A quick manual for Mass++4, an open-source viewer for mass spectrometry data. It describes the next release of Mass++4.
| No. | Chapter | What you learn |
|---|---|---|
| 00 | Current Limitations | What Mass++4 cannot do yet |
| 01 | Installation | Downloading and installing Mass++4 on Windows, macOS and Linux |
| 02 | Opening an mzML file | Opening a file, drawing chromatograms and spectra, zooming, panning, the heatmap and the 3D view |
| 03 | TIC, XIC and Spectrum Navigation | Using the TIC, creating XICs, and moving between spectra |
| 04 | Peak Filtering with One Concrete Formula | Finding MS/MS spectra that contain an ion calculated from a formula |
| 05 | Peak Picking | How peaks are picked, peak labels, and saving peak lists |
| 06 | SVG Export | Saving spectra and chromatograms as SVG figures |
| 07 | Python MS Data Link Example | Exchanging spectra between Mass++4 and Python through the API |
If you are new to Mass++4, read the chapters from 00 to 02 first. The other chapters can be read in any order.
- Mass++ website: https://mspp.ninja/
- Mass++4 source code: mspp4-core and mspp4-desktop
- API examples: api-sample