Setting up your account

1. cd to your home directory.
2. Execute the command "tar xvf /usr/groupS/lib/new_user/nv3-user.tar". This will create a directory called nv3 in your home directory. Some other necessary files and directories will be placed in the nv3 directory.
3. cd to the nv3 directory.
4. Edit the file called "startup":
   • set the DATPATH variable to point to the directory or directories where your data (.nv and .mat) files are.
   • set the WINDIR variable to point to the directory or directories where your window (.win) and session (.ses) files will be located. The defaults should be ok for people who are working alone on a project. Note that write permission is required for the first directory on the list since that is where new window files will be saved. People coming from version 2.1 may want to copy their files from nmrview/windows to nv3/windows. The new version of rdwin will read files created with the old version, but the new files may not be backwardly compatible.
   • Decide whether you want to confirm overwriting of .win files, etc. and set the NO_OVERWRITE variable as appropriate.
5. Look at and/or print out the usr/keys.tcl file to see what shortcut keys are available in spectral windows. Change anything that you don't like.
6. Look at the online documentation to get the basics of how nv3 works (people familiar with version 2.1 may want to skip this).
7. People migrating from version 2.1 should be fairly comfortable with nv3. Most of the commands used locally have either been ported to nv3 or have built-in equivalents now.
8. People who have never used NMRView before may want to talk to someone who has used nv3.