - None

4- Troubleshooting

        - None

5- Frequently Asked Questions

        - None

6- Other Resources

        - See: http://danse.chem.utk.edu/sansview.html