Welcome to IFEFFIT: Interactive XAFS Analysis Library Copyright (c) 2000-2003 Matt Newville, The University of Chicago Ifeffit is free software. The majority of the software here is distributed under a BSD-like license. Some of the code in this distribution is distributed under the GNU Public License (GPL). See the file COPYING for details. Overview -------- Ifeffit provides a nearly-complete library of algorithms for XAFS Analysis, and a simple-to-use interface to that library. The library builds on the Autobk and Feffit programs from the UWXAFS Package, and adds considerable flexibility, graphics, and a command-based interface. The library is designed to work inside other programming and scripting languages, so that more complex programs (including GUIs) can be built with the library. More information about Ifeffit can be found at: http://cars9.uchicago.edu/ifeffit/ Installation ------------ Complete installation instructions are in the INSTALL file. Ifeffit requires a working Fortran77 compiler. If you're using a very old linux system, there is a chance that the fortran compiler supplied with your system is broken and needs to be re-installed. I recommend using gcc with the built-in g77 compiler or later. Documentation ------------- The documentation should be taken from the Ifeffit web site. The latex source for the Ifeffit reference manual and tutorial are included under the doc/ directory tree, but it is not expected that these source files can be converted into usable forms on all systems. If you're interested in contributing to the Ifeffit documentation, contact the authors. Contributing ------------ Ifeffit works well, but may have some bugs. There is still plenty of work to be done on improving the algorithms, fixing the documentation, and making the system as user-friendly as possible. Please keep these thoughts in mind when using Ifeffit, and let us know what you think should be added, what is broken, and what is unclear. Chances are if you can think of an improvement, it would help other people too. If you are interested in contributing, please let us know. There's a lot of work that can be done on the core algorithms, the documentation, wrappers, and examples. If you know Perl or Python (or are willing to learn), there is a wide range of work to do in implementing GUIs and other wrappers in these languages. If you know VisualBasic, AppleScript, or any other language and are interested in building extensions for these languages, please let us know how we can help you do this. If you prefer to contribute in some other way contact us. Additional Information ---------------------- More information can be found at the ifeffit web site http://cars9.uchicago.edu/ifeffit/ Thanks, Matt Newville <newville@cars.uchicago.edu> Consortium for Advanced Radiation Sources University of Chicago Chicago, IL Last update Aug-25-2003