Release Notes
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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