Add conda environment support. Update README

README.md

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 SPSPy is a Python based package of tools for use with the Super-Enge Split-Pole Spectrograph at FSU. Much of the code here is based on Java programs originally written at Yale University by D.W. Visser, C.M. Deibel, and others. Currently the package contains SPSPlot, a tool aimed at informing users which states should appear at the focal plane of the SESPS, and SPANC, a tool for calibrating the position spectra from the focal plane.
 
 ## Depencencies and Requirements
-The requirements for running SPSPy are outlined in the requirements.txt file located in the repository. It is recommended to install these to a local virtual environment using `pip install -r requirements.txt`. Support will be coming for conda environments.
+The requirements for running SPSPy are outlined in the requirements.txt file located in the repository. It is recommended to install these to a local virtual environment using `pip install -r requirements.txt`. For conda use the environments.yml file to create a conda environment for SPSPy. Simply run `conda env create -f environment.yml` from the SPSPy directory. conda will make a new virtual environment named spsenv with the dependencies outlined in environments.yml. If you already have an environment named spsenv or would like to change the name simply edit the first line of the enviornments.yml.
 
-### Creating a virtual environment
-To create a virtual environment in the terminal for MacOS or Linux use `python3 -m venv env` to create a local virtual environment named `env` (or whatever name you'd like), or on Windows use `py -m venv env` to do the same. To activate your new environment run `source env/bin/activate` in MacOS or Linux, or `.\env\Scripts\activate`. Now you can run the above `pip` command to install all dependencies to the virtual environment. To leave the virtual environment use the command `deactivate` in your terminal.
+The recommended install for SPSPy dependencies is via pip. 
+
+### Creating a virtual environment with pip
+To create a virtual environment with pip in the terminal for MacOS or Linux use `python3 -m venv env` to create a local virtual environment named `env` (or whatever name you'd like), or on Windows use `py -m venv env` to do the same. To activate your new environment run `source env/bin/activate` in MacOS or Linux, or `.\env\Scripts\activate`. Now you can run the above `pip` command to install all dependencies to the virtual environment. To leave the virtual environment use the command `deactivate` in your terminal.
 
 ## SPSPlot
 This tool is intended to be used for guiding the settings of the SPS to show specific states on the focal plane detector. The user gives the program reaction information, and the program runs through the kinematics to calculate the energies of ejecta into the the SESPS. To evaluate different states, the program scrapes a list of levels from [NNDC](https://www.nndc.bnl.gov/), and these levels are then passed on to the reaction handler. These levels are then shown on the screen with labels. The labels can be modified to show either the excitation energy of the state, the kinetic energy of the ejectile, or the focal plane z-offset for a state. Note that since levels are obtained from NNDC, SPSPlot requires an internet connection.

environment.yml

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+name: spsenv
+channels:
+  - defaults
+dependencies:
+  - _libgcc_mutex=0.1=main
+  - _openmp_mutex=5.1=1_gnu
+  - bzip2=1.0.8=h7b6447c_0
+  - ca-certificates=2022.10.11=h06a4308_0
+  - certifi=2022.9.24=py310h06a4308_0
+  - ld_impl_linux-64=2.38=h1181459_1
+  - libffi=3.4.2=h6a678d5_6
+  - libgcc-ng=11.2.0=h1234567_1
+  - libgomp=11.2.0=h1234567_1
+  - libstdcxx-ng=11.2.0=h1234567_1
+  - libuuid=1.41.5=h5eee18b_0
+  - ncurses=6.3=h5eee18b_3
+  - openssl=1.1.1s=h7f8727e_0
+  - pip=22.2.2=py310h06a4308_0
+  - python=3.10.8=h7a1cb2a_1
+  - readline=8.2=h5eee18b_0
+  - setuptools=65.5.0=py310h06a4308_0
+  - sqlite=3.40.0=h5082296_0
+  - tk=8.6.12=h1ccaba5_0
+  - tzdata=2022f=h04d1e81_0
+  - wheel=0.37.1=pyhd3eb1b0_0
+  - xz=5.2.8=h5eee18b_0
+  - zlib=1.2.13=h5eee18b_0
+  - pip:
+    - charset-normalizer==2.1.1
+    - contourpy==1.0.6
+    - cycler==0.11.0
+    - fonttools==4.38.0
+    - idna==3.4
+    - kiwisolver==1.4.4
+    - lxml==4.9.1
+    - matplotlib==3.6.2
+    - numpy==1.23.5
+    - packaging==21.3
+    - pillow==9.3.0
+    - pycatima==1.71
+    - pyparsing==3.0.9
+    - pyqtdarktheme==1.2.1
+    - pyside6==6.4.1
+    - pyside6-addons==6.4.1
+    - pyside6-essentials==6.4.1
+    - python-dateutil==2.8.2
+    - requests==2.28.1
+    - scipy==1.9.3
+    - shiboken6==6.4.1
+    - six==1.16.0
+    - urllib3==1.26.13