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XDSGUI is a GUI (graphical user interface) for XDS that is supposed to help both novice and experienced users. | XDSGUI is a GUI (graphical user interface) for XDS that is supposed to help both novice and experienced users. | ||
It graphically displays the ASCII and [http://www.bernstein-plus-sons.com/software/CBF cbf] files that XDS writes, and can run useful shell commands with a simple mouse click. The design goal of the program is to enable XDS data processing without the commandline, and to supply additional graphical information, in a simple, user-modifiable and user-extensible way. | It graphically displays the ASCII and [http://www.bernstein-plus-sons.com/software/CBF cbf] files that XDS writes, and can run useful shell commands with a simple mouse click. The design goal of the program is to enable XDS data processing without the commandline, and to supply additional graphical information, in a simple, user-modifiable and user-extensible way. | ||
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=== Technical aspects of XDSGUI usage === | === Technical aspects of XDSGUI usage === | ||
* the simple editor operating in the | * the simple editor operating in the tabs understands ctrl-X (cut), ctrl-c (copy), ctrl-v (paste), ctrl-z (undo) and ctrl-Z (redo). | ||
* ctrl-+ (control-plus) and ctrl-- (control-minus) enlarge or decrease the font size of characters. | * ctrl-+ (control-plus) and ctrl-- (control-minus) enlarge or decrease the font size of characters. | ||
* flexibility of operation: all commands in the ''tools'' tab may be modified by the user, simply by modifying the (bash) code in the text field below the button. The user-changed command is automagically and permanently stored in ~/.xds-gui . The user may also change what is written on a button, by editing ~/.xds-gui. | * flexibility of operation: all commands in the ''tools'' tab may be modified by the user, simply by modifying the (bash) code in the text field below the button. The user-changed command is automagically and permanently stored in ~/.xds-gui . The user may also change what is written on a button, by editing ~/.xds-gui. It should be obvious what to change. | ||
* Menu / Settings is used for setting the name of a "generic library" (e.g. /usr/local/lib64/dectris-neggia.so) for reading HDF5 files, "Paths" for binaries (xds_par, xscale_par, shelxc/d/e, ...), and "Appearance" (font size and default plot height). The Settings menu can be opened on the Mac by going to "Preferences", or pressing the "Command" (⌘) key and the "," key. | * Menu / Settings is used for setting the name of a "generic library" (e.g. /usr/local/lib64/dectris-neggia.so) for reading HDF5 files, "Paths" for binaries (xds_par, xscale_par, shelxc/d/e, ...), and "Appearance" (font size and default plot height). The Settings menu can be opened on the Mac by going to "Preferences", or pressing the "Command" (⌘) key and the "," key. | ||
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=== Installation === | === Installation === | ||
The program can be downloaded, by academic users, as Qt5 binary for Linux [https://{{SERVERNAME}}/pub/linux_bin/xdsgui 64bit] (compiled on RHEL6) and as Qt4 binary for [https://{{SERVERNAME}}/pub/xdsgui_qt4.dmg Mac] (works on OSX 10.6 and up). A Qt4 version | The program can be downloaded, by academic users, as Qt5 binary for Linux [https://{{SERVERNAME}}/pub/linux_bin/xdsgui 64bit] (compiled on RHEL6) and as Qt4 binary for [https://{{SERVERNAME}}/pub/mac_bin/xdsgui_qt4.dmg Mac] (works on OSX 10.6 and up). | ||
A Qt4 version for [https://{{SERVERNAME}}/pub/linux_bin/xdsgui.qt4 old Linux distributions], and a Qt5 version (attention: needs Qt5 installation!) for [https://{{SERVERNAME}}/pub/mac_bin/xdsgui_qt5.dmg latest MacOS] is also available. | |||
Industrial users: pls contact me directly. | Industrial users: pls contact me directly. | ||
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==== Libraries and software that the program depends on ==== | ==== Libraries and software that the program depends on ==== | ||
Procedures for identifying and installing missing libraries are given in the [[Installation]] article. | |||
On the '''Mac''' (e.g. Yosemite) one needs the (free) [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/xcode/id497799835?ls=1&mt=12 Xcode] command line tools installed. | |||
If on '''Linux''' you get an error message like | |||
xdsgui: error while loading shared libraries: libQtGui.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory | |||
or similar for libQtCore.so.4 or libQtOpenGL.so.4 , you should install the Qt5 version which is now the default on Linux. | |||
== Known bugs, problems and workarounds == | == Known bugs, problems and workarounds == | ||