16.2 Using XAS files in IDL
Any XAS data file can be read directly into
IDL,
where it can be manipulated and
displayed. It is also possible (limited) rewrite of the output of a manipulation
in XAS form.
The interface between XAS and IDL is not part of the XAS core package, but is
available separately as contributed
software (this will not be formally supported or mantained as the XAS core). There
are two variants of the IDL interface :
- a vanilla interface
(xasread)
which allows to read a XAS file (inclusive of all
its header keywords) as an IDL structure (and also to rewrite a modified structure
to an existing XAS file). This has been developed by
Lucio Chiappetti
- a fancier interface (xasplot) which allows sophisticated plotting options using
IDL widgets. This has been developed by
Luciano Nicastro
- a parallel to the vanilla interface
(xasasc)
is used to read "XAS ASCII" files
into IDL for plotting and manipulation. This might be used in conjunction with
the export of XAS files into ASCII to access smaller
parts of XAS data files.
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