Application Settings#
Basic settings#
Some basic settings such as the data path are available in . You can also access Settings by clicking on the cogwheel in Toolbar:
Settings include the following sections:
Section |
Purpose(s) |
|---|---|
Appearance |
Change the application theme, configure antialiasing [1] |
Catalog |
Load a new catalog, configure aliases for column names |
Data Source |
Change the data path, enable recursive search [2], add new images |
Data Viewer |
Add spectral lines to the data viewer |
Any changes will take effect immediately once you click OK (except for the application theme, which requires a restart).
Adding spectral lines#
Open Settings ‣ Data Viewer. Click Add… and enter the line’s name and wavelength:
Click OK. The new line should appear in the data viewer.
Advanced settings#
Some applications settings, for example widget configurations, cannot be modified from the GUI (yet). To view and modify these settings, open the directory indicated at the bottom of Settings (under the “Advanced settings”):
For example, in Linux this directory will be $HOME/.config/specvizitor. There you will find the following YAML files:
File |
Description |
Integrated in the GUI |
|---|---|---|
|
General application settings |
Yes (for the most part) |
|
Widget configurations |
No |
|
List of spectral lines |
Yes |
Open one of these files in the text editor, and make the desired changes. Restart specvizitor for the changes to take effect.
Note
If the *.yml file contains errors, it will be overwritten by specvizitor at startup. However, the original file will still be accessible from the same directory under the name *.yml.bkp (e.g., config.yml.bkp).
Most of the parameters stored in these *.yml files can be modified directly from the GUI, with the important exception of widget configurations (data_widgets.yml). A comprehensive guide on how to modify of the data_widgets.yml file (add new widgets, configure existing ones) can be found in the Data Viewer section.
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