Loading a single spectrum

 

In order to examine a single g-spectrum switch to the cursor mode and press g to load a spectrum. You will be queried the name of the spectrum file. Enter its name and press CR. The spectrum will be displayed in the tv-root window (see figure 2.1).

  

Figure 2.1: Graphic-display window with a $56$Co spectrum loaded.

TV uses the program library mfile for spectrum I/O. Spectra written in mfile format are preceded by a header with information about the spectrum format. If you want to read spectra not written in mfile format, the mfile routines try to guess the format. If this fails you have to explicitely specify the spectrum format, for example to read a spectrum with 8192 channels that was written in low endian format with 4 bytes you enter:

tv$>$ s co56b68.127'8k.le4:1

In the example above s stands for spectrum. See section 3.7 on page for a description of abbreviating commands. A detailed desription of spectra formats is given in appendix C.2 on page .