old_contents: # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
  """
  Created on Fri Aug  7 12:04:18 2015
  
  @author: wirkert
  """
  
  import numpy as np
  from msi.io.reader import Reader
  from msi.msi import Msi
  
  
  class SpectrometerReader(Reader):
  
      def __init__(self):
          pass
  
      def read(self, file_to_read):
          # our spectrometer like to follow german standards in files, we need
          # to switch to english ones
          transformed=""
          replacements = {',': '.', '\r\n': ''}
          with open(file_to_read) as infile:
              for line in infile:
                  for src, target in replacements.iteritems():
                      line = line.replace(src, target)
                  transformed = "\n".join([transformed, line])
  
          for num, line in enumerate(transformed.splitlines(), 1):
              if ">>>>>Begin Spectral Data<<<<<" in line:
                  break
          string_only_spectrum = "\n".join(transformed.splitlines()[num:])
          data_vector = np.fromstring(string_only_spectrum,
                                      sep="\t").reshape(-1, 2)
          msi = Msi(data_vector[:, 1],
                    {'wavelengths': data_vector[:, 0] * 10 ** -9})
          return msi
  
  
new_contents: # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
  """
  Created on Fri Aug  7 12:04:18 2015
  
  @author: wirkert
  """
  
  import numpy as np
  from msi.io.reader import Reader
  from msi.msi import Msi
  
  
  class SpectrometerReader(Reader):
  
      def __init__(self):
          pass
  
      def read(self, file_to_read):
          # our spectrometer like to follow german standards in files, we need
          # to switch to english ones
          transformed=""
          replacements = {',': '.', '\r\n': ''}
          with open(file_to_read) as infile:
              for line in infile:
                  for src, target in replacements.iteritems():
                      line = line.replace(src, target)
                  transformed = "\n".join([transformed, line])
  
          for num, line in enumerate(transformed.splitlines(), 1):
              if ">>>>>Begin" in line:
                  break
  
          for num_end, line in enumerate(transformed.splitlines(), 1):
              if ">>>>>End" in line:
                  num_end -= 1
                  break
          string_only_spectrum = "\n".join(transformed.splitlines()[num:num_end])
          data_vector = np.fromstring(string_only_spectrum,
                                      sep="\t").reshape(-1, 2)
          msi = Msi(data_vector[:, 1],
                    {'wavelengths': data_vector[:, 0] * 10 ** -9})
          return msi
  
  
subject: Change SpectrometerReader a little so it can handle more data formats.