Contents

• Contents
• Version history
  • New in version 1.2/1.3
  • New in version 2.0
  • New in version 3.0
  • New in version 3.2 and 3.3
  • New in version 4.0
• Summary
  • The cora program package
  • Copyright and license
  • Acknowledment of Cora
• Installation
  • System requirements
    • PGPLOT
    • GTK+
  • Portability
• Quickstart
• Slow and detailed start
  • Input
    • The spectrum
    • Converting data files from Chandra
    • Converting data files from XMM-RGS
    • The parameter file
    • Session management
  • Starting the program
    • With the graphical user interface
      • The line display window
    • From the command line
    • Command-line options
  • Environment variables
  • Settings
• Description of input parameters
  • Fit parameters
    • Version number
    • Title
    • Spectral lines
    • Apertures
    • Background
    • Spectral ranges and units
    • Line parameters and spectral order
    • Logging
  • Output parameters
    • Title of plot
    • Format
    • Outfit of plot
    • Output
  • Format summary
• The procedure
  • Constraining the fit
  • Beta profiles
  • (Pseudo) Voigt profiles
• Description of output
  • Text file with results
  • Graph
• Usage with IDL
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