[ccp4bb] To scale or not to scale: XDS_ASCII.HKL input to POINTLESS/AIMLESS

[wtempel]

Hello all,
in a discussion
<https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=ind1307&L=CCP4BB&H=1&P=186901>
on this board, Kay Diederichs questioned the effect of scaling data in
AIMLESS after prior scaling in XDS (CORRECT). I understand that the
available alternatives in this work flow are to specify the AIMLESS
‘onlymerge’ command, or not.
Are there any arguments for the preference of one alternative over the
other?
Thank you for your insights,
Wolfram Tempel
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