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diff --git a/examples/isedfit/example.bashrc b/examples/isedfit/example.bashrc
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+#!/bin/bash
+# Example environmental variables to add for IDLUTILS/kCorrect/iSEDfit
+# add this text to your .bashrc file
+
+export IDL_LIBS=/global/data/products
+
+# IDLUtils -- Helper Library
+export IDLUTILS_DIR=$IDL_LIBS/idlutils
+export IDL_PATH=$IDL_PATH:+$IDLUTILS_DIR/pro
+export IDL_PATH=$IDL_PATH:+$IDLUTILS_DIR/goddard/pro
+
+# RED -- Cosmological utilities
+export RED_DIR=$HOME/idl/red
+export IDL_PATH=$IDL_PATH:+$RED_DIR
+
+# KCorrect
+export KCORRECT_DIR=$IDL_LIBS/kcorrect
+export PATH=$PATH:$KCORRECT_DIR/bin
+export IDL_PATH=$IDL_PATH:+$KCORRECT_DIR/pro
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$KCORRECT_DIR/lib
+
+# IMPRO / ISEDFIT
+export IMPRO_DIR=$HOME/idl/impro
+export IDL_PATH=$IDL_PATH:+$IMPRO_DIR
+export ISEDFIT_SSP_DIR=$HOME/raid/isedfit2/isedfit_ssp
diff --git a/examples/isedfit/isedfit_buildexample.pro b/examples/isedfit/isedfit_buildexample.pro
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+PRO isedfit_buildexample, _extra=extra
+  field = 'cosmos'
+  nobjects = 10
+  cat = im_mrdfits(getfilename(field))
+  ii = where(cat.isgood AND $
+             cat.ismass AND $
+             cat.zquality EQ 4, nii) ;; slightly more strict
+  cat =  cat[ii[0:nobjects-1]]
+  filters = getfilters(field)
+  match, strtrim(cat[0].filters, 2), filters, nn, mm, count=nfilters
+  
+  example = {ra:0d, $
+             dec:0d, $
+             z:0.0, $
+             filterlist:strarr(nfilters), $
+             maggies:fltarr(nfilters), $
+             ivarmaggies:fltarr(nfilters)}
+  example = replicate(example, n_elements(cat))
+  example.ra =  cat.ra
+  example.dec = cat.dec
+  example.z = cat.z
+  example.filterlist = filters[mm]
+  example.maggies = cat.maggies[nn]
+  example.ivarmaggies = cat.ivarmaggies[nn]
+
+  im_mwrfits, example, 'cosmos_example.fits', _extra=extra
+END
diff --git a/examples/isedfit/isedfit_check.pro b/examples/isedfit/isedfit_check.pro
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+;+
+; ISEDFIT_CHECK -- Check the current installed versions for debug
+;
+; e.g. IDL> check_isedfit
+; -
+
+PRO _req, cmd, name, version
+  ;; a little wrapper that runs a command to ensure that the installed
+  ;; version matches the required version passed into the function.
+  value = call_function(cmd)
+  status = (value EQ version) ? 'ok' : 'Failed!'
+  print, 'iSEDfit requires '+version+' version of '+name+'. Found: '+value+'. '+status
+  
+  IF value NE version THEN BEGIN
+    message, ' !!! Version did not match the required version, please update'
+  ENDIF
+END
+
+
+PRO isedfit_check
+  ;; might also want to check directories ($ISEDFIT_DIR,
+  ;; $KCORRECT_DIR) as well.
+  _req, 'idlutils_version', 'IDLUtils', 'trunk'
+  _req, 'k_version', 'kCorrect', 'NOCVS:kcorrect'
+END
+
diff --git a/examples/isedfit/isedfit_quick.pro b/examples/isedfit/isedfit_quick.pro
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+;+
+; NAME:
+;   ISEDFIT_QUICK
+;
+; PURPOSE:
+;   Quick start script that goes through the process.
+;   Overwrites previous run results
+;   This is just to test that you can run isedfit quickly.
+;-
+
+PRO isedfit_quick, extras=extras
+  
+  ;; output directory -- depending on parameters may be large [few Gb]
+  prefix =  'example'
+  
+  isedfit_dir = '/tmp/isedfit_example/'
+  montegrids_dir =  isedfit_dir+'montegrids/'
+  file_mkdir, montegrids_dir
+
+  isedfit_paramfile =  isedfit_dir+prefix+'_paramfile.par'
+
+  ; --------------------------------------------------
+  ;; catalog to be processed
+  example = im_mrdfits('cosmos_example.fits.gz')
+  filterlist = strtrim(example[0].filterlist, 2)
+
+  
+  ; --------------------------------------------------
+  ; choose your priors: write the iSEDfit parameter file 
+  write_isedfit_paramfile,  params=params,  isedfit_dir=isedfit_dir,  $
+         prefix=prefix,  filterlist=filterlist,  spsmodels='fsps_v2.4_miles',  $
+         imf='chab',  redcurve='charlot',  /igm,  zminmax=[0.1, 1.3],  zbin=0.05,  $
+         nmodel=500L,  age=[0.1, 13.0],  tau=[0.1, 5.0],  Zmetal=[0.004, 0.03],  $
+         AV=[0.35, 2.0],  mu=[0.1, 4.0],  pburst=0.2,  interval_pburst=2.0,  $
+         tburst=[0.1, 13.0],  /delayed,  galchunksize=250L,  /clobber
+
+  ; --------------------------------------------------
+  ; build the Monte Carlo grids [time to go read astro-ph]
+  isedfit_montegrids,  isedfit_paramfile,  isedfit_dir=isedfit_dir,  $
+         montegrids_dir=montegrids_dir,  /clobber
+  
+  ; --------------------------------------------------
+  ; calculate the model photometry 
+  isedfit_models,  isedfit_paramfile,  isedfit_dir=isedfit_dir,  $
+         montegrids_dir=montegrids_dir,  /clobber
+
+  ; --------------------------------------------------
+  ; fit the catalog
+  isedfit,  isedfit_paramfile,  example.maggies,  example.ivarmaggies,  $
+         example.z,  ra=example.ra,  dec=example.dec,  $
+         isedfit_dir=isedfit_dir, /clobber, $
+         isedfit_results=mass
+  
+  ;; simple plot
+  plot, mass.mstar_50, mass.sfr100_50, psym=6, $
+        xtitle='Mass [M_sun]', ytitle='SFR [M_sun / yr]'
+
+
+  print, 'Huzza! iSEDfit finished.'
+  print, ' Check the plot, and make sure that these sfr/masses make sense'
+  
+
+  ;; Here be dragons...
+
+  IF keyword_set(extras) THEN BEGIN
+    ;; Get some fancy plots [beta] that show the properties of the
+    ;; models and the sort.
+    
+    isedfit_qaplot_models,  isedfit_paramfile,  example.maggies,  $
+         example.ivarmaggies,  example.z,  isedfit_dir=isedfit_dir,  $
+         thesefilters=filterlist, /clobber
+    
+    isedfit_kcorrect,  isedfit_paramfile,  isedfit_dir=isedfit_dir,  $
+         montegrids_dir=montegrids_dir,  /clobber
+    
+    isedfit_qaplot_sed,  isedfit_paramfile,  nrandom=50,  $
+         isedfit_dir=isedfit_dir,  montegrids_dir=montegrids_dir,  $
+         /xlog, /clobber
+    
+  ENDIF
+
+
+
+END