McStas tutorial

[Kristian Nielsen]

> Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 18:41:29 +0100
> From: Farhi <farhi at ill.fr>

> I've nearly finished the ILL tutorial. It shows a much more complex
> instrument building, with some C embeded code. It's more complicated,
> but is really shows what ILL users need.

That is fine, I think, the two tutorials supplement each other nicely
(mine is really simple, but will get users started quickly, yours will
enable them to start serious work without having to study the manual in
detail). Maybe we can also use your tutorial on the winter school in
January.

> Also, when a user creates its components in the same directory as the
> instrument, are these components used first, before looking at the
> McStas tas library ?
> I mean the order of priority for searching components could be :
> PWD
> MC_LIB_PATH
> MC_LIB_PATH subdirectories

Yes, the current directory is searched first, followed by any
directories specified using the "-I" option, followed by the system
directory.

About the workshop on January 31, I wanted to start booking my plane
ticket. Which days do you think I should stay at the ILL (apart from the
31th, of course)? Maybe it would be useful if I were there for a few
days after (say Tuesday and Wednesday), provided people have time to
talk with me then?

 - Kristian.