----- header of xtc.pro extracted on: Fri May 31 15:31:05 2013 ----- Documentation for /scisoft/xop2.3/src_idl/sources/xtc.pro ----- ==================================== Xtc =================================== Xtc is an widget based graphical user interface to calculate on-axis brilliance tuning curves for an ideal undulator insertion device using the Bessel function approximation (regular planar device or helical device). The calculation is performed by the program TC ("tuning curves") which is executed from the XTC interface. The effects of the particle beam emittance and beam energy spread are taken into account. DESCRIPTION OF THE CONTROLS IN THE MAIN WINDOW: File: Xtc input parameters: This option allows to save the current parameters to a file for later loading. It also allows to save the current parameters as defaults for being used when the application is initialized. In the last case, the file is named "application".xop (where "application " is the name of the current XOP application) and is written in the directory pointed by the XOP_DEFAULTS_DIR environment variable (which must be set). The parameter file is ASCII and can be read and edited with care. TC file: This option allows to load/write the current parameter and result files for further calculations. The used file formats are those used by TC. Therefore, they can be used to run TC without the interface or to import TC files created outside the XTC application. Quit: to exit from the program Set_Parameters: Set Parameters: to define the parameters for the calculation. The same result is obtained pressing the "Set Parameters" button in the main XTC window. Please refer to the information under the HELP button for a complete description of the parameters. After pressing the ACCEPT button, TC starts running. Set Defaults: Sets the default parameters. Show: Display results Plot ...: Plots the different TC results. View Results: Displays the TC result file, tc.out, in a scrollable window. The file may be printed from this window. Help: Shows the TC help and the XTC help (this text). COPYRIGHT: XTC belongs to XOP package and it is distributed within XOP. PLEASE REFER TO THE XOP COPYRIGHT NOTICE REFERENCE: Published calculations made with XOP should refer: M. Sanchez del Rio and R. J. Dejus "Status of XOP: an x-ray optics software toolkit" SPIE Proceedings Vol. 5536 (2004) pp.171-174 http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.560903 LAST MODIFICATION: RJD 2008-08-14