mcgui - The mcstas graphical user interface
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Description
The front-end mcgui provides a graphical user interface that interfaces the various parts of the mcstas
package. It is started from a shell/command prompt using simply the command mcgui The mcgui program may
optionally be given the name INSTR of an instrument file. When the front-end is started, a main window
is opened. This window displays the output from compiling and running simulations, and also contains a
few menus and buttons. The main purpose of the front-end is to edit and compile instrument definitions,
run the simulations, and visualize the results.
Examples
Open the Test_SX example (Single crystal diffraction)
• mcgui Test_SX.instr
Files
/usr/share/mcstas/resources /usr/share/mcstas/tools/Python/mccodelib/mccode_config.json
~/.mcstas/mccode_config.jsonhttp://www.mcstas.orgName
mcgui - The mcstas graphical user interface
Options
INSTR optional name of the instrument to open.
See Also
mcstas(1), mcdoc(1), mcplot(1), mcrun(1), mcgui(1), mcdisplay(1)
Synopsis
mcgui [INSTR]
