Changeset 3977 for trunk/help/gsasII.html

Timestamp:

May 13, 2019 3:23:40 PM (3 years ago)

Author:

toby

Message:

Update help info for Sample Parms & add help button

File:

• trunk/help/gsasII.html (modified) (4 diffs)

trunk/help/gsasII.html

@@ -3214 +3214 @@
 side of the window in the "Data Editing" section,
 where information in that item can be viewed or edited. For example, the <a
-href="#Sample_Parameters">&quot;Sample Parameters&quot;</a> item under a ‘PWDR’
+href="#PWDR_Sample_Parameters">&quot;Sample Parameters&quot;</a> item under a ‘PWDR’
 entry contains information about how data were collected, such as the sample
-temperature <a href="#Sample_Parameters">(see below)</a>. The arrow keys (up
+temperature <a href="#PWDR_Sample_Parameters">(see below)</a>. The arrow keys (up
 &amp; down) move the selection to successive entries in the data tree; both the
 data window and the associated plot (if any) will change.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
@@ -4709 +4709 @@
 
 <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:
-"Times New Roman"'>This window show the various sample dependent parameters for
-this powder pattern. The presence of a refine button indicates that a
+"Times New Roman"'>This window shows the various sample-dependent parameters for
+the selected powder pattern. The presence of a refine button indicates that a
 parameter can be refined (all others are fixed.) All values shown in
 this window can be edited. 
@@ -4727 +4727 @@
 class=MsoHyperlink></span></span></p>
 
-<h5 style='margin-left:.5in'>
-What can I do here?</a></h5>
-
-<h5 style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l10 level1 lfo21'><span
-style='mso-bookmark:Powder_Peaks'><![if !supportLists]><span
-class=MsoHyperlink><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
-color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;text-decoration:
-none;text-underline:none'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span
-style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></span><![endif]><span
-style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:windowtext;font-weight:
-normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Menu ‘</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:
-Powder_Peaks'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
-color:windowtext'>File’</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:Powder_Peaks'><span
-style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:windowtext;font-weight:
-normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'> – <span class=MsoHyperlink><span
-style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></h5>
-
-<h5 style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l10 level2 lfo21;
-tab-stops:list 1.0in'><span style='mso-bookmark:Powder_Peaks'><![if !supportLists]><span
-class=MsoHyperlink><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
-color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;text-decoration:
-none;text-underline:none'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>a.<span
-style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></span><![endif]><span
-style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:windowtext'>Load</span></span><span
-style='mso-bookmark:Powder_Peaks'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
-color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'> – this loads
-sample parameters from a previously saved .<span class=SpellE>samprm</span>
-file.<span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:
-none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></h5>
-
-<h5 style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l10 level2 lfo21;
-tab-stops:list 1.0in'><span style='mso-bookmark:Powder_Peaks'><![if !supportLists]><span
-class=MsoHyperlink><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
-color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;text-decoration:
-none;text-underline:none'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>b.<span
-style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></span><![endif]><span
-style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:windowtext'>Save</span></span><span
-style='mso-bookmark:Powder_Peaks'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
-color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'> – this saves
-the sample parameters to a file with the extension ’.samprm’. A file dialog box
-will appear to ask for the file name.<span class=MsoHyperlink><span
-style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></h5>
-
-<p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-left:1.5in;mso-add-space:auto;
-text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l10 level2 lfo21;tab-stops:list 1.0in'><span
-style='mso-bookmark:Powder_Peaks'><![if !supportLists]><span
-class=MsoHyperlink><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
-color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
-style='mso-list:Ignore'>c.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
-</span></span></span></span><![endif]><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
-style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Copy</span></b></span><span
-style='mso-bookmark:Powder_Peaks'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>
-– this copies the sample parameters shown to other selected powder patterns. If
-used, a dialog box (Copy parameters) will appear showing the list of available
-powder patterns, you can copy the sample parameters to any or all of them; select
-‘All’ to copy them to all patterns. Then select ‘OK’ to do the copy; ‘Cancel’
-to cancel the operation. <span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:windowtext;
-text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
-
-<p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='margin-left:1.5in;mso-add-space:auto;
-text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l10 level2 lfo21;tab-stops:list 1.0in'><span
-style='mso-bookmark:Powder_Peaks'><![if !supportLists]><span
-class=MsoHyperlink><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
-color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
-style='mso-list:Ignore'>d.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
-</span></span></span></span><![endif]><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
-style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Copy flags</span></b></span><span
-style='mso-bookmark:Powder_Peaks'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>
-- – this copies the sample parameter refinement flags shown to other selected
-powder patterns. If used, a dialog box (Copy refinement flags) will appear
-showing the list of available powder patterns, you can copy the sample
-parameter refinement flags to any or all of them; select ‘All’ to copy them to
-all patterns. Then select ‘OK’ to do the copy; ‘Cancel’ to cancel the
-operation. <span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:
-none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
+<h5 style='margin-left:.5in'>What can I do here?</h5>
+
+<p style='margin-left:1.0in'><B>Command</B> Menu items</p>
+
+<p style='margin-left:1.1in'>In this window you can change
+parameters associated with a histogram or set them to be refined. The
+histogram scale factor is usually refined.
+For <B>Debye-Scherrer</B> mode the "Sample X displacement"
+is also ususally refined but the "Sample Y displacement" can only be
+refined when data are collected over a two-theta range that extends to
+greater than ~140 degrees (typically for CW Neutron). Sample absorption should not be
+refined when all atomic displacement parameters (Uiso or Uaniso
+values) are varied, as the correlation is very high. For
+<B>Bragg-Brentano</B>, "Sample displacement" is usually refined and for low-Z
+samples "Sample transparency" is usually refined. "Surface roughness"
+parameters are not usually refined. 
+
+Remaining parameters are of use for texture or parametric studies and
+may be changed with the menu commands described here. 
+</p>
+
+
+<DL style='margin-left:1.25in'>
+  <DT>Set scale</DT><DD>Rescales a pattern by multiplying by the
+    current scale factor. 
+  </DD>
+  
+  <DT>Load</DT><DD>
+    This loads sample parameters from a previously saved .<span
+  class=SpellE>samprm</span> file. </DD>
+
+  <DT>Save</DT><DD>
+    This saves the sample parameters to a file with the extension
+    ’.samprm’. A file dialog box will appear to ask for the name of
+    the file to be written. </DD>
+
+<DT>Copy</DT><DD>
+  This copies the sample parameters shown to other selected powder
+  patterns. If used, a dialog box (Copy parameters) will appear
+  showing the list of available powder patterns, you can copy the
+  sample parameters to any or all of them; select ‘All’ to copy them
+  to all patterns. Then select ‘OK’ to do the copy; ‘Cancel’ 
+  to cancel the operation.
+</DD>
+
+<DT>Copy selected...</DT><DD>
+  This copies only the sample parameter that are selected to other
+  selected powder patterns, but is otherwise similar to "Copy".
+  </DD>
+  
+  <DT>Copy flags</DT><DD>
+    This copies the sample parameter refinement flags shown to other
+    selected powder patterns. If used, a dialog box (Copy refinement
+    flags) will appear showing the list of available powder patterns,
+    you can copy the sample parameter refinement flags to any or all
+    of them; select ‘All’ to copy them to all patterns. Then select
+    ‘OK’ to do the copy; ‘Cancel’ to cancel the operation.
+  </DD>
+  
+  <DT>Set one value</DT><DD>
+    This is used to set a single selected sample parameter for a
+    selected set of PWDR histograms. The same value can be used for
+    all histograms or a dialog can be used to provide a table where
+    you can set the values differently for each of selected
+    histograms. 
+  </DD>
+  
+  <DT>Load all</DT><DD>
+    Reads a file containing a table of sample parameters and copies
+    them to matching PWDR entries. The file will look something like
+    the example here:
+<blockquote><PRE>
+#filename       temperature pressure ignore-me  humidity
+LaB6_dc250.tif      100          1      test       .2
+LaB6_dc300.tif      150          1      test       .25
+</PRE></blockquote>
+    Note that the first line(s) in the file can be a header, but each
+    header line must start marked with a hash (#). A header is not
+    required. "Columns" in the table are separated by one or more
+    delimiters (which may be a comma, tab or space). Note that columns
+    do not need to be aligned, as long as each entry is spaced by at
+    least one delimiter. The first column in the table is used to
+    look up PWDR entries where the initial space-delimited string
+    after the PWDR tag ("myfile" in "PWRD myfile AZM=180...") must
+    match the table. Subsequent columns can then be mapped to
+    sample parameters or can be ignored, using a dialog window. 
+  </DD>
+  
+  <DT>Rescale all</DT><DD>
+    Allows a series of selected PWDR histograms to be put on a common
+    scale by integrating them over a specific two-theta region and
+    then scaling them so that the integration range will match the
+    first pattern. 
+  </DD>
+  
+  </DL>
+    
 
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@@ -7156 +7178 @@
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