pymca(1)

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version 5.9.4 · 2 versions
, in debian trixie, fedora 43, fedora 44, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

✨ NAME ✨

pymca — the PyMca X-Ray Fluorescence Toolkit main application 💖

yep bestie, this is the pymca(1) manual page, and it's literally just here to walk you through launching the whole toolkit's main window. iconic behavior only 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

pymca [OPTION]... [FILE]

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so here's the vibe: pymca starts up the graphical user interface of the PyMca X-Ray Fluorescence Toolkit main window, and it does it using your latest user defined default settings. that's the whole point. slay.

If you hand it a FILE, it will be opened in the program — provided its format is supported. no support, no entry, iykyk 🙈

  • -f — bypass user defined default settings. it just straight up ignores your saved defaults and does its own thing 💀

🔥 EXAMPLES 🔥

✨ pymca -f

pymca -f

Start the program while bypassing your user defined default settings. fresh start energy 🌈

✨ pymca -f LShellConstants.dat

pymca -f LShellConstants.dat

Open LShellConstants.dat and list its contents in the source browser. very demure, very mindful 🎀

✨ pymca -f your_HDF5_file.h5

pymca -f your_HDF5_file.h5

This lets you browse the HDF5 file your_HDF5_file.h5 in PyMca — but only if the Python module h5py is installed. no h5py, no browsing, that's the deal 🫶

✨ pymca --nativefiledialogs=X

pymca --nativefiledialogs=X

With X set to 1, the program will use the file dialogs from the operating system. With X set to 0, the program will use Qt file dialogs. pick your fighter 💅

✨ pymca --backend=XX

pymca --backend=XX

Start the program using the selected graphics backend: mpl for matplotlib, gl for OpenGL, silx for silx library. choose your destiny ⭐

✨ pymca --binding=XX

pymca --binding=XX

Start the program using the selected Qt binding. It has to be one of PyQt5 (default), PyQt6, PySide6 or PySide2. no off-brand bindings allowed bestie 🦋

✨ pymca --logging=XX

i pymca --logging=XX

(and yes, the original page has a lil rogue i sitting in front of this one — not us gaslighting you, we're keeping it exactly as it is 💀)

Set the logging level. Allowed values are, in increasing order of verbosity: critical, error, warning (default), info, debug. Alternatively, you can specify an integer in range 0 (critical) to 4 (debug). so like, 0 is the quietest and 4 will not shut up 😭

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

HDF5, h5py — go read about those too, they're relevant, trust 🌸

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this manual page comes to you from ESRF, dated January 2023 — mwah, tysm for the docs 💖✨ no cap, you're gonna go run pymca and it's gonna be iconic. bye!! 🎀🦋💅

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