chstan · jgobbo · May 15, 2024 · Dec 15, 2024 · Aug 12, 2025
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 __pycache__
 *.pyc
+build/
+pygor.egg-info/
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+dist/
+.venv/
+.pytest_cache/
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+3.13
diff --git a/COPYING.LESSER b/COPYING.LESSER
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+Pygor is a package for loading binary IGOR files. It's forked from [chstan's igorpy](https://github.com/chstan/igorpy) which is forked from [igor](https://github.com/wking/igor). The main purpose of pygor is to facilitate the loading of pxt files for [arpes-lite](https://github.com/jgobbo/arpes-lite).
+
+Installation
+------------
+
+pygor is most easily installed with pip: `pip install pygor`
+
+you can also clone the repo and install with [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/)
+
+Usage
+-----
+
+Standard usage is straightforward:
+
+```python
+from pygor import load
+
+byte_order = "<" # options are "<", "=", ">"
+data = load(IGOR_FILE_NAME, initial_byte_order=byte_order)
+```
+
diff --git a/bin/igorbinarywave.py b/bin/igorbinarywave.py