$Id: README,v 1.7 2005/03/15 21:45:27 brock Exp $

   Mn_Fit is an interactive fitting and plotting package, that uses MINUIT to
fit histograms or data read in from a file and displays the fit results on a
screen.  Many functions are built into the package and it is easy for the user
to add new ones. Fitting of 1-D and 2-D histograms is possible, and you can
also fit several histograms simultaneously and apply constraints on the
function parameters.  Likelihood fitting is built-in and can also take into
account limited Monte Carlo statistics.  Hardcopies of pictures can easily be
made with a quality suitable for publication. Mn_Fit can also be used purely
as a plotting package without using the fitting.

   Mn_Fit is available from the Mn_Fit homepage:
http://www-zeus.physik.uni-bonn.de/~brock/mn_fit.html

Introduction
============

The following files contain documentation on installing Mn_Fit and
information on changes:

INSTALL	       Basic installation instructions.
INSTALL.unix   Special instructions for Unix.
INSTALL.vms    Special instructions for VMS.
COPYING        The GNU General Public License.
NEWS           News
doc/ChangeLog  Detailed information on changes.
doc/intro.txt  Introduction to more detailed documentation.


Getting Mn_Fit
==============

Mn_Fit is available from the Mn_Fit homepage:
http://www-zeus.physik.uni-bonn.de/~brock/mn_fit.html

To unpack one of these files do the following:

  gzip -cd filename.tar.gz | tar xvf -

In the following N is the major version number and MM is the minor version
number, e.g. 5_05.
If you get mn_fit_vN_MM.tar.gz you will have the Mn_Fit source files, the
Makefile and everything else needed to create your own version of
Mn_Fit.

   If you get mn_fit_exe_vN_MM.tar.gz you will have the Mn_Fit
executable, libraries, help and test files.

   The VMS version of Mn_Fit is frozen. The latest release is 4.07/35.
See INSTALL.vms for information on how to install this version.

   The manual tar file contains the following Postscript and PDF files:

mn_fit.ps/pdf           -- The manual
mn_fit_2ppp.ps/pdf      -- The manual as 2 pages per page
mn_fit_cover.ps/pdf     -- The cover page (in colour)
mn_fit_figs.ps/pdf      -- The figures from Appendix B
mn_fit_font.ps/pdf      -- 3 pages with possible problem fonts

The mn_fit.ps files saves your eyes, while those with _2ppp save some
trees! Some printers do not work with Postscript fonts -14 onwards. To
test this print mn_fit_font.ps first - 3 pages should be printed. If
this works OK, then you can print the normal files. If not please let me know
and I can recreate the manual versions without fonts -14 onwards.

See the file INSTALL for instructions on how to install Mn_Fit.
