Piva

Added

- jupyter tests, to test functionalities using jupyter-lab notebooks
- environment.yml file, to ensure proper set up of the virtual environment
and piva's installation

Changed

- handling of the paths, to use dedicated libraries and provide
seamless functioning across different platforms

Fixed

- bugs in normalization methods for 3D datasets
- data dimensionality issues (in unfinished scans) in DataloaderI05
- other bugs and typos

Changed

- notation used in the linking functionality

Fixed

- dependency issues due to reliance on outdated library versions
- appearance issues on Windows

Added

- `CustomWidget`: a framework for importing custom, user-defined widgets, along
with templates and documentation on implementation
- introduces a framework for implementing custom data loaders
- `data_viewer_4D` class for visualization of *x-y* raster scans
- higher-level analysis methods
- showcase and more extensive documentation

Changed

Deprecated

Removed

Fixed

- bugs in experimental logbooks and documentation
- bugs in normalization and conversion methods
- missing jupyter-lab templates in built version

Fixed

- Example data feature directing to correct datafile

Added

- `DataLoader` classes for MERLIN (ALS) and URANOS (Solaris) beamlines
- experimental logbook feature for implemented `DataLoaders`
- data provenance functionality, to track modifications in original data sets
- extended options for data normalization
- linking viewers functionality, allowing for simultaneous inspection of
similar datasets
- automated tests
- full in-code and finished docstring documentation


Changed

- JuPyter functionalities from JuPyter-notebook to JuPyterLab environment
- generalizes superclass `Dataloader` and simplifies Dataloaders from different
beamlines
- changes `Dataset` to directly inherit from Namespace
- unifies fitters into `Fitter` class, from which `MDCFitter` and `EDCFitter`
inherit


Removed
- `DataLoader` classes for MAESTRO (ALS)

Fixed

- minor bugs in `set_metadata_window`
- bugs in `MDCFitter` and `EDCFitter`

Added

- Horizontal scrollbar now appears when needed in data_browser.

Changed

- root directory of a tree view window can be changed with `Ctrl+O` instead of
fixed `home_dir`