Hi everyone, I suppose I should say a few words about this Demeter thing that got mentioned a couple of times today. As some of you may know, I have been working on replacements for Athena, Artemis, and Hephaestus for a while now. The new programs involve better and prettier GUIs, improved plotting capabilities, 100% re-written source code, and lots of new fitting capabilities. I expect that the new codes will be better in almost every way than what we are all currently using. I am getting very close to releasing the new codes for everybody to use. A couple months ago, I asked a small group of people to try out the new programs and to help me find bugs and other problems. This small-scale beta-testing period has been very productive and I have made good progress towards the day when I can begin transitioning everyone from the musty old software to the shiny new software. If beta-testing buggy software sounds like something you might want to try, you can find information about Demeter -- including installation instructions, documentation, source code, and other goodies -- at http://cars9.uchicago.edu/ifeffit/Demeter Be mindful that this is new software. It continues to need testing and it remains likely to crash. If that sounds like fun to you, great! But you then need to be responsible about sending me prompt and useful bug reports. If that sounds like hell to you, you should probably wait for the first stable release. Regards, B -- Bruce Ravel ------------------------------------ bravel@bnl.gov National Institute of Standards and Technology Synchrotron Methods Group at NSLS --- Beamlines U7A, X24A, X23A2 Building 535A Upton NY, 11973 My homepage: http://xafs.org/BruceRavel EXAFS software: http://cars9.uchicago.edu/ifeffit/Demeter