def defineQuickplot(self, file, var):
        if self.quickplotItem is None:
            self.quickplotItem = QDefinedVariableItem(file, var, 'quickplot')
            self.varList.addItem(self.quickplotItem)
        else:
            self.quickplotItem.setVariable(var)
            self.quickplotItem.setFile(file)
get a map composed of many scans repeated at different
dataset/ETHPy150Open VisTrails/VisTrails/contrib/cdat/cdat_window.py/QDefinedVariable.defineQuickplot--crossover with--dataset/ETHPy150Open xraypy/xraylarch/plugins/io/specfiledata.py/SpecfileData.get_map