Contents

• Recent Version Changes
• Attitudes to Documentation
• Prerequisites
• Running FIT2D
  • Running FIT2D on Unix Systems
  • Running FIT2D on Windows Systems
  • FIT2D Start-up
  • FIT2D Executable Directory
  • Start-up of FIT2D
  • FIT2D Old and New Versions
  
  
• Important Principles And Common Features
  • Dynamic Memory Allocation
  • The ``MEMORY''
  • ``Region of Interest'' (ROI) / ``Active Data Region'' (ADR)
  • The Graphics Window
  • False Colour Image Display
  • Information, Warnings, and Error Messages
  
  
• Graphics User Interface: Introduction And General Use
  • Graphics User Interface Colour Coding
  • Parameter Value Input
  • Graphical forms
  • File Selection and input
  
  
• Common GUI Commands and Sub-Menus
  • The GUI INPUT Command
  • The GUI EXCHANGE Command
  • The GUI Z SCALING Command
  • The GUI DISPLAY Command
  • The GUI OPTIONS Command
  • The GUI MOVEMENT Command
  • The GUI MASK Command
  • The GUI OUTPUT Command
  
  
• The FILE SERIES Interface
  • Defining a File Series
  • Defining a Composite Image
  • Integrating a Series of Images
  
  
• The IMAGE PROCESSING (GENERAL) Interface
  • The FILTER Sub-Menu
  • The GEOMETRIC Sub-Menu
  • The MATHS Sub-Menu
  • Example of Dividing One Image by Another
  
  
• The MACROS / LOG FILE Interface
  • Creation and Using Simple Macro Files
  
  
• The MFIT (MULTIPLE 1-D FITTING) Interface
  • Entering an Initial Model and Model Optimisation
  
  
• The ON-LINE CRYSTALLOGRAPHY Interface
• The POWDER DIFFRACTION (2-D) Interface
  • The INPUT Command
  • The TILT Command
  • The INTEGRATE Command
  • The BEAM CENTRE Command
  • The CALIBRANT Command
  • The CAKE Command
  
  
• The SAXS/GISAXS Interface
• The TEST Interface
• The KEYBOARD INTERFACE: Introduction And General Use
  • FIT2D Prompts and Required Input
  • Important Main Menu Commands
  • FIT2D Terminal Output
  • The ``Pager''
  • On-line HELP
  • Modifying Text
  • Modifying Graphics Style
  
  
• The KEYBOARD INTERFACE: Command Summary
  •   1-D INTERPOLATION
  •   3-D SURFACE PLOT
  •   ?
  •   ADD
  •   ANNOTATION LABEL
  •   ASPECT RATIO
  •   AUTOCORRELATION
  •   AXES SCALES
  •   BANNER
  •   BLUR
  •   BRAGGS' EQUATION
  •   CADD (Constant ADDition)
  •   CALCULATOR
  •   CALIBRATION
  •   CDIVIDE (Constant DIVIDE)
  •   CHANGES
  •   CLEAR DATA
  •   CLOSE LOG
  •   CMULTIPLY (Constant MULTIPLY)
  •   COLOUR TABLE
  •   CONCATENATION
  •   CONTOUR PLOT
  •   CREATE DATA
  •   CURVE STYLES
  •   DEDUCE FILE SEQUENCE
  •   DEFINE VARIABLE
  •   DIFFRACTION PATTERN
  •   DIMENSIONS
  •   DISPLAY LIMITS
  •   DIVIDE
  •   END GRAPHICS FILE
  •   ENTROPY
  •   EXCHANGE
  •   EXIT
  •   FAST IMAGE
  •   FILTER
  •   FIT
  •   FLIP
  •   FONT
  •   FUJI LINEARISATION
  •   FULL REGION
  •   GAUSSIAN
  •   GEOMETRY (EXPERIMENT)
  •   GRID
  •   GUI
  •   HELP
  •   HISTOGRAM
  •   I2C
  •   IMAGE
  •   INFORMATION
  •   INPUT DATA
  •   INTERNAL MEMORY
  •   LINEARISE FILM
  •   LIST VARIABLES
  •   LOGARITHM
  •   MACRO
  •   MEDIAN FILTER
  •   MESSAGE
  •   MOVE/ROTATE
  •   MULTIPLY
  •   NORMALISE
  •   OFFSET/SCALE
  •   OPEN LOG
  •   OUTPUT DATA
  •   PAGE POSITION
  •   PAUSE
  •   PEEP
  •   PIXEL REGION
  •   PLOT DATA
  •   POISSONIAN NOISE
  •   POLARISATION EFFECT
  •   POSTSCRIPT OPTIONS
  •   POWER SPECTRUM
  •   PREDICTOR
  •   PRINT GRAPHICS
  •   PUBLICATION QUALITY
  •   QUESTION
  •   QUIT
  •   RAISE TO A POWER
  •   REBIN
  •   RE-BIN
  •   RECALL
  •   REFLECT
  •   REGION
  •   RING (ADD POWDER RING)
  •   ROI (Region Of Interest)
  •   ROTATE LUT
  •   RUN MACRO
  •   SELECT PIXEL OPERATION
  •   SEQUENCE
  •   SET ANNOTATION STYLE
  •   SET ARROW STYLE
  •   SET AXES STYLE
  •   SET BACKGROUND STYLE
  •   SET COLOUR
  •   SET CURVE STYLES
  •   SET ENUMERATION STYLE
  •   SET FONT
  •   SET GRID STYLE
  •   SET LAYOUT STYLE
  •   SET TICK POSITIONS
  •   SET TITLE STYLE
  •   SET X-LABEL STYLE
  •   SET Y-LABEL STYLE
  •   SLEEP
  •   SMOOTH
  •   SPATIAL FILTERING
  •   START MACRO
  •   STATISTICS
  •   STOP MACRO
  •   STORE
  •   SUBTRACT
  •   SURFACE INTERPOLATION
  •   SYMBOL
  •   SYMMETRIC FUNCTION
  •   TITLE
  •   THRESHOLD
  •   TRANSPOSE
  •   UN-DEFINE VARIABLE
  •   UNIT CELL PARAMETERS
  •   VARIABLE
  •   VARIANCES DEFINITION
  •   V2C
  •   WAIT
  •   WEIGHTED AVERAGE
  •   X-AXIS LABEL
  •   Y-AXIS LABEL
  •   Z-AXIS LABEL
  •   Z-SCALE
  
  
• Calibration Sub-menu
  • Defining a Spatial Distortion Calibration Function
  • Spatial Distortion Correction
  • Non-Uniformity of Sensitivity Response (Flat-Field Correction)
  • Data Collection Sequence for the X-ray Image Intensifier/CCD Detector System
  • Notes on the Data Collection Sequence for the XRII/CCD Detector System
  • Calibration Sub-Menu Commands
  •  Spatial Distortion Correction in MADNES
  
  
• Fit Sub-Menu
  •  Powder Diffraction Ring Integration
  •  Advice on Model Fitting
  •  The Data Mask
  •  CHANGE SCALE
  •  CLEAR MASK
  •  CONSTRAIN PARAMETERS
  •  COVARIANCE
  •  DEFINE MASK
  •  DISPLAY MASK
  •  EXIT
  •  INPUT PARAMETERS
  •  MASK STATISTICS
  •  MINIMISE
  •  MODEL
  •  NORMALISATION
  •  OUTPUT PARAMETERS
  •  QUIT
  •  POWDER DIFFRACTION
  •  R/THETA RE-BINNING
  •  RADIAL PROFILE
  •  RESULTS
  •  SET MASK COLOUR
  •  SET UP
  •  SURFACE POLYNOMIAL
  •  THRESHOLD MASKING
  •  TILT/BEAM CENTRE
  •  TRANSFER MASK TO MEMORY
  
  
• Publication Quality Graphs
• Creation and Usage of Simple Macros
• Command Line Options
  • Macro File
  • Variable Definition
  • Program Dimensions
  • Variance Arrays
  • No Graphics
  • ``Landscape'' Output
  • Colour Table Control
  • Command-line Mode and Shared Memory Options
  • Graphical Form and Menu PostScript Output
  
  
• Coordinate Systems
• Including Graphics in L^ATEX Documents
• The Graphics System
  • Fonts for Text Output
  • Colour Map Usage
  • Graphical Input
  • X-11 Restrictions
  
  
• FIT2D as a Sub-Process and Shared Memory
  • Using FIT2D in ``Command-line'' Mode
  • Using FIT2D with Shared Memory
  • Limitations With Using Shared Memory
  • Code to Calculate Minium Size of Shared Memory Segment
  • Code to Calculate Addresses of Program Arrays
  • Complete Example of Running FIT2D as a Sub-process with Shared Memory
  
  
• Limitations, Bugs, and Unclear Documentation
  • Known Bugs and Limitations
  • Limitations
  • Reporting Bugs, Bad Features, and Bad Documentation
  
  
• Trouble-Shooting
  • Command not found
  • Failure in FIT2D Start-up
  • No Image Output
  • L^ATEX Instructions Do Not Work
  • Graphics Output File Does Not Print
  • Missing Font Message at Start-up
  • The Graphics is not Re-drawn when the Window is Uncovered
  
  
• Acknowledgement and Citation of Use of FIT2D
• Acknowledgements
• Bibliography
• Appendix A: FIT2D Availability
  • Program Description
  • Availability
  • Operating Systems and Computer Languages
  • Documentation
  • Further Questions
  
  
• Appendix B: FIT2D Macro Language
  • Variables
  • More Complicated Macros
  • ``KEYBOARD'' Interface Commands for Macros
  • A Macro Example
  • Command Files (Scripts) for Batch Mode Processing
  
  
• Appendix C: Menu Commands and Short Description
  • Main Menu Commands
  • CALIBRATION Sub-Menu Commands
  • FIT Sub-Menu Commands
  
  
• Appendix D: Command Output and Effects
• Appendix E: Conditions of Use
• Appendix F: Conditions of Disclosure of Source Code
• Appendix G: Collaborative Development
• Index