mxPLOT-MATLAB(1)

💖 mxplot-matlab — plotting your mcxtrace sim results with Matlab/Octave 💖

okay bestie, this is the manual page for mxplot-matlab, and it's part of the mxPLOT-MATLAB(1) manual. yes, the whole page. sit down, grab a boba, we're plotting. 🧋✨

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

mxplot-matlab [-hom] [-png|-jpg|-fig|-eps|-pdf] [FILE|DIR]

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So. mxplot-matlab is the front-end that makes plots of all the monitors in a simulation, which is literally the fastest way to get a quick overview of what your sim actually did. vibe check on your results, basically. 👑

In the simplest case you just run it with nothing else:

mxplot-matlab

and it'll plot any simulation data hanging out in the current directory — which, not coincidentally, is where simulations dump their results by default. convenient? yes. iconic? also yes. 💅

If you used the --dir or --file options, then you pass the name of that file or directory to mxplot-matlab, like this:

mxplot-matlab dir
mxplot-matlab file

You can also plot one single text (not binary!!) data file from a given monitor by passing its name to mxplot-matlab. and the -h option will list all the valid options for you, no gatekeeping here. 🫶

ngl this one's important: this is the Matlab/Octave plotting tool. that's its whole thing. that's the vibe. 🌈

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• [-png|-jpg|-fig|-eps|-pdf] — export the specified monitor file or directory to the given format. pick your fighter, it's giving deliverable. 🦋
• -m FILE|DIR — explicitely ask to use Matlab. no subtlety, you're choosing Matlab on purpose.
• -o — explicitely ask to use Octave. same energy, different tool. 💜

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📁 FILES 📁

• /usr/share/mcxtrace/tools/Python/mccodelib/mccode_config.json
• ~/.mcxtrace/mccode_config.json
• http://www.mcxtrace.org

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🌟 EXAMPLES 🌟

Run and plot the Test_SX example (Single crystal diffraction)

1. mxrun Test_SX.instr -d output_dir -n 1e7 TTH=13.4
2. mxplot-matlab output_dir

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💕 AUTHORS 💕

mcxtrace Team (mcxtrace.org)

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

mcxtrace(1), mxdoc(1), mxplot(1), mxrun(1), mxgui(1), mxdisplay(1)

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🫶 AUTHORS (again, yes, for real) 🫶

MCXTRACE xray Ray Tracing Team.

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aaaand that's the page bestie!! this one's from the git version of the mxPLOT-MATLAB(1) manual. go plot something gorgeous. periodt. 💖✨🎀🦋🌸💅🫶