$Id: README,v 1.7 2005/03/15 21:45:27 brock Exp $
Mn_Fit is an interactive fitting and plotting package, that uses MINUIT to fit histograms or data read in from a file and displays the fit results on a screen. Many functions are built into the package and it is easy for the user to add new ones. Fitting of 1-D and 2-D histograms is possible, and you can also fit several histograms simultaneously and apply constraints on the function parameters. Likelihood fitting is built-in and can also take into account limited Monte Carlo statistics. Hardcopies of pictures can easily be made with a quality suitable for publication. Mn_Fit can also be used purely as a plotting package without using the fitting.
Mn_Fit is available from the Mn_Fit homepage: http://www-zeus.physik.uni-bonn.de/~brock/mn_fit.html
Introduction
The following files contain documentation on installing Mn_Fit and information on changes:
INSTALL Basic installation instructions. INSTALL.unix Special instructions for Unix. INSTALL.vms Special instructions for VMS.
COPYING The GNU General Public License. NEWS News
doc/ChangeLog Detailed information on changes. doc/intro.txt Introduction to more detailed documentation.
Getting Mn_Fit
Mn_Fit is available from the Mn_Fit homepage: http://www-zeus.physik.uni-bonn.de/~brock/mn_fit.html
To unpack one of these files do the following:
gzip -cd filename.tar.gz | tar xvf -
In the following N is the major version number and MM is the minor version
number, e.g. 5_05.
If you get mn_fit_vN_MM.tar.gz you will have the Mn_Fit source files, the
Makefile and everything else needed to create your own version of
Mn_Fit.
If you get mn_fit_exe_vN_MM.tar.gz you will have the Mn_Fit executable, libraries, help and test files.
The VMS version of Mn_Fit is frozen. The latest release is 4.07/35. See INSTALL.vms for information on how to install this version.
The manual tar file contains the following Postscript and PDF files:
mn_fit.ps/pdf -- The manual mn_fit_2ppp.ps/pdf -- The manual as 2 pages per page mn_fit_cover.ps/pdf -- The cover page (in colour) mn_fit_figs.ps/pdf -- The figures from Appendix B mn_fit_font.ps/pdf -- 3 pages with possible problem fonts
The mn_fit.ps files saves your eyes, while those with _2ppp save some trees! Some printers do not work with Postscript fonts -14 onwards. To test this print mn_fit_font.ps first - 3 pages should be printed. If this works OK, then you can print the normal files. If not please let me know and I can recreate the manual versions without fonts -14 onwards.
See the file INSTALL for instructions on how to install Mn_Fit.