McStas/McXtrace v3.7.16

What's Changed

• Release doc updates 3.7.9 by @willend in #2545
• More html plotter tweaks (m*plot-html, as used from mctest) by @willend in #2547
• Add slider for control of iframe size by @willend in #2548
• More html plotter tweaks by @willend in #2549
• Final adjustment of geometry/scaling for mcplot-html by @willend in #2550
• McXtrace Filter.comp: Better handling of non-standard inputfiles by @willend in #2552
• Implement pygen-suggestion from @MilanKlausz(#2554) by @willend in #2555
• McXtrace: Work toward fixing #2514 (GPU) by @willend in #2556
• Likely fix for McXtrace / Abs_objects test on GPU by @willend in #2557
• Update pull_request_template.md by @willend in #2559
• WORKAROUNDS: Disable key tests in McXtrace (#2514) by @willend in #2558
• Fix issue 2561 - make 2D-plot colorbars visible in “more” cases by @willend in #2563
• Rectification of windows batch-wrappers by @willend in #2566
• New tool: mcplotdiff-html, render difference plots between two datasets by @willend in #2560
• New tool: mcplotdiff-pyqtgraph, render difference plots between two datasets (follow-up for #2560) by @willend in #2562
• New tool: mcplotdiff-matplotlib, render difference plots between two datasets (follow-up for #2562) by @willend in #2564
• Correction of batch-wrapper snippets by @willend in #2567
• Speed up execution of mcplot-matplotlib (especially for big 2D matrices) by @willend in #2570
• Repair 'autobuild' download of 'innosetup' installer by @willend in #2573
• ILL_SALSA fix linter and add n reflections to parameters by @Lomholy in #2572
• Import 3 x imaging instruments from various sources by @willend in #2569
• Use filenames in MCPL instrument Monitor_nD instances to get rid of timestamps by @willend in #2574
• Add -s --seed option to mctest by @willend in #2575
• Add option to "emulate" McCode default 'Unix epoch' seed in mctest by @willend in #2576
• mcviewtest: spawn the new mcplotdiff-html plotter by @willend in #2568
• Consolidate conda/non-conda ‘basictest’ workflows and use with new mcviewtest by @willend in #2577
• Minor bugfixes for testsuite-workflows / nightlies by @willend in #2578
• Update notebook template to reflect McStasScript 0.0.89 properties by @willend in #2580

Full Changelog: v3.7.9...v3.7.16

McStas/McXtrace v3.7.15

What's Changed

• Release doc updates 3.7.9 by @willend in #2545
• More html plotter tweaks (m*plot-html, as used from mctest) by @willend in #2547
• Add slider for control of iframe size by @willend in #2548
• More html plotter tweaks by @willend in #2549
• Final adjustment of geometry/scaling for mcplot-html by @willend in #2550
• McXtrace Filter.comp: Better handling of non-standard inputfiles by @willend in #2552
• Implement pygen-suggestion from @MilanKlausz(#2554) by @willend in #2555
• McXtrace: Work toward fixing #2514 (GPU) by @willend in #2556
• Likely fix for McXtrace / Abs_objects test on GPU by @willend in #2557
• Update pull_request_template.md by @willend in #2559
• WORKAROUNDS: Disable key tests in McXtrace (#2514) by @willend in #2558
• Fix issue 2561 - make 2D-plot colorbars visible in “more” cases by @willend in #2563
• Rectification of windows batch-wrappers by @willend in #2566
• New tool: mcplotdiff-html, render difference plots between two datasets by @willend in #2560
• New tool: mcplotdiff-pyqtgraph, render difference plots between two datasets (follow-up for #2560) by @willend in #2562
• New tool: mcplotdiff-matplotlib, render difference plots between two datasets (follow-up for #2562) by @willend in #2564
• Correction of batch-wrapper snippets by @willend in #2567
• Speed up execution of mcplot-matplotlib (especially for big 2D matrices) by @willend in #2570
• Repair 'autobuild' download of 'innosetup' installer by @willend in #2573
• ILL_SALSA fix linter and add n reflections to parameters by @Lomholy in #2572
• Import 3 x imaging instruments from various sources by @willend in #2569
• Use filenames in MCPL instrument Monitor_nD instances to get rid of timestamps by @willend in #2574
• Add -s --seed option to mctest by @willend in #2575
• Add option to "emulate" McCode default 'Unix epoch' seed in mctest by @willend in #2576
• mcviewtest: spawn the new mcplotdiff-html plotter by @willend in #2568
• Consolidate conda/non-conda ‘basictest’ workflows and use with new mcviewtest by @willend in #2577
• Minor bugfixes for testsuite-workflows / nightlies by @willend in #2578

Full Changelog: v3.7.9...v3.7.15

McStas/McXtrace v3.7.14

What's Changed

• Release doc updates 3.7.9 by @willend in #2545
• More html plotter tweaks (m*plot-html, as used from mctest) by @willend in #2547
• Add slider for control of iframe size by @willend in #2548
• More html plotter tweaks by @willend in #2549
• Final adjustment of geometry/scaling for mcplot-html by @willend in #2550
• McXtrace Filter.comp: Better handling of non-standard inputfiles by @willend in #2552
• Implement pygen-suggestion from @MilanKlausz(#2554) by @willend in #2555
• McXtrace: Work toward fixing #2514 (GPU) by @willend in #2556
• Likely fix for McXtrace / Abs_objects test on GPU by @willend in #2557
• Update pull_request_template.md by @willend in #2559
• WORKAROUNDS: Disable key tests in McXtrace (#2514) by @willend in #2558
• Fix issue 2561 - make 2D-plot colorbars visible in “more” cases by @willend in #2563
• Rectification of windows batch-wrappers by @willend in #2566
• New tool: mcplotdiff-html, render difference plots between two datasets by @willend in #2560
• New tool: mcplotdiff-pyqtgraph, render difference plots between two datasets (follow-up for #2560) by @willend in #2562
• New tool: mcplotdiff-matplotlib, render difference plots between two datasets (follow-up for #2562) by @willend in #2564
• Correction of batch-wrapper snippets by @willend in #2567

Full Changelog: v3.7.9...v3.7.14

McStas/McXtrace v3.7.13

What's Changed

• Release doc updates 3.7.9 by @willend in #2545
• More html plotter tweaks (m*plot-html, as used from mctest) by @willend in #2547
• Add slider for control of iframe size by @willend in #2548
• More html plotter tweaks by @willend in #2549
• Final adjustment of geometry/scaling for mcplot-html by @willend in #2550
• McXtrace Filter.comp: Better handling of non-standard inputfiles by @willend in #2552
• Implement pygen-suggestion from @MilanKlausz(#2554) by @willend in #2555
• McXtrace: Work toward fixing #2514 (GPU) by @willend in #2556
• Likely fix for McXtrace / Abs_objects test on GPU by @willend in #2557
• Update pull_request_template.md by @willend in #2559
• WORKAROUNDS: Disable key tests in McXtrace (#2514) by @willend in #2558
• Fix issue 2561 - make 2D-plot colorbars visible in “more” cases by @willend in #2563
• Rectification of windows batch-wrappers by @willend in #2566
• New tool: mcplotdiff-html, render difference plots between two datasets by @willend in #2560
• New tool: mcplotdiff-pyqtgraph, render difference plots between two datasets (follow-up for #2560) by @willend in #2562
• New tool: mcplotdiff-matplotlib, render difference plots between two datasets (follow-up for #2562) by @willend in #2564

Full Changelog: v3.7.9...v.3.7.13

McStas/McXtrace v3.7.12

What's Changed

• Release doc updates 3.7.9 by @willend in #2545
• More html plotter tweaks (m*plot-html, as used from mctest) by @willend in #2547
• Add slider for control of iframe size by @willend in #2548
• More html plotter tweaks by @willend in #2549
• Final adjustment of geometry/scaling for mcplot-html by @willend in #2550
• McXtrace Filter.comp: Better handling of non-standard inputfiles by @willend in #2552
• Implement pygen-suggestion from @MilanKlausz(#2554) by @willend in #2555

Full Changelog: v3.7.9...v3.7.12

McStas/McXtrace v3.7.11

What's Changed

• Release doc updates 3.7.9 by @willend in #2545
• More html plotter tweaks (m*plot-html, as used from mctest) by @willend in #2547
• Add slider for control of iframe size by @willend in #2548
• More html plotter tweaks by @willend in #2549
• Final adjustment of geometry/scaling for mcplot-html by @willend in #2550
• McXtrace Filter.comp: Better handling of non-standard inputfiles by @willend in #2552

Full Changelog: v3.7.9...v3.7.11

McStas/McXtrace v3.7.10

Tiny update, m*plot-html only.

What's Changed

• Release doc updates 3.7.9 by @willend in #2545
• More html plotter tweaks (m*plot-html, as used from mctest) by @willend in #2547
• Add slider for control of iframe size by @willend in #2548
• More html plotter tweaks by @willend in #2549
• Final adjustment of geometry/scaling for mcplot-html by @willend in #2550

Full Changelog: v3.7.9...v3.7.10

McStas/McXtrace v3.7.9

Changes in McStas/McXtrace 3.7.9, July 2nd, 2026

Release 3.7.9 marks a milestone for McXtrace that finally gets full support for complex number calculations using MSVC on Windows. We further improve the installation experience on Windows by addition of a new install script for downloading and setting up the MSVC compiler tool chain.

Install instructions

• For McStas 3.7.9
• For McXtrace 3.7.9

What's Changed

Common to McStas and McXtrace

Platform suppport

• Windows
  • mctest / windows output improvement by @willend in #2505
  • batch-script to help install msvc on Windows by @willend in #2505
  • Add micromamba clean --all -y in install batches by @willend in #2507
  • Improved wording for README and add non-admin option to msvc-install script by @willend in #2508
  • Add git when setting up dev-env on Windows by @willend in #2510
• Tools
  • mctest:
    • Improvements to mctest tool by @willend in #2511
    • More fixes to mctest logic by @willend in #2512
    • Add simple infrastructure to mctest for generating plots (when possible) by @willend in #2539
  • mcplot-html
    • Minor tweaks on html plotter and mctest by @willend in #2540
    • More minor tweaks mcplot-html by @willend in #2541
    • Add mcplot-html batch wrapper for Windows support by @willend in #2542
    • Flat / pixellated 2D plots for mcplot-html by @willend in #2544
  • mcdisplay:
    • Pass at key points in mcdisplay particleparser instead of raising exceptions. by @willend in #2516
  • mcrun
    • New --dirsuffix/--dirprefix switches for mcrun/mxrun by @willend in #2533
• Shared lib-codes
  • Provide SCATTER_func for libraries to replicate SCATTER functionality by @mads-bertelsen in #2535

McStas only

• Minor comp / instrument improvements
  • Exit minus 1 harmonization by @willend in #2503
  • Fix for Incoherent component limited order + hollow geometry by @mads-bertelsen in #2506
  • Various fixes for FZJ_BenchmarkSfin2/SANS_benchmark2 by @willend in #2517
  • ILL_H15_SAM.instr: Common SPLIT=100 at sample(s) ensure ncount >=1e7 by @willend in #2518
  • Ensure 1e7 for non-display runs of ILL_H22_D1B by @willend in #2519
  • Various fixes for McXtrace and McStas instruments by @willend in #2520
  • Various fixes for McXtrace instruments by @willend in #2520
  • Added mcdisplay section to FlatEllipse_finite_mirror component by @mads-bertelsen in #2521
  • Fix ascii reallocation in Union_mesh by @mads-bertelsen in #2532
  • H frielinghaus SANS_benchmark2 input files by @willend in #2536
  • Fix #2537: Bug in PSD_monitor_4PI found by BSc. student Christian Thyssen NBI. by @willend in #2538

McXtrace only

• General
  • Support for MSVC (and complex numebers via mccode-complex-lib) on Windows
• Comp / instrument improvements
  • McXtrace: Fix of #1579 for most (if not all) comps/instrs by @willend in #2504
  • McXtrace test target updates by @willend in #2515
  • Various fixes for McXtrace instruments by @willend in #2520
  • Filter.comp is in fact incomplete for refraction and shape != cube. by @willend in #2522
  • Temporary hack to avoid McXtrace cif2hkl fct. in Single_crystal on Windows by @willend in #2524
  • Windows/cif2hkl issue workaround for Test_PowderN by @willend in #2525
  • Various changes to stabilise McXtrace SOLEIL_PX2a tests by @willend in #2526
  • More McXtrace tweaks, SOLEIL_PX2a and SOLEIL_PSICHE by @willend in #2527
  • Beef up required stats for SOLEIL_PSICHE + adjust target val by @willend in #2528
  • McXtrace Enable all tests in Test_Mirrors by @willend in #2529
  • Fix header by @willend in #2530
  • Fix of McXtrace/mxdisplay of specific instr by @willend in #2533
  • Fix filter geometry by @ebknudsen in #2534
  • Improve on flexibility of McXtrace Filter.comp input types by @willend in #2543

Full Changelog: v3.7.6...v3.7.9

McStas/McXtrace v3.7.7

What's Changed

• Updates to CHANGE docs by @willend in #2501
• Exit minus 1 harmonization by @willend in #2503
• McXtrace: Fix of #1579 for most (if not all) comps/instrs by @willend in #2504
• mctest / windows output improvement + batch to help install msvc on Windows by @willend in #2505
• Add micromamba clean --all -y in install batches by @willend in #2507
• Fix for Incoherent component limited order + hollow geometry by @mads-bertelsen in #2506

Full Changelog: v3.7.6...v3.7.7

McStas/McXtrace v3.7.6

What's Changed

Common to McStas and McXtrace

Tools

• mcgui/mxgui list mode scanning:
  • Support mcrun -L scan mode via mcgui 'Scan steps' entry by @willend in #2493
• Small but important improvements to mcdisplay/mxdisplay:
  • pyqtgraph variant:
    • Restore various click/keyboard control across PyQt5/PyQt6
    • Improvements to mcdisplay(-pyqtgraph) component list (do not underflow main window) by @willend in #2489
    • Fix missing PyQt5->PyQt6 correction for mcdisplay-pyqtgraph by @willend in #2481
    • Fix of another mcdisplay-pyqtgraph PyQt6 vs PyQt5 bug by @willend in #2485
  • matplotlib variant:
    • Silence mcdisplay-matplotlib noise when pressing 'q' by @willend in #2483
  • Common, parsing-system:
    • Fix for rare bug: Add fflush(stdout) protection of DEBUG_COMPONENT (fix #2486) by @willend in #2487

Libraries

• KDSource functional in mingw builds (+other minor improvements) by @willend in #2497 (comes with both McStas and McXtrace even though KDSource.comp is McStas-only for now
• Get rid of ‘dirent’ dependency on Windows systems
  • Dirent windows fixup by @willend in #2496

Installers

• New MSVC-based installer-bundle for both McStas and McXtrace, will eventually fully replace the MinGW installer-bundle
  • See McStas windows install page for details
  • See McXtrace windows install page for details

McStas only

Components

• Update NMO.comp by @willend in #2474

McXtrace only

• No McXtrace-specific comp/instr changes

Infrastructure, common to McStas/McXtrace

• Fixes to installdocs by @willend in #2476
• Various work on GitHub actions by @willend in #2488
• Give mctest a --displaymax handle by @willend in #2495
• Prepare for 3.7.6 release by @willend in #2498

Full Changelog: v3.7.1...v3.7.6