New features are listed under the toplevel help topic News.
In order to avoid mouse clicks, many actions have been
bound to Alt-Keys. The key assignment can be found in the help
topic of the widget, in the pop-up menus, e.g.: Postscript Atl-p
or on the action button itself. If a letter is
underlined, like in 'Exit', the letter can be used
with the Alt key to trigger the action that is associated
with the button.
All Widgets can be closed with Alt-x.
The term symbol denotes Spectra symbols. Symbols
that are relevant for online applications are typically
defined in /online_dir/exp_ini.exp. They can
be accessed from Perl via the hash %Spectra::SYM, e.g.:
$Spectra::SYM{ scan_name}.
The term scan denotes a procedure whereas SCAN
stands for a piece
of data, a graphical queue element (GQE). SCANs consists of 2 columns (
x and y) and contain some additional information.
The term toplevel widget denotes the widget that
appears after unix> online -tki. It is
titled 'Onlinehostname'.
The toplevel widget displays the motor positions and motor
parameters. These items are updated when motors are moved.
If the toplevel widget is iconized, there is no update and
dead time of measurements can be considerable reduced.
