Hi - another error for installation has been reported. We should get this in the installer in release 3.10, but until then, a new version of PyMCA was released using numpy 2.0, which breaks SMAK. Once there is a more uniform use of numpy 2.0 across all dependencies, SMAK will upgrade to numpy2.0 as well, but for now, we have to stick to the old version. If you run into a numpy error in pyMCA when running smak, please downgrade pyMCA for now: “pip install pymca5==5.8.2” PyMCA 5.8.2 will definitely work, and maybe up to 5.9.0.... Cheers!

Ok, for the Mac people out there, you can follow these steps... (1) Open "Automator" on your Mac (2) Create a new application, you can call it anything you like (I called mine RunSMAK) (3) Crate a new step from "Run AppleScript" (4) Your AppleScript should contain: on run tell application "Terminal" activate do script "cd /YOUR_DIRECTORY_TO_SMAK/; python smak.py" end tell end run (5) See the install instructions for how to located your directory, but it will probably be something like: /Users/yourUsername/anaconda3/envs/smakenv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/smak. (6) Save this application, and then you can drag it to your desktop and/or applications folder!

Hi All - There was an update to other dependencies of SMAK as of Apr 2, 2024 that creates an error when running SMAK. The latest version of SciPy (1.13.0) crashed, whereas earlier versions are ok (<=1.12.0). After installation of SMAK, do an extra "pip install scipy == 1.12.0" and SMAK should be ok again. This should probably only be an issue with new installs after Apr 2, 2024 and will be fixed in the installer requirements with SMAK 3.10

Its now on the main SMAK page, but if you do have trouble upgrading your installation to the lastest version... You can use the following: pip install smak==X.X.X  where X.X.X is the latest version number, e.g. 3.0.9 Happy data processing!

FYI for those installing on Windows in particular -- here's a quick tip! Many users may install Anaconda in a local folder (i.e. "C:\users\myname\") and some people may use spaces in those user names (i.e. "C:\users\first lastname"). If you are changing directories to a file structure like that on the command line, you'll need to use quotes around the path name to get to the proper place!

Hi! Workflows are a new tool in SMAK that allow you run a set of scripted commands across all of the files currently open in the file tabs. We will post some new documentation on how to use this new feature soon, and I'll post some example workflows here shortly. Feel free to experiment with the workflows and share your favorite workflow solutions in this forum!