Merge pull request #2399 from willend/main

Doc updates for 3.6.14

Author: willend

CHANGES_McStas

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 * Modified by: PW June 2025: version 3.5.32
 * Modified by: PW December 2025: version 3.6.1
 * Modified by: PW January 2026: version 3.6.5
+* Modified by: PW April 2026: version 3.6.14
 *
-* This file is part of McStas 3.6.5, released December 7th 2026.
+* This file is part of McStas 3.6.14, released April 12th 2026.
 * It gives a 'changes' list from the beginning of the project
 *
 *******************************************************************************/
+Changes in McStas/McXtrace 3.6.14, April 12th, 2026
+## What's Changed
+
+### New comps/instruments
+* Adding the ILL SANS instrument 'SAM' by @nmgm in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2388
+* Follow-up to https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2387 by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2390
+
+### New tool feature: NeXus scans become entries in one common HDF file
+* Prototype solution to allow 'append’ mode for datasets by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2376
+* Updated Rubredoxin lau file from @aaronfinke by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2384
+
+### Various updates to instruments/components
+* Fix for rare crash of ILL_IN4 / MPI by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2287
+* NMO Comp/instr: Header fixes. Plus suppresion of mcdisplay. by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2288
+* Add 'full' template in McXtrace and align with McStas version by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2290
+* Union mcdisplay bugs by @Lomholy in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2294
+* Fix to MPI-mode use of Brilliance Transfer calculation. by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2300
+* Add McStas unittest for ALLOW_BACKPROP macro. by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2302
+* Update Unittest_ALLOW_BACKPROP with per-particle test by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2303
+* Make backprop thread safe in McStas by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2304
+* Minor instrument and comp updates, McStas by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2332
+* More %Example tests for McStas instruments by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2333
+* McStas Isotropic_Sqw: fix misplaced MPI_MASTER( … ); brackets by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2335
+* Increase McStas Test_SANS stat requirements in selected %Example lines by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2336
+* More additions of McStas %Example lines by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2337
+* Manual update of McXtrace Incoherent_process comp from EBK branch by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2338
+* Add more %Example lines to McStas instruments by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2341
+* Lift H22_D1B expectation value by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2342
+* Add Test instrument for Be-filter models by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2349
+* Disable nightly test of SNS_ARCS instr by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2350
+* Add ILL_H142 using ‘simple comps only' by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2354
+* Re-enable a few tests on the nightlies by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2364
+* Improve final detector stats by 1 order (SPLIT) in SNS_ARCS by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2370
+* ESS_butterfly: Wrap all printf / fprintf in MPI_MASTER( ); by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2372
+* Updated Example values following updated Rubredoxin.lau by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2386
+* Adapt Guide_m interface -> style of Guide_gravity parameters by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2389
+* McStas Monitor_nD “nexusbins” only in listmode by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2387
+* Adjust %Example line in templateNMX by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2397
+* Mono bent complex string parsing by @Lomholy in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2395
+
+### Tool improvements
+* Use better indentation/formatting in mctest json outputs by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2306
+* Prototype clang-format based code-formatting tool by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2314
+* Add cppcheck and clang-format to devel dependency list by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2322
+* Add hints for alternative mcdisplay visualisation in Jupyter... by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2353
+* Add timers for maximal compile / runtime in mctest by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2356
+* Add mctest logic to skip / not overwrite existing test data by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2358
+* mctest / timeout system - ensure to kill underlying processes by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2363
+* mctest: Use process group for more stable hung process cleanup by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2365
+* mctest: Even more elaborate process-control / termination logic by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2366
+* Tolerate & and # in mcdoc unit specifications by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2369
+* mcrun -L list was broken, fixed here by (re-)calculating number of elements … by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2377
+* Changed (hard-coded) mcgui 3D visualiser to be webgl-classic by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2381
+* On Windows use psutil for probing number of available cores in MPI by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2367
+
+### Fixes to various bugs (some for specific issues)
+* Attempt at fixing https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/issues/2310 by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2311
+* Fix for nasty double-assignment m=m = m, spotted via mcstas-antlr by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2355
+* Add ‘allow_backprop’ as _particle member in McXtrace like McStas by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2357
+* Patch issue 2359 - Al_window absorption/scattering by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2360
+* Phonon focusing fix by @Lomholy in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2343
+* Remove cogen compiletime warnings by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2374
+* Silence warning in case NeXus is built in by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2398
+
+### LaTeX in doc headers
+* Use JS LaTeX environments to render equations in headers by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2291
+* Update LaTeX formatting for waviness parameter by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2293
+
+### Clang-format formatting of component syntax
+* Add comp-formatter to McStas monitors by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2315
+* Add comp-formatter to McStas sasmodels comps  by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2316
+* Add comp-formatter to McStas samples  by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2317
+* Add comp-formatter to McStas optics  by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2318
+* Add comp-formatter to McStas contrib  by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2319
+* Add comp-formatter to McStas misc  by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2321
+* Add comp-formatter to McStas Union  by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2320
+* Format McXtrace contrib by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2323
+* Format McXtrace astrox by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2324
+* Format McXtrace misc by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2325
+* Format McXtrace monitors by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2326
+* Format McXtrace optics by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2327
+* Format McXtrace samples by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2328
+* Format McXtrace sasmodels by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2329
+* Formatting for McXtrace sources by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2330
+* Format McXtrace union by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2331
+
+### Project infrastructure
+* Update issue templates by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2295
+* Update issue templates by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2296
+* Minor work on issue templates by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2297
+* Add security issue template and update issue prefixes by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2298
+* Adjust remaining conda-based workflows to install/use mamba by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2299
+* Tool-only import from branch clangformat-experimental by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2312
+* Minor improvements to mccode-clangformat tool + update PR template by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2334
+* Workflow and dependency updates  by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2362
+* Bump version of actions/setup-python in non-conda workflows by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2383
+* Upgrade vite required version by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2393
+
+### Various GPU related
+* Disable RITA-II test: hangs GPU box by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2339
+* Workaround to run ILL_IN5_Spots correctly on GPU system by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2340
+* Disable test - periodically hangs gpu box by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2346
+* Configuration update on GPU box by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2368
+* Fix typo in GPU box mccode_config by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2378
+* Should allow ILL_H15_SAM to execute on GPU/OpenACC by @willend in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2394
+
+## New Contributors
+* @nmgm made their first contribution in https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/pull/2388
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/mccode-dev/McCode/compare/v3.6.5...v3.6.14
+
 Changes in McStas/McXtrace 3.6.5, January 7th, 2026
 ## What's Changed - Main Changes: