Sunsort tool window

The fields and buttons in this window have the following effects:

Sort file

This field contains the name of the sort code to be compiled. It needs to be filled in for make and edit to work, but load will work quite happily without it.

Spec file

This field is only revealed if the bare sort option is specified. It should contain the name of the file with the spectrum definitions in. It's equivalent to the option after -xS in the makesort command line.

Edit buttons

These buttons will fire up an editor on the sort code or spectrum files as appropriate.

Editor

This allows you to select the editor to be used with the edit buttons. If the option other is selected then a text field will appear for you to enter the name of the editor.

Sort proc

This option specifies the name of the compiled sort code. It's equivalent to the option after -o in the makesort command.

Make

This button compiles the sort code. It's equivalent the command makesort.

Load

This button loads a compiled sort code

Debug

This button starts the debugger on a running sort code

KILL!!

This button kills a running sort code.

Options

These options are equivalent to specifying debug, -xC, -xS and check on the makesort command line.

Others

Selecting this check box will reveal a text field allowing other options to be passed to makesort and hence to the compiler command line.

Format

This selects the data format. This must be set before a event by event data file is opened, but may be set after a sort code is compiled and loaded (provided a file isn't already open).