[iFit-users] iFit: release 1.0-RC9 available. Please register to ifit-users.

[Emmanuel FARHI]

Dear colleagues,

I'm glad to announce the release 1.0-RC9 of iFit, which you can get at
<ifit.mccode.org>.

== In a few words ===================================================
iFit is an extension of spec1d written by H. Ronnow a long time ago. It 
handles any dimensionality, and cares about Error and Monitor concepts. 
Fitting methods are provided, as well as powerful import/export routines 
for a very large number of data file formats. Data sets can be assembled 
and manipulated as simple variables.

== This new release candidate for version 1.0 has the following 
improvements from last 1.0-RC8:
* A fix for the Monitor handling in the combine operator was committed. 
* The axis rank 0 has now a coherent definition as Signal/Monitor over 
all operators. The access to the Signal alone can always be obtained 
with e.g. get(object,'Signal') or object.Signal
* the 'fits' optimization method can now fit a data set directly with an 
expression, such as >> fits(a,'p(1)*x+p(2)'), which creates a model 
function transparently and starts the fitting procedure.
* the <ifit-users at mail.mccode.org> mailing list was set up by Peter W, 
and you may register there in order for all of us to discuss bugs, and 
announce updates, fixes, questions and answers. A quick registration 
form has been added in the ifit.mccode.org welcome page (bottom) as well 
as in the Install page.

== What's next in my mind ? =========================================
A future Jacobian matrix for multi-variable function will be added asap 
in order to transparently perform coordinate axis transformations (e.g. 
from angle to q and time to energy).

Thanks for your support and suggestions.
Emmanuel.

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