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<!DOCTYPE doctype PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
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- <title>File Formats</title>
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- link="#0000EE">
- <h3><img alt="" src="../sun.gif" width="100" align="middle"
- height="98"> File Formats</h3>
- <blockquote><a href="#FITS">FITS</a><br>
- <a href="#FITSImage">FITS Image</a><br>
- <a href="#FITSBinaryEventsTable">FITS Binary Events Table</a><br>
- <a href="#FITSHEALPIXTable">FITS HEALPIX Table</a><br>
- <a href="#FITSDataCube">FITS Data Cube</a><br>
- <a href="#FITSMultipleExtensionDataCube">FITS Multiple Extension
- Data Cube</a><br>
- <a href="#FITSMultipleExtensionMultipleFrames">FITS Multiple
- Extension Multiple Frames</a><br>
- <a href="#FITSMosaic">FITS Mosaic</a><br>
- <a href="#FITSMosaicDataCube">FITS Mosaic Data Cube</a><br>
- <a href="#FITSRGB">FITS RGB</a><br>
- <a href="#SplitFITS">Split FITS</a><br>
- <a href="#array">Array</a><br>
- <a href="file:///Users/joye/saods9/doc/ref/file.html#nrrd">NRRD</a><br>
- <a href="#envi">ENVI</a><br>
- <a href="#gif">GIF</a><br>
- <a href="#tiff">TIFF</a><br>
- <a href="#jpeg">JPEG</a><br>
- <a href="#png">PNG</a><br>
- <a href="#ExternalFileSupport">External Format Support</a><br>
- <a href="#ExternalAnalysisSupport">External Analysis
- Support</a><br>
- <a href="#RegionFiles">Region Files</a><br>
- <a href="#ContourFiles">Contour Files</a><br>
- <a href="#ColorLookupTable">Color Lookup Table</a><br>
- <a href="#WCS">WCS</a><br>
- <a href="#PreferenceFile">Preference File</a><br>
- <a href="#StartupFile">Startup File</a><br>
- <a href="#TCL">TCL</a><br>
- <p><b><a name="FITS" id="FITS"></a>FITS</b></p>
- DS9 supports FITS images and FITS binary tables. The following
- algorithm is used to locate and to load the FITS image or table if
- no additional information is provide:
- <blockquote>
- <ul>
- <li><tt>Examine primary HDU, if IMAGE, load.<br>
- </tt></li>
- <li><tt>Examine each extension HDU</tt></li>
- <li style="list-style: none">
- <ul>
- <li><tt>If IMAGE, load.<br>
- </tt></li>
- <li><tt>If BINARY TABLE, create IMAGE if the following is
- true:</tt></li>
- <li style="list-style: none">
- <ul>
- <li><tt>FITS COMPRESSED: keyword ZIMAGE is T.</tt></li>
- <li><tt>FITS EVENTS: keyword EXTNAME is EVENTS,STDEVT,
- or RAYEVENT,
- column names X and Y are present.</tt></li>
- <li><tt>FITS HEALPIX: keyword PIXTYPE is HEALPIX.</tt><br>
- </li>
- </ul>
- </li>
- </ul>
- </li>
- <li><tt>If DS9 traverses the entire FITS file without
- satisfying
- one of the above, an error is generated.</tt></li>
- </ul>
- </blockquote>
- FITS keyword inheritance is supported. All valid FITS
- <tt>BITPIX</tt> values are supported, along with <tt>-16,</tt>
- for
- <tt>UNSIGNED SHORT</tt>. The following FITS keywords are
- supported:
- <blockquote><tt>OBJECT<br>
- UNITS<br>
- BSCALE / BZERO<br>
- BLANK<br>
- DATASEC<br>
- LTV / LTM&nbsp; for physical coords<br>
- DTV / DTM&nbsp; for detector coords<br>
- ATV / ATM&nbsp; for amplifier coords<br>
- WCS keywords<br>
- WCS# keywords</tt></blockquote>
- <p><b><a name="FITSImage" id="FITSImage"></a>FITS Image</b></p>
- At load time, the user may provide just a file name or a file name
- along with FITS extension name/number and image section
- specification. FITS extension names are case insensitive. When
- specifying an extension, be sure to quote strings correctly to
- pass
- both the shell and DS9 parser. A image section specification is
- used to specify the x,y limits of an image subsection. By default,
- x and y coordinates are in <tt>IMAGE</tt>, use a <tt>'p'</tt> as
- the last character to indicate <tt>PHYSICAL</tt> coordinates. A
- <tt>'*'</tt> indicates use the default for that axis only. Block
- is
- optional and defaults to 1.<br>
- <blockquote><tt>Syntax:<br>
- filename<br>
- filename[ext]<br>
- filename[ext][sect]<br>
- filename[sect]<br>
- filename[ext,sect]<br>
- <br>
- where</tt><tt><br>
- <br>
- ext:<br>
- [extension name | extension #]<br>
- <br>
- sect:<br>
- [x0:x1</tt><tt>,y0:y1[p]]<br>
- </tt>
- <tt><tt><tt>[x0:x1</tt></tt></tt><tt><tt><tt>,y0:y1</tt></tt></tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>,block</tt></tt></tt></tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>[p]</tt>]<br>
- </tt>
- [x0:x1</tt></tt><tt><tt>,y0:y1</tt></tt><tt><tt>,z0:z1</tt></tt><tt><tt><tt>[p]</tt>]<br>
- </tt></tt>
- <tt><tt><tt>[x0:x1</tt></tt></tt><tt><tt><tt>,y0:y1</tt></tt></tt><tt><tt><tt>,block,z0:z1</tt></tt></tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>[p]</tt>]</tt></tt></tt><br>
- <tt><tt><tt>[*,y0:y1</tt></tt></tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>[p]</tt>]<br>
- </tt>
- <tt><tt><tt>[*,y0:y1</tt></tt></tt></tt></tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>,block</tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>[p]</tt>]<br>
- </tt>
- [*,y0:y1</tt></tt></tt></tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>,z0:z1</tt></tt></tt></tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>[p]</tt>]<br>
- </tt></tt>
- <tt><tt><tt>[*,y0:y1</tt></tt></tt></tt></tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>,block,z0:z1</tt></tt></tt></tt></tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>[p]</tt>]</tt></tt></tt></tt></tt><br>
- <tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>[x0:x1</tt></tt></tt></tt></tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>,*</tt></tt></tt></tt></tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>[p]</tt>]<br>
- </tt>
- <tt><tt><tt>[x0:x1</tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>,*</tt></tt></tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>,block</tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>[p]</tt>]<br>
- </tt>
- [x0:x1</tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>,*,z0:z1</tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>[p]</tt>]<br>
- </tt></tt>
- <tt><tt><tt>[x0:x1</tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>,*,block,z0:z1</tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>[p]</tt>]</tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt><br>
- <tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>[*,*</tt></tt></tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>,block</tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>]<br>
- </tt>
- [*,*,z0:z1</tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>]<br>
- </tt></tt>
- <tt><tt><tt>[*,*,block,z0:z1</tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>]</tt></tt></tt><br>
- <br>
- </tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt>
- [dim1@xcen,dim2@ycen</tt></tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>[p]</tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt>]<br>
- </tt></tt>
- <tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>[dim1@xcen,dim2@ycen,block</tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>[p]</tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt>]<br>
- </tt></tt>
- [dim1@xcen,dim2@ycen,dim3@zcen</tt></tt></tt></tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>[p]</tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt>]<br>
- </tt></tt></tt></tt>
- <tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>[dim1@xcen,dim2@ycen,block,dim3@zcen</tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>[p]</tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt>]</tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt><br>
- <tt><tt><tt><tt>[*,dim2@ycen</tt></tt></tt></tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>[p]</tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt>]<br>
- </tt></tt>
- <tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>[*,dim2@ycen,block</tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>[p]</tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt>]<br>
- </tt></tt>
- [*,dim2@ycen,dim3@zcen</tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>[p]</tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt>]<br>
- </tt></tt></tt></tt>
- <tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>[*,dim2@ycen,block,dim3@zcen</tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>[p]</tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt>]</tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt><br>
- <tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>[dim1@xcen,*</tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>[p]</tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt>]<br>
- </tt></tt>
- <tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>[dim1@xcen,*,block</tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>[p]</tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt>]<br>
- </tt></tt>
- [dim1@xcen,*,dim3@zcen</tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>[p]</tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt>]<br>
- </tt></tt></tt></tt>
- <tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>[dim1@xcen,*,block,dim3@zcen</tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>[p]</tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt>]</tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt><br>
- <tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>[*,*,block]<br>
- </tt></tt> [*,*,dim3@zcen]<br>
- </tt></tt></tt></tt>
- <tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>[*,*,block,dim3@zcen]</tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt><br>
- <br>
- </tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt>
- <tt><tt><tt><tt>[dim@xcen@ycen]</tt></tt><tt><tt><br>
- </tt></tt>
- [dim@xcen@ycen,block]</tt></tt><br>
- <tt><tt><tt><tt>[dim@xcen@ycen,zdim@zcen]</tt></tt></tt></tt><br>
- <tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>[dim@xcen@ycen,block,zdim@zcen]</tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt><tt><br>
- <br>
- Example:<br>
- $ds9 foo.fits # default load<br>
- $ds9 foo.fits[1] # load first extension<br>
- $ds9 foo.fits[BCKGRD] # load extension named 'BCKGRD'<br>
- $ds9 foo.fits[10:200,40:100] # image section<br>
- </tt> <tt><tt>$ds9
- foo.fits[10:200,40:100,2] # image section, blocked by 2<br>
- </tt>
- $ds9 foo.fits[*,40:100] # only section y axis<br>
- $ds9 foo.fits[256@512@512] # section box at 512,512<br>
- $ds9 foo.fits[2][100:200,100:200] # second extension, image
- section<br>
- </tt> <tt><tt>$ds9 foo.fits[2][100:200,100:200,2] #
- second extension, image section, blocked by 2<br>
- </tt> $ds9
- foo.fits[10:200,40:100,5:20] # cube section<br>
- $ds9 foo.fits[*,40:100,5:20] # only section y and z axes<br>
- $ds9 foo.fits[256@512@512] # section cube at 512,512<br>
- $ds9 foo.fits[2][100:200,100:200,5:20] # second extension,
- cube
- section</tt><br>
- <tt>$ds9 foo.fits[2][100:200,100:200,2,5:20] # second extension,
- cube section, blocked by 2</tt></blockquote>
- <b><a name="FITSBinaryEventsTable" id="FITSBinaryEventsTable"></a>FITS
- Binary Events Table<br>
- <br>
- </b> At load time, the user may provide just a file name or a
- file name along with FITS extension name/number, image section
- specification, and binnng parameters. DS9 will automatically
- convert an FITS binary events table into a 2D image for display.
- FITS extension names and parameters are case insensitive. The
- users
- may specify a number of parameters on how to construct the image
- and how to filter data. When specifying a filter, be sure to quote
- strings correctly to pass both the shell and DS9
- parser.</blockquote>
- <blockquote>
- <blockquote><tt><tt><tt><tt>Syntax:<br>
- </tt></tt></tt></tt>
- <tt><tt>filename<br>
- filename[ext]<br>
- filename[ext][sect]<br>
- filename[sect]<br>
- filename[ext,sect]<br>
- </tt><br>
- filename[ext][bin]<br>
- </tt>
- <tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>filename[ext][bin][sect]<br>
- </tt></tt></tt></tt>
- filename[ext][sect][bin]<br>
- </tt>
- <tt><tt><tt><tt>filename[bin]<br>
- </tt></tt></tt>
- filename[bin][sect]<br>
- </tt>
- <tt><tt>filename[sect][bin]<br>
- </tt></tt> <tt>filename[ext,bin]<br>
- <br>
- </tt> <tt>where:<br>
- ext: see <a href="FITSImage">FITS Image</a><br>
- sect: see <a href="FITSImage">FITS Image</a><br>
- <br>
- bin:<br>
- [bin=colx,coly] # bin counts<br>
- </tt>
- <tt><tt>[bin=colx,coly,filter] # bin counts with filter<br>
- </tt>
- [bin=colx,coly,colz] # bin on colz<br>
- </tt>
- <tt><tt>[bin=colx,coly,colz,filter] # bin on colz with
- filter<br>
- </tt></tt> <tt><tt>[bin=colz] # bin cols 'x', 'y', and
- colz<br>
- </tt></tt> <tt><tt>[bin=colz,filter] # bin cols 'x', 'y',
- and colz with filter<br>
- </tt> [key=colx,coly]<br>
- [binkey=colx,coly]<br>
- </tt><br>
- (see <a
- href="http://hea-www.harvard.edu/saord/funtools/filters.html">Introduction
-to
- Filtering</a>)<br>
- <br>
- <tt>Example:</tt><br>
- <tt>$ds9 foo.fits # default load</tt><br>
- <tt>$ds9 foo.fits[1] # load first extension</tt><br>
- <tt>$ds9 foo.fits[BCKGRD] # load extension named 'BCKGRD'</tt><br>
- <tt>$ds9 foo.fits[bin=detx,dety] # bin on detx,dety</tt><br>
- <tt>$ds9 foo.fits[2][bin=rawx,rawy] # load ext 2, cols
- rawx,rawy</tt><br>
- <tt>$ds9 foo.fits[bg_events,bin=rawx,rawy] # load ext bg_events,
- cols rawx,rawy</tt><br>
- <tt>$ds9 foo.fits[bin=x,y,pha] # bin on x,y,pi</tt><br>
- <tt>$ds9 foo.fits[bin=pi] # bin on x,y,pi</tt><br>
- <tt>$ds9 'foo.fits[ccd_id==3&amp;&amp;energy&gt;4000]' # quoted
- filter</tt><br>
- <tt>$ds9 '"foo.fits[ccd_id==3 &amp;&amp; energy&gt;4000]"' #
- double
- quoted filter</tt><br>
- <tt>$ds9 'foo.fits[events][pha&gt;5,pi&lt;2]' # load extension
- 'events' and filter</tt></blockquote>
- </blockquote>
- <blockquote>
- <p>The shell environment variable <tt>DS9_BINKEY</tt> may be used
- to specify default bin cols for FITS bin tables. Example:</p>
- <blockquote><tt>$ export DS9_BINKEY='[bin=rawx,rawy]'</tt><br>
- <tt>$ ds9 foo.fits # load FITS bin table, bin on rawx,
- rawy<br>
- </tt></blockquote>
- <p><b><a name="FITSHEALPIXTable" id="FITSHEALPIXTable"></a>FITS
- HEALPIX Table<br>
- </b></p>
- At load time, the user may provide just a file name or a file name
- along with FITS extension name/number, image section
- specification,
- and Healpix parameters. DS9 will automatically convert a FITS
- HEALPIX binary or ascii table into a 2D image for display. FITS
- extension names and parameters are case insensitive. The users may
- specify a number of parameters on how to construct the image. Any
- table with keyword PIXTYPE=HEALPIX or NSIDE=x will be processed as
- an HEALPIX image. The following FITS keywords will be used if
- present and not overwritten by a command line option: NSIDE,
- COORDSYS, ORDER.<br>
- <blockquote><tt><tt><tt><tt>Syntax:<br>
- </tt></tt></tt></tt>
- <tt><tt>filename<br>
- filename[ext]<br>
- filename[ext][sect]<br>
- filename[sect]<br>
- filename[ext,sect]<br>
- <br>
- </tt></tt> <tt><tt><tt>filename[ext][hpx]<br>
- </tt>
- <tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>filename[ext][hpx][sect]<br>
- </tt></tt></tt></tt>
- filename[ext][sect][hpx]<br>
- </tt>
- <tt><tt><tt><tt>filename[hpx]<br>
- </tt></tt></tt>
- filename[hpx][sect]<br>
- </tt>
- <tt><tt>filename[sect][hpx]<br>
- </tt></tt> <tt>filename[ext,hpx]<br>
- <br>
- </tt> where:<br>
- </tt></tt> <tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>ext: see
- <a
- href="file:///Users/joye/saods9/ds9/doc/ref/FITSImage">FITS
- Image</a><br>
- </tt></tt></tt></tt></tt> sect: see <a
- href="file:///Users/joye/saods9/ds9/doc/ref/FITSImage">FITS
- Image</a><br>
- <br>
- hpx:<br>
- </tt></tt> <tt>[order=ring|nested] # default ring<br>
- [layout=equatorial|north|south] # default equatorial<br>
- [col=&lt;column number&gt;] # defaut 1<br>
- [quad=&lt;quadurant number&gt;] # (1-4) default 1<br>
- [system=equatorial|galactic|ecliptic|unknown] # default
- unknown</tt><br>
- <br>
- <tt>Example:</tt> <tt><br>
- $ds9 foo.fits # default load</tt> <tt><br>
- $ds9 foo.fits[1] # load first extension</tt> <tt><br>
- $ds9
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+<h3><img alt="" src="../sun.gif" width="100" align="middle" height=
+"98"> File Formats</h3>
+<blockquote><a href="#FITS">FITS</a><br>
+<a href="#FITSImage">FITS Image</a><br>
+<a href="#FITSBinaryEventsTable">FITS Binary Events Table</a><br>
+<a href="#FITSHEALPIXTable">FITS HEALPIX Table</a><br>
+<a href="#FITSDataCube">FITS Data Cube</a><br>
+<a href="#FITSMultipleExtensionDataCube">FITS Multiple Extension
+Data Cube</a><br>
+<a href="#FITSMultipleExtensionMultipleFrames">FITS Multiple
+Extension Multiple Frames</a><br>
+<a href="#FITSMosaic">FITS Mosaic</a><br>
+<a href="#FITSMosaicDataCube">FITS Mosaic Data Cube</a><br>
+<a href="#FITSRGB">FITS RGB</a><br>
+<a href="#SplitFITS">Split FITS</a><br>
+<a href="#array">Array</a><br>
+<a href=
+"file:///Users/joye/saods9/doc/ref/file.html#nrrd">NRRD</a><br>
+<a href="#envi">ENVI</a><br>
+<a href="#gif">GIF</a><br>
+<a href="#tiff">TIFF</a><br>
+<a href="#jpeg">JPEG</a><br>
+<a href="#png">PNG</a><br>
+<a href="#ExternalFileSupport">External Format Support</a><br>
+<a href="#ExternalAnalysisSupport">External Analysis
+Support</a><br>
+<a href="#RegionFiles">Region Files</a><br>
+<a href="#ContourFiles">Contour Files</a><br>
+<a href="#ColorLookupTable">Color Lookup Table</a><br>
+<a href="#WCS">WCS</a><br>
+<a href="#PreferenceFile">Preference File</a><br>
+<a href="#StartupFile">Startup File</a><br>
+<a href="#TCL">TCL</a><br>
+<p><b><a name="FITS" id="FITS"></a>FITS</b></p>
+DS9 supports FITS images and FITS binary tables. The following
+algorithm is used to locate and to load the FITS image or table if
+no additional information is provide:
+<blockquote>
+<ul>
+<li><tt>Examine primary HDU, if IMAGE, load.<br></tt></li>
+<li><tt>Examine each extension HDU</tt></li>
+<li style="list-style: none">
+<ul>
+<li><tt>If IMAGE, load.<br></tt></li>
+<li><tt>If BINARY TABLE, create IMAGE if the following is
+true:</tt></li>
+<li style="list-style: none">
+<ul>
+<li><tt>FITS COMPRESSED: keyword ZIMAGE is T.</tt></li>
+<li><tt>FITS EVENTS: keyword EXTNAME is EVENTS,STDEVT, or RAYEVENT,
+column names X and Y are present.</tt></li>
+<li><tt>FITS HEALPIX: keyword PIXTYPE is HEALPIX.</tt><br></li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+<li><tt>If DS9 traverses the entire FITS file without satisfying
+one of the above, an error is generated.</tt></li>
+</ul>
+</blockquote>
+FITS keyword inheritance is supported. All valid FITS
+<tt>BITPIX</tt> values are supported, along with <tt>-16,</tt> for
+<tt>UNSIGNED SHORT</tt>. The following FITS keywords are
+supported:<br>
+<br>
+<tt>OBJECT</tt><br>
+<tt>UNITS</tt><br>
+<tt>BSCALE / BZERO</tt><br>
+<tt>BLANK</tt><br>
+<tt>DATASEC</tt><br>
+<tt>LTV / LTM&nbsp; for physical coords</tt><br>
+<tt>DTV / DTM&nbsp; for detector coords</tt><br>
+<tt>ATV / ATM&nbsp; for amplifier coords</tt><br>
+<tt>WCS keywords</tt><br>
+<tt>WCS# keywords</tt><br>
+<p><b><a name="FITSImage" id="FITSImage"></a>FITS Image</b></p>
+At load time, the user may provide just a file name or a file name
+along with FITS extension name/number and image section
+specification. FITS extension names are case insensitive. When
+specifying an extension, be sure to quote strings correctly to pass
+both the shell and DS9 parser. A image section specification is
+used to specify the x,y limits of an image subsection. By default,
+x and y coordinates are in <tt>IMAGE</tt>, use a <tt>'p'</tt> as
+the last character to indicate <tt>PHYSICAL</tt> coordinates. A
+<tt>'*'</tt> indicates use the default for that axis only. Block is
+optional and defaults to 1.<br>
+<br>
+<tt>Syntax:<br>
+filename<br>
+filename[ext]<br>
+filename[ext][sect]<br>
+filename[sect]<br>
+filename[ext,sect]<br>
+<br>
+where<br>
+<br>
+ext:<br>
+[extension name | extension #]<br>
+<br>
+sect:<br>
+[x0:x1,y0:y1[p]]<br>
+[x0:x1,y0:y1,block[p]]<br>
+[x0:x1,y0:y1,z0:z1[p]]<br>
+[x0:x1,y0:y1,block,z0:z1[p]]<br>
+[*,y0:y1[p]]<br>
+[*,y0:y1,block[p]]<br>
+[*,y0:y1,z0:z1[p]]<br>
+[*,y0:y1,block,z0:z1[p]]<br>
+[x0:x1,*[p]]<br>
+[x0:x1,*,block[p]]<br>
+[x0:x1,*,z0:z1[p]]<br>
+[x0:x1,*,block,z0:z1[p]]<br>
+[*,*,block]<br>
+[*,*,z0:z1]<br>
+[*,*,block,z0:z1]<br>
+<br>
+[dim1@xcen,dim2@ycen[p]]<br>
+[dim1@xcen,dim2@ycen,block[p]]<br>
+[dim1@xcen,dim2@ycen,dim3@zcen[p]]<br>
+[dim1@xcen,dim2@ycen,block,dim3@zcen[p]]<br>
+[*,dim2@ycen[p]]<br>
+[*,dim2@ycen,block[p]]<br>
+[*,dim2@ycen,dim3@zcen[p]]<br>
+[*,dim2@ycen,block,dim3@zcen[p]]<br>
+[dim1@xcen,*[p]]<br>
+[dim1@xcen,*,block[p]]<br>
+[dim1@xcen,*,dim3@zcen[p]]<br>
+[dim1@xcen,*,block,dim3@zcen[p]]<br>
+[*,*,block]<br>
+[*,*,dim3@zcen]<br>
+[*,*,block,dim3@zcen]<br>
+<br>
+[dim@xcen@ycen]<br>
+[dim@xcen@ycen,block]<br>
+[dim@xcen@ycen,zdim@zcen]<br>
+[dim@xcen@ycen,block,zdim@zcen]<br>
+<br>
+Example:<br>
+$ds9 foo.fits # default load<br>
+$ds9 foo.fits[1] # load first extension<br>
+$ds9 foo.fits[BCKGRD] # load extension named 'BCKGRD'<br>
+$ds9 foo.fits[10:200,40:100] # image section<br>
+$ds9 foo.fits[10:200,40:100,2] # image section, blocked by 2<br>
+$ds9 foo.fits[*,40:100] # only section y axis<br>
+$ds9 foo.fits[256@512@512] # section box at 512,512<br>
+$ds9 foo.fits[2][100:200,100:200] # second extension, image
+section<br>
+$ds9 foo.fits[2][100:200,100:200,2] # second extension, image
+section, blocked by 2<br>
+$ds9 foo.fits[10:200,40:100,5:20] # cube section<br>
+$ds9 foo.fits[*,40:100,5:20] # only section y and z axes<br>
+$ds9 foo.fits[256@512@512] # section cube at 512,512<br>
+$ds9 foo.fits[2][100:200,100:200,5:20] # second extension, cube
+section<br>
+$ds9 foo.fits[2][100:200,100:200,2,5:20] # second extension, cube
+section, blocked by 2<br>
+<br></tt> <b><a name="FITSBinaryEventsTable" id=
+"FITSBinaryEventsTable"></a>FITS Binary Events Table<br>
+<br></b> At load time, the user may provide just a file name or a
+file name along with FITS extension name/number, image section
+specification, and binnng parameters. DS9 will automatically
+convert an FITS binary events table into a 2D image for display.
+FITS extension names and parameters are case insensitive. The users
+may specify a number of parameters on how to construct the image
+and how to filter data. When specifying a filter, be sure to quote
+strings correctly to pass both the shell and DS9
+parser.</blockquote>
+<blockquote><tt>Syntax:<br>
+filename<br>
+filename[ext]<br>
+filename[ext][sect]<br>
+filename[sect]<br>
+filename[ext,sect]<br>
+<br>
+filename[ext][bin]<br>
+filename[ext][bin][sect]<br>
+filename[ext][sect][bin]<br>
+filename[bin]<br>
+filename[bin][sect]<br>
+filename[sect][bin]<br>
+filename[ext,bin]<br>
+<br>
+where:<br>
+ext: see<a href="FITSImage">FITS Image</a><br>
+sect: see<a href="FITSImage">FITS Image</a><br>
+<br>
+bin:<br>
+[bin=colx,coly] # bin counts<br>
+[bin=colx,coly,filter] # bin counts with filter<br>
+[bin=colx,coly,colz] # bin on colz<br>
+[bin=colx,coly,colz,filter] # bin on colz with filter<br>
+[bin=colz] # bin cols 'x', 'y', and colz<br>
+[bin=colz,filter] # bin cols 'x', 'y', and colz with filter<br>
+[key=colx,coly]<br>
+[binkey=colx,coly]<br></tt><br>
+(see <a href=
+"http://hea-www.harvard.edu/saord/funtools/filters.html">Introduction
+to Filtering</a>)<br>
+<br>
+<tt>Example:<br>
+$ds9 foo.fits # default load<br>
+$ds9 foo.fits[1] # load first extension<br>
+$ds9 foo.fits[BCKGRD] # load extension named 'BCKGRD'<br>
+$ds9 foo.fits[bin=detx,dety] # bin on detx,dety<br>
+$ds9 foo.fits[2][bin=rawx,rawy] # load ext 2, cols rawx,rawy<br>
+$ds9 foo.fits[bg_events,bin=rawx,rawy] # load ext bg_events, cols
+rawx,rawy<br>
+$ds9 foo.fits[bin=x,y,pha] # bin on x,y,pi<br>
+$ds9 foo.fits[bin=pi] # bin on x,y,pi<br>
+$ds9 'foo.fits[ccd_id==3&amp;&amp;energy&gt;4000]' # quoted
+filter<br>
+$ds9 '"foo.fits[ccd_id==3 &amp;&amp; energy&gt;4000]"' # double
+quoted filter<br>
+$ds9 'foo.fits[events][pha&gt;5,pi&lt;2]' # load extension 'events'
+and filter</tt><br></blockquote>
+<blockquote>
+<p>The shell environment variable <tt>DS9_BINKEY</tt> may be used
+to specify default bin cols for FITS bin tables. Example:</p>
+<tt>$ export DS9_BINKEY='[bin=rawx,rawy]'<br>
+$ ds9 foo.fits # load FITS bin table, bin on rawx, rawy</tt><br>
+<p><b><a name="FITSHEALPIXTable" id="FITSHEALPIXTable"></a>FITS
+HEALPIX Table<br></b></p>
+At load time, the user may provide just a file name or a file name
+along with FITS extension name/number, image section specification,
+and Healpix parameters. DS9 will automatically convert a FITS
+HEALPIX binary or ascii table into a 2D image for display. FITS
+extension names and parameters are case insensitive. The users may
+specify a number of parameters on how to construct the image. Any
+table with keyword PIXTYPE=HEALPIX or NSIDE=x will be processed as
+an HEALPIX image. The following FITS keywords will be used if
+present and not overwritten by a command line option: NSIDE,
+COORDSYS, ORDER.<br>
+<br>
+<tt>Syntax:<br>
+filename<br>
+filename[ext]<br>
+filename[ext][sect]<br>
+filename[sect]<br>
+filename[ext,sect]<br>
+<br>
+filename[ext][hpx]<br>
+filename[ext][hpx][sect]<br>
+filename[ext][sect][hpx]<br>
+filename[hpx]<br>
+filename[hpx][sect]<br>
+filename[sect][hpx]<br>
+filename[ext,hpx]<br>
+<br>
+where:<br>
+ext: see<a href=
+"file:///Users/joye/saods9/ds9/doc/ref/FITSImage">FITS
+Image</a><br>
+sect: see<a href=
+"file:///Users/joye/saods9/ds9/doc/ref/FITSImage">FITS
+Image</a><br>
+<br>
+hpx:<br>
+[order=ring|nested] # default ring<br>
+[layout=equatorial|north|south] # default equatorial<br>
+[col=&lt;column number&gt;] # defaut 1<br>
+[quad=&lt;quadurant number&gt;] # (1-4) default 1<br>
+[system=equatorial|galactic|ecliptic|unknown] # default unknown<br>
+<br>
+Example:<br>
+$ds9 foo.fits # default load<br>
+$ds9 foo.fits[1] # load first extension<br>
+$ds9
foo.fits[order=ring,layout=equatorial,col=1,quad=1,system=unknown]<br>
- </tt> <tt>$ds9 foo.fits[1,order=nested] # first extension,
- nested
- order</tt><br>
- </blockquote>
- <p><b><a name="FITSDataCube" id="FITSDataCube"></a>FITS
- Cube</b></p>
- A FITS Cube is a FITS image which contains more than 2 axes
- (NAXES&gt;2). DS9 will automatically detect if a cube is present
- and will load all additional images. In addition, individual
- images
- can be loaded one at a time into a cube. DS9 will display the Cube
- dialog box which allows the user to select which 2 image to be
- displayed.
- <p><b><a name="FITSMultipleExtensionDataCube"
- id="FITSMultipleExtensionDataCube"></a>FITS Multiple
- Extension
- Cube</b></p>
- A FITS Multiple Extension Data Cube file is a FITS file with one
- or
- more extensions, that is to be displayed as a data cube. Each
- image
- does not have to be the same size, however, only the coordinate
- systems from the first extension will be used for contours and
- grids.<br>
- <blockquote><tt>Example:</tt><br>
- <tt>$ds9 -mecube foo.fits # load multiple extension fits file as
- data cube</tt></blockquote>
- <p><b><a name="FITSMultipleExtensionMultipleFrames"
- id="FITSMultipleExtensionMultipleFrames"></a>FITS Multiple
- Extension
- Multiple Frames</b></p>
- Load a multiple extension FITS file into multiple frames. Please
- note that files loaded via standard-in or the xpa fits command can
- not be displayed using this method.<br>
- <blockquote><tt>Example:</tt><br>
- <tt>$ds9 -multiframe foo.fits # load multiple extension fits
- file
- as multiple frames</tt></blockquote>
- <p><b><a name="FITSMosaic" id="FITSMosaic"></a>FITS Mosaic</b></p>
- A FITS mosaic image may exist as a series of FITS files, or as one
- FITS file with many extensions. A FITS mosaic may be loaded all a
- one time, or by the segment. Once loaded, the multiple FITS images
- are treated as one FITS image.<br>
- <br>
- DS9 supports three forms of mosaics:&nbsp;
- <center>
- <table width="50%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" border="1"
- align="center">
- <tbody>
- <tr>
- <td valign="top"><tt>IRAF</tt><br>
- </td>
- <td valign="top"><tt>contains the DETSEC and DETSIZE
- keywords.<br>
- See <a
- href="http://iraf.noao.edu/projects/ccdmosaic/imagedef/imagedef.html">NOAO
-IRAF
- Mosaic Data Structures</a></tt><br>
- </td>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <td valign="top" align="left"><tt>WCS</tt><br>
- </td>
- <td valign="top" align="left"><tt>each FITS image contains
- a valid
- WCS.</tt><br>
- </td>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <td valign="top" align="left"><tt>HST WFPC2</tt><br>
- </td>
- <td valign="top" align="left"><tt>valid HST WFPC2 data
- cube,
- consisting of 4 planes, along with a fits ascii table
- containing
- wcs information.</tt></td>
- </tr>
- </tbody>
- </table>
- </center>
- <blockquote><tt>Example:</tt><br>
- <tt>$ds9 -mosaicimage iraf foo.fits # load mosaic iraf from one
- fits file with multiple exts</tt><br>
- <tt>$ds9 -mosaic iraf foo.fits bar.fits wow.fits # load mosaic
- iraf
- from 3 files</tt><br>
- <tt>$ds9 -mosaicimage wcs foo.fits # load mosaic wcs from one
- fits
- file with multiple exts</tt><br>
- <tt>$ds9 -mosaic wcs foo.fits bar.fits wow.fits # load mosaic
- wcs
- from 3 files</tt><br>
- <tt>$ds9 -mosaicimage wfpc2 bar.fits # load wfpc2 mosaic</tt><br>
- <tt>$ds9 -mosaic foo.fits bar.fits wow.fits # load mosaic (wcs)
- from 3 files</tt><br>
- </blockquote>
- <p><b><a name="FITSMosaicDataCube" id="FITSMosaicDataCube"></a>FITS
-Mosaic
- Data Cube</b></p>
- A FITS Mosaic Data Cube is a FITS mosaic image which contains more
- than 2 axes (NAXES&gt;2). DS9 will automatically detect if a
- mosaic
- data cube is present and will load all additional images. At the
- same time, DS9 will display the data cube dialog box which allows
- the user to select which 2 image to be displayed.
- <p><b><a name="FITSRGB" id="FITSRGB"></a>FITS RGB</b></p>
- A FITS RGB image may exist as three of FITS images, one FITS file
- with three extensions, or as a FITS 3D Data cube, with three
- slices, each representing the red, green, and blue channel. A FITS
- RGB image may be loaded all a one time, or by the channel. Once
- loaded, the multiple FITS images are treated as one FITS image.<br>
- <blockquote><tt>Example:</tt><br>
- <tt>$ds9 -rgbimage rgb.fits # load rgb image consisting of one
- fits
- file with 3 image exts</tt><br>
- <tt>$ds9 -rgbcube cube.fits # load rgb image consisting of one
- fits
- data cube</tt><br>
- <tt>$ds9 -rgb -red foo.fits -green bar.fits -blue wow.fits # rgb
- image from 3 fits images</tt><br>
- </blockquote>
- <p><b><a name="SplitFITS" id="SplitFITS"></a>Split FITS</b></p>
- A split fits is a valid fits file in which two files contain the
- header and data segments.
- <p><b><a name="array" id="array"></a>Array</b></p>
- Raw data arrays are supported. To load an array, the user must
- provide the dimensions, pixel depth, and optional header size and
- architecture type.
- <blockquote><tt>Syntax:<br>
- </tt>
- <tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>filename[arr]<br>
- </tt></tt></tt>
- filename[arr][sect]<br>
- </tt> <tt><tt>filename[sect][arr]<br>
- &nbsp;</tt></tt></tt></tt><br>
- where</tt><br>
- <tt><tt><tt>sect: see <a
- href="file:///Users/joye/saods9/ds9/doc/ref/FITSImage">FITS
- Image</a><br>
- </tt></tt> arr:<br>
- </tt>
- <blockquote><tt>xdim=value</tt><br>
- <tt>ydim=value</tt><br>
- <tt>zdim=value # default is a depth of 1</tt><br>
- <tt>dim=value</tt><br>
- <tt>dims=value</tt><br>
- <tt>bitpix=[8|16|-16|32|64|-32|-64]</tt><br>
- <tt>skip=value # must be even, most must be factor of 4</tt><br>
- <tt>arch|endian=[big|bigendian|little|littleendian]</tt><br>
- </blockquote>
- <tt>Example:<br>
- $ds9 -array bar.arr[xdim=512,ydim=512,zdim=1,bitpix=16] # load
- 512x512 short<br>
- $ds9 -array bar.arr[dim=256,bitpix=-32,skip=4] # load 256x256
- float
- with 4 byte head<br>
- $ds9 -array bar.arr[dim=512,bitpix=32,arch=little] # load
- 512x512
- long, intel<br>
- </tt>
- <p>or alternate format:</p>
- <tt>filename[array(&lt;type&gt;&lt;dim&gt;&lt;:skip&gt;&lt;endian&gt;)]<br>
- <br>
- where:<br>
- type:</tt>
- <blockquote><tt>'b' 8 -bit unsigned char<br>
- 's' 16-bit short int<br>
- 'u' 16-bit unsigned short int<br>
- 'i' 32-bit int<br>
- 'l' 64-bit int<br>
- 'r' 32-bit float<br>
- 'f' 32-bit float<br>
- 'd' 64-bit float</tt></blockquote>
- <tt>dim:</tt>
- <blockquote><tt>int&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; # x,y dim<br>
- int.int # x,y dim<br>
- int.int.int # x,y,z dim<br>
- </tt></blockquote>
- <tt>skip:</tt>
- <blockquote><tt>int&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; # number of bytes to
- skip</tt></blockquote>
- <tt>endian:</tt>
- <blockquote><tt>'l' little endian<br>
- 'b' big endian<br>
- </tt></blockquote>
- <tt>Example:<br>
- $ds9 -array bar.arr[array(s512)]&nbsp;&nbsp; # load 512x512
- short<br>
- $ds9 -array bar.arr[array(r256:4)] # load 256x256 float with 4
- byte
- head<br>
- $ds9 -array bar.arr[array(i512l)]&nbsp; # load 512x512 long,
- intel</tt>
- <p>The shell environment variable <tt>DS9_ARRAY</tt> may be
- used to
- specify default array parameters.</p>
- <tt>Example:<br>
- $export DS9_ARRAY='[dim=256,bitpix=-32]'<br>
- $ds9 -array foo.arr # load 256x256 float<br>
- </tt></blockquote>
- <p><b><a name="nrrd" id="nrrd"></a>NRRD (Nearly Raw Raster
- Data)</b><br>
- </p>
- Images in NRRD are supported directly. Encodings supported:
- <tt>raw, gzip<br>
- </tt><br>
- <tt>Syntax:<br>
- </tt>
- <tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>filename<br>
- </tt></tt></tt>
- filename[sect]<br>
- </tt></tt></tt></tt><br>
- <tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>where:<br>
- sect: see <a
- href="file:///Users/joye/saods9/ds9/doc/ref/FITSImage">FITS
- Image</a><br>
- </tt></tt></tt> <tt><tt><br>
- </tt></tt></tt></tt></tt>
- <tt>Example:</tt><br>
- <tt>$ds9 -nrrd foo.nrrd<br>
- $ds9 -nrrd foo.nrrd[100:200,100:200] # cropped</tt><br>
- <p><b><a name="envi" id="envi"></a>ENVI</b><br>
- </p>
- Images in ENVI are supported directly. Encodings supported:
- <tt>BIL, BIP, BSQ.<br>
- </tt><br>
- <tt>Syntax:<br>
- </tt>
- <tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>filename<br>
- </tt></tt></tt>
- filename[sect]<br>
- <br>
- where:</tt></tt></tt></tt><br>
- <tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>sect: see <a
- href="file:///Users/joye/saods9/ds9/doc/ref/FITSImage">FITS
- Image</a><br>
- </tt></tt></tt> <tt><tt><br>
- </tt></tt></tt></tt></tt>
- <tt>Example:</tt><br>
- <tt>$ds9 -envi foo.hdr foo.bsq<br>
- $ds9 -envi foo.hdr foo.bsq[100:200,100:200] # cropped<br>
- </tt>
- <p><b><a name="gif" id="gif"></a>GIF</b><br>
- </p>
- Images in GIF are supported directly. For a <tt>Frame</tt>, the
- average of the luminosity is used. For <tt>Frame RGB</tt>, each
- channel is loaded directly.<br>
- <tt><br>
- Syntax:<br>
- </tt>
- <tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>filename<br>
- </tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt><br>
- <tt>Example:<br>
- </tt> <tt>$ ds9 -gif foo.gif</tt><br>
- <p><b><a name="tiff" id="tiff"></a>TIFF</b><br>
- </p>
- Images in TIFF are supported directly. For a <tt>Frame</tt>, the
- average of the luminosity is used. For <tt>Frame RGB</tt>, each
- channel is loaded directly.<br>
- <br>
- <tt>Syntax:<br>
- </tt>
- <tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>filename<br>
- </tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt><br>
- <tt>Example:</tt><br>
- <tt>$ ds9 -tiff foo.tiff</tt><br>
- <p><b><a name="jpeg" id="jpeg"></a>JPEG</b><br>
- </p>
- Images in JPEG are supported directly. For a <tt>Frame</tt>, the
- average of the luminosity is used. For <tt>Frame RGB</tt>, each
- channel is loaded directly.<br>
- <tt><br>
- Syntax:<br>
- </tt>
- <tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>filename<br>
- </tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt><br>
- <tt>Example:</tt><br>
- <tt>$ ds9 -jpeg foo.jpeg</tt><br>
- <p><b><a name="png" id="png"></a>PNG</b><br>
- </p>
- Images in PNG are supported directly. For a <tt>Frame</tt>, the
- average of the luminosity is used. For <tt>Frame RGB</tt>, each
- channel is loaded directly.<br>
- <br>
- <tt>Syntax:<br>
- </tt>
- <tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt><tt>filename<br>
- </tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt></tt><br>
- <tt>Example:</tt><br>
- <tt>$ ds9 -png foo.png</tt><br>
- <p><b><a name="ExternalFileSupport" id="ExternalFileSupport"></a>External
- File Support</b></p>
- DS9 supports external file formats via an ASCII description file.
- When loading a file into DS9, these descriptions are referenced
- for
- instructions for loading the file, based on the file extension. If
- found, the command is executed and the result, a FITS image or
- FITS
- Binary Table, is read into DS9 via stdin.<br>
- At start-up, DS9 first searches for the ASCII file, named
- <tt>.ds9.fil</tt>in the local directory, then in the users home
- directory.<br>
- The file command first is macro-expanded to fill in user-defined
- arguments and then is executed externally.<br>
- The ASCII file that defines the known image files consists of one
- or more file descriptors, each of which has the following format:
- <blockquote><tt>Help description<br>
- A space-separated list of templates<br>
- A space-separated list of file types (not currently used)<br>
- The command line for the loading this file
- type<br>
- </tt></blockquote>
- Note that blank lines separate the file descriptions and should
- not
- be used as part of a description. Also, the '#' character is a
- comment character.<br>
- <br>
- The following macros are supported: <tt>$filename</tt><br>
- <blockquote><tt>For Example:</tt><br>
- <tt># File access descriptions:</tt><br>
- <tt>#&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; help explanation</tt><br>
- <tt>#&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; file template</tt><br>
- <tt>#&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; file type</tt><br>
- <tt>#&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; access command</tt><br>
- <tt>IRAF IMH files</tt><br>
- <tt>*.imh</tt><br>
- <tt>IMH</tt><br>
- <tt>i2f -s $filename</tt></blockquote>
- <p><b><a name="ExternalAnalysisSupport"
- id="ExternalAnalysisSupport"></a>External Analysis Support</b></p>
- For more information about external analysis support files, see
- <a href="analysis.html">Analysis</a>.
- <p><b><a name="RegionFiles" id="RegionFiles"></a>Region
- Files</b></p>
- DS9 can read and write a number of region file formats. See
- <a href="region.html">Regions</a> documentation for more
- information.
- <blockquote><tt><a href="region.html#RegionDescriptions">DS9</a><br>
- <a href="region.html#FUNTools">FUNTools</a><br>
- <a href="region.html#Ciao">Ciao</a><br>
- <a href="region.html#SAOimage">SAOimage</a><br>
- <a href="region.html#IRAFPROS">IRAF PROS</a><br>
- <a href="region.html#FITSREGIONBinaryTable">FITS REGION Binary
- Table</a><br>
- <a href="region.html#XY">X Y</a><br>
- </tt></blockquote>
- <p><b><a name="ContourFiles" id="ContourFiles"></a>Contour
- Files</b></p>
- See <a href="contour.html">Contours</a>
- documentation for more information.<br>
- <p><b><a name="ColorLookupTable" id="ColorLookupTable"></a>Color
- Lookup Table</b></p>
- DS9 has a number of default colormaps available to the user. DS9
- also supports reading and writing color lookup table formats from
- the following programs:
- <blockquote><tt>
- SAOimage<br>
- SAOtng<br>
- XImtool<br>
- </tt></blockquote>
- DS9 uses the file extension to determine the color table format:
- <center>
- <table nosave="" width="50%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"
- border="1">
- <tbody>
- <tr nosave="">
- <td nosave="">
- <center><tt>Ext</tt></center>
- </td>
- <td>
- <center><tt>Format</tt></center>
- </td>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <td><tt>.lut</tt></td>
- <td><tt>XImtool, SAOtng</tt></td>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <td><tt>.sao</tt></td>
- <td><tt>DS9, SAOimage</tt></td>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <td><tt>any other</tt></td>
- <td><tt>DS9</tt></td>
- </tr>
- </tbody>
- </table>
- </center>
- <p><b><a name="WCS" id="WCS"></a>WCS</b></p>
- A new WCS specification can be loaded and used by the current
- image
- regardless of the WCS that was contained in the image file. WCS
- specification can be sent to DS9 as an ASCII file via XPA. The
- format of the specification is a set of valid FITS keywords that
- describe a WCS.
- <blockquote><tt>Example:<br>
- &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CRPIX1&nbsp;
+
+$ds9 foo.fits[1,order=nested] # first extension, nested
+order</tt><br>
+<p><b><a name="FITSDataCube" id="FITSDataCube"></a>FITS
+Cube</b></p>
+A FITS Cube is a FITS image which contains more than 2 axes
+(NAXES&gt;2). DS9 will automatically detect if a cube is present
+and will load all additional images. In addition, individual images
+can be loaded one at a time into a cube. DS9 will display the Cube
+dialog box which allows the user to select which 2 image to be
+displayed.
+<p><b><a name="FITSMultipleExtensionDataCube" id=
+"FITSMultipleExtensionDataCube"></a>FITS Multiple Extension
+Cube</b></p>
+A FITS Multiple Extension Data Cube file is a FITS file with one or
+more extensions, that is to be displayed as a data cube. Each image
+does not have to be the same size, however, only the coordinate
+systems from the first extension will be used for contours and
+grids.<br>
+<br>
+<tt>Example:<br>
+$ds9 -mecube foo.fits # load multiple extension fits file as data
+cube</tt><br>
+<p><b><a name="FITSMultipleExtensionMultipleFrames" id=
+"FITSMultipleExtensionMultipleFrames"></a>FITS Multiple Extension
+Multiple Frames</b></p>
+Load a multiple extension FITS file into multiple frames. Please
+note that files loaded via standard-in or the xpa fits command can
+not be displayed using this method.<br>
+<br>
+<tt>Example:<br>
+$ds9 -multiframe foo.fits # load multiple extension fits file as
+multiple frames</tt><br>
+<p><b><a name="FITSMosaic" id="FITSMosaic"></a>FITS Mosaic</b></p>
+A FITS mosaic image may exist as a series of FITS files, or as one
+FITS file with many extensions. A FITS mosaic may be loaded all a
+one time, or by the segment. Once loaded, the multiple FITS images
+are treated as one FITS image.<br>
+<br>
+DS9 supports three forms of mosaics:&nbsp;
+<center>
+<table width="50%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" border="1"
+align="center">
+<tbody>
+<tr>
+<td valign="top"><tt>IRAF</tt><br></td>
+<td valign="top"><tt>contains the DETSEC and DETSIZE keywords.<br>
+See <a href=
+"http://iraf.noao.edu/projects/ccdmosaic/imagedef/imagedef.html">NOAO
+IRAF Mosaic Data Structures</a></tt><br></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td valign="top" align="left"><tt>WCS</tt><br></td>
+<td valign="top" align="left"><tt>each FITS image contains a valid
+WCS.</tt><br></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td valign="top" align="left"><tt>HST WFPC2</tt><br></td>
+<td valign="top" align="left"><tt>valid HST WFPC2 data cube,
+consisting of 4 planes, along with a fits ascii table containing
+wcs information.</tt></td>
+</tr>
+</tbody>
+</table>
+</center>
+<br>
+<tt>Example:<br>
+$ds9 -mosaicimage iraf foo.fits # load mosaic iraf from one fits
+file with multiple exts<br>
+$ds9 -mosaic iraf foo.fits bar.fits wow.fits # load mosaic iraf
+from 3 files<br>
+$ds9 -mosaicimage wcs foo.fits # load mosaic wcs from one fits file
+with multiple exts<br>
+$ds9 -mosaic wcs foo.fits bar.fits wow.fits # load mosaic wcs from
+3 files<br>
+$ds9 -mosaicimage wfpc2 bar.fits # load wfpc2 mosaic<br>
+$ds9 -mosaic foo.fits bar.fits wow.fits # load mosaic (wcs) from 3
+files</tt><br>
+<p><b><a name="FITSMosaicDataCube" id="FITSMosaicDataCube"></a>FITS
+Mosaic Data Cube</b></p>
+A FITS Mosaic Data Cube is a FITS mosaic image which contains more
+than 2 axes (NAXES&gt;2). DS9 will automatically detect if a mosaic
+data cube is present and will load all additional images. At the
+same time, DS9 will display the data cube dialog box which allows
+the user to select which 2 image to be displayed.
+<p><b><a name="FITSRGB" id="FITSRGB"></a>FITS RGB</b></p>
+A FITS RGB image may exist as three of FITS images, one FITS file
+with three extensions, or as a FITS 3D Data cube, with three
+slices, each representing the red, green, and blue channel. A FITS
+RGB image may be loaded all a one time, or by the channel. Once
+loaded, the multiple FITS images are treated as one FITS image.<br>
+<br>
+<tt>Example:<br>
+$ds9 -rgbimage rgb.fits # load rgb image consisting of one fits
+file with 3 image exts<br>
+$ds9 -rgbcube cube.fits # load rgb image consisting of one fits
+data cube<br>
+$ds9 -rgb -red foo.fits -green bar.fits -blue wow.fits # rgb image
+from 3 fits images</tt><br>
+<p><b><a name="SplitFITS" id="SplitFITS"></a>Split FITS</b></p>
+A split fits is a valid fits file in which two files contain the
+header and data segments.
+<p><b><a name="array" id="array"></a>Array</b></p>
+Raw data arrays are supported. To load an array, the user must
+provide the dimensions, pixel depth, and optional header size and
+architecture type.
+<blockquote><tt>Syntax:<br>
+filename[arr]<br>
+filename[arr][sect]<br>
+filename[sect][arr]<br>
+&nbsp;</tt><br>
+where<br>
+<tt>sect: see <a href=
+"file:///Users/joye/saods9/ds9/doc/ref/FITSImage">FITS
+Image</a><br>
+arr:<br></tt>
+<blockquote><tt>xdim=value</tt><br>
+<tt>ydim=value</tt><br>
+<tt>zdim=value # default is a depth of 1</tt><br>
+<tt>dim=value</tt><br>
+<tt>dims=value</tt><br>
+<tt>bitpix=[8|16|-16|32|64|-32|-64]</tt><br>
+<tt>skip=value # must be even, most must be factor of 4</tt><br>
+<tt>arch|endian=[big|bigendian|little|littleendian]</tt><br></blockquote>
+<tt>Example:<br>
+$ds9 -array bar.arr[xdim=512,ydim=512,zdim=1,bitpix=16] # load
+512x512 short<br>
+$ds9 -array bar.arr[dim=256,bitpix=-32,skip=4] # load 256x256 float
+with 4 byte head<br>
+$ds9 -array bar.arr[dim=512,bitpix=32,arch=little] # load 512x512
+long, intel<br></tt>
+<p>or alternate format:</p>
+<tt>filename[array(&lt;type&gt;&lt;dim&gt;&lt;:skip&gt;&lt;endian&gt;)]<br>
+
+<br>
+where:<br>
+type:</tt>
+<blockquote><tt>'b' 8 -bit unsigned char<br>
+'s' 16-bit short int<br>
+'u' 16-bit unsigned short int<br>
+'i' 32-bit int<br>
+'l' 64-bit int<br>
+'r' 32-bit float<br>
+'f' 32-bit float<br>
+'d' 64-bit float</tt></blockquote>
+<tt>dim:</tt>
+<blockquote><tt>int&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; # x,y dim<br>
+int.int # x,y dim<br>
+int.int.int # x,y,z dim<br></tt></blockquote>
+<tt>skip:</tt>
+<blockquote><tt>int&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; # number of bytes to
+skip</tt></blockquote>
+<tt>endian:</tt>
+<blockquote><tt>'l' little endian<br>
+'b' big endian<br></tt></blockquote>
+<tt>Example:<br>
+$ds9 -array bar.arr[array(s512)]&nbsp;&nbsp; # load 512x512
+short<br>
+$ds9 -array bar.arr[array(r256:4)] # load 256x256 float with 4 byte
+head<br>
+$ds9 -array bar.arr[array(i512l)]&nbsp; # load 512x512 long,
+intel</tt>
+<p>The shell environment variable <tt>DS9_ARRAY</tt> may be used to
+specify default array parameters.</p>
+<tt>Example:<br>
+$export DS9_ARRAY='[dim=256,bitpix=-32]'<br>
+$ds9 -array foo.arr # load 256x256 float<br></tt></blockquote>
+<p><b><a name="nrrd" id="nrrd"></a>NRRD (Nearly Raw Raster
+Data)</b><br></p>
+Images in NRRD are supported directly. Encodings supported:
+<tt>raw, gzip<br></tt><br>
+<tt>Syntax:<br></tt> filename<br>
+filename[sect]<br>
+<br>
+where:<br>
+sect: see <a href=
+"file:///Users/joye/saods9/ds9/doc/ref/FITSImage">FITS
+Image</a><br>
+Example:<br>
+$ds9 -nrrd foo.nrrd<br>
+$ds9 -nrrd foo.nrrd[100:200,100:200] # cropped<br>
+<p><b><a name="envi" id="envi"></a>ENVI</b><br></p>
+Images in ENVI are supported directly. Encodings supported: BIL,
+BIP, BSQ.<br>
+Syntax:<br>
+filename<br>
+filename[sect]<br>
+<br>
+where:<br>
+sect: see <a href=
+"file:///Users/joye/saods9/ds9/doc/ref/FITSImage">FITS
+Image</a><br>
+<br>
+Example:<br>
+$ds9 -envi foo.hdr foo.bsq<br>
+$ds9 -envi foo.hdr foo.bsq[100:200,100:200] # cropped<br>
+<p><b><a name="gif" id="gif"></a>GIF</b><br></p>
+Images in GIF are supported directly. For a <tt>Frame</tt>, the
+average of the luminosity is used. For <tt>Frame RGB</tt>, each
+channel is loaded directly.<br>
+<tt><br>
+Syntax:<br>
+filename<br>
+<br>
+Example:<br>
+$ ds9 -gif foo.gif</tt><br>
+<p><b><a name="tiff" id="tiff"></a>TIFF</b><br></p>
+Images in TIFF are supported directly. For a <tt>Frame</tt>, the
+average of the luminosity is used. For <tt>Frame RGB</tt>, each
+channel is loaded directly.<br>
+<br>
+<tt>Syntax:<br>
+filename<br>
+<br>
+Example:<br>
+$ ds9 -tiff foo.tiff</tt><br>
+<p><b><a name="jpeg" id="jpeg"></a>JPEG</b><br></p>
+Images in JPEG are supported directly. For a <tt>Frame</tt>, the
+average of the luminosity is used. For <tt>Frame RGB</tt>, each
+channel is loaded directly.<br>
+<tt><br>
+Syntax:<br>
+filename<br>
+<br>
+Example:<br>
+$ ds9 -jpeg foo.jpeg</tt><br>
+<p><b><a name="png" id="png"></a>PNG</b><br></p>
+Images in PNG are supported directly. For a <tt>Frame</tt>, the
+average of the luminosity is used. For <tt>Frame RGB</tt>, each
+channel is loaded directly.<br>
+<br>
+<tt>Syntax:<br>
+filename<br>
+<br>
+Example:<br>
+$ ds9 -png foo.png</tt><br>
+<p><b><a name="ExternalFileSupport" id=
+"ExternalFileSupport"></a>External File Support</b></p>
+DS9 supports external file formats via an ASCII description file.
+When loading a file into DS9, these descriptions are referenced for
+instructions for loading the file, based on the file extension. If
+found, the command is executed and the result, a FITS image or FITS
+Binary Table, is read into DS9 via stdin.<br>
+At start-up, DS9 first searches for the ASCII file, named
+<tt>.ds9.fil</tt>in the local directory, then in the users home
+directory.<br>
+The file command first is macro-expanded to fill in user-defined
+arguments and then is executed externally.<br>
+The ASCII file that defines the known image files consists of one
+or more file descriptors, each of which has the following
+format:<br>
+<br>
+<tt>Help description</tt><br>
+<tt>A space-separated list of templates</tt><br>
+<tt>A space-separated list of file types (not currently
+used)</tt><br>
+<tt>The command line for the loading this file type</tt><br>
+<br>
+Note that blank lines separate the file descriptions and should not
+be used as part of a description. Also, the '#' character is a
+comment character.<br>
+<br>
+The following macros are supported: <tt>$filename</tt><br>
+<br>
+<tt>For Example:</tt><br>
+<tt># File access descriptions:</tt><br>
+<tt>#&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; help explanation</tt><br>
+<tt>#&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; file template</tt><br>
+<tt>#&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; file type</tt><br>
+<tt>#&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; access command</tt><br>
+<tt>IRAF IMH files</tt><br>
+<tt>*.imh</tt><br>
+<tt>IMH</tt><br>
+<tt>i2f -s $filename</tt><br>
+<p><b><a name="ExternalAnalysisSupport" id=
+"ExternalAnalysisSupport"></a>External Analysis Support</b></p>
+For more information about external analysis support files, see
+<a href="analysis.html">Analysis</a>.
+<p><b><a name="RegionFiles" id="RegionFiles"></a>Region
+Files</b></p>
+DS9 can read and write a number of region file formats. See
+<a href="region.html">Regions</a> documentation for more
+information.<br>
+<br>
+<tt><a href="region.html#RegionDescriptions">DS9</a></tt><br>
+<tt><a href="region.html#FUNTools">FUNTools</a></tt><br>
+<tt><a href="region.html#Ciao">Ciao</a></tt><br>
+<tt><a href="region.html#SAOimage">SAOimage</a></tt><br>
+<tt><a href="region.html#IRAFPROS">IRAF PROS</a></tt><br>
+<tt><a href="region.html#FITSREGIONBinaryTable">FITS REGION Binary
+Table</a></tt><br>
+<tt><a href="region.html#XY">X Y</a></tt><br>
+<p><b><a name="ContourFiles" id="ContourFiles"></a>Contour
+Files</b></p>
+See <a href="contour.html">Contours</a> documentation for more
+information.<br>
+<p><b><a name="ColorLookupTable" id="ColorLookupTable"></a>Color
+Lookup Table</b></p>
+DS9 has a number of default colormaps available to the user. DS9
+also supports reading and writing color lookup table formats from
+the following programs:<br>
+<br>
+<tt>SAOimage</tt><br>
+<tt>SAOtng</tt><br>
+<tt>XImtool</tt><br>
+<br>
+DS9 uses the file extension to determine the color table
+format:<br>
+<br>
+<tt>.lut # XImtool, SAOtng<br>
+.sao # DS9, SAOImage</tt><br>
+<p><b><a name="WCS" id="WCS"></a>WCS</b></p>
+A new WCS specification can be loaded and used by the current image
+regardless of the WCS that was contained in the image file. WCS
+specification can be sent to DS9 as an ASCII file via XPA. The
+format of the specification is a set of valid FITS keywords that
+describe a WCS.<br>
+<br>
+<tt>CRPIX1&nbsp;
=&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
- 257.75<br>
- &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CRPIX2&nbsp;
+257.75</tt><br>
+<tt>CRPIX2&nbsp;
=&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
- 258.93<br>
- &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CRVAL1&nbsp;
- =&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
- -201.94541667302<br>
- &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CRVAL2&nbsp;
+258.93</tt><br>
+<tt>CRVAL1&nbsp; =&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+-201.94541667302</tt><br>
+<tt>CRVAL2&nbsp;
=&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
- -47.45444<br>
- &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CDELT1&nbsp;
- =&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -2.1277777E-4<br>
- &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CDELT2&nbsp;
- =&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2.1277777E-4<br>
- &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CTYPE1&nbsp; = 'RA---TAN'<br>
- &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CTYPE2&nbsp; = 'DEC--TAN'<br>
- </tt></blockquote>
- Note that the WCS definitions can contain standard FITS 80
- character WCS card images, as shown above, or free-form name/value
- pairs without the intervening "=" sign:
- <blockquote><tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CRPIX1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
- 257.75<br>
- &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CRPIX2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 258.93<br>
- &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CRVAL1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -201.94541667302<br>
- &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CRVAL2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -47.45444<br>
- &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CDELT1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -2.1277777E-4<br>
- &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CDELT2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2.1277777E-4<br>
- &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CTYPE1&nbsp;&nbsp; 'RA---TAN'<br>
- &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CTYPE2&nbsp;&nbsp; 'DEC--TAN'</tt></blockquote>
- <p><b><a name="PreferenceFile" id="PreferenceFile"></a>Preference
- File</b></p>
- A preference file is a valid tcl script generated by DS9 to save
- the current preference items. See <a href="prefs.html">Preferences</a>
- for more information.
- <p><b><a name="StartupFile" id="StartupFile"></a>Startup
- File</b></p>
- If a startup file <tt>$HOME/ds9.ini</tt> is available, it is
- sourced as the last step in initialization. The file permissions
- must be group/world readonly.<br>
- Users may have several different startup files. DS9 looks for a
- startup file with its own name. By default, if the application is
- named <tt>ds9</tt>, it will look for <tt>.ds9.ini.</tt> However,
- if
- the DS9 application is named <tt>foo</tt>, then DS9 will look for
- <tt>.foo.ini.</tt> In this manner, the user can have several
- predefined startup files that are activated by invoking DS9 with a
- different application names.<br>
- <p><b><a name="TCL" id="TCL"></a>TCL</b></p>
- TCL/TK script file. Users may customize the appearance and enhance
- the capabilities of DS9 by sourcing their own TCL
- scripts.</blockquote>
- </body>
+-47.45444</tt><br>
+<tt>CDELT1&nbsp; =&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+-2.1277777E-4</tt><br>
+<tt>CDELT2&nbsp; =&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+2.1277777E-4</tt><br>
+<tt>CTYPE2&nbsp; = 'DEC--TAN'</tt><br>
+<br>
+Note that the WCS definitions can contain standard FITS 80
+character WCS card images, as shown above, or free-form name/value
+pairs without the intervening "=" sign:<br>
+<br>
+<tt>CRPIX1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 257.75</tt><br>
+<tt>CRPIX2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 258.93</tt><br>
+<tt>CRVAL1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -201.94541667302</tt><br>
+<tt>CRVAL2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -47.45444</tt><br>
+<tt>CDELT1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -2.1277777E-4</tt><br>
+<tt>CDELT2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2.1277777E-4</tt><br>
+<tt>CTYPE1&nbsp;&nbsp; 'RA---TAN'</tt><br>
+<tt>CTYPE2&nbsp;&nbsp; 'DEC--TAN'</tt><br></blockquote>
+<blockquote>
+<p><b><a name="PreferenceFile" id="PreferenceFile"></a>Preference
+File</b></p>
+A preference file is a valid tcl script generated by DS9 to save
+the current preference items. See <a href=
+"prefs.html">Preferences</a> for more information.
+<p><b><a name="StartupFile" id="StartupFile"></a>Startup
+File</b></p>
+If a startup file <tt>$HOME/ds9.ini</tt> is available, it is
+sourced as the last step in initialization. The file permissions
+must be group/world readonly.<br>
+Users may have several different startup files. DS9 looks for a
+startup file with its own name. By default, if the application is
+named <tt>ds9</tt>, it will look for <tt>.ds9.ini.</tt> However, if
+the DS9 application is named <tt>foo</tt>, then DS9 will look for
+<tt>.foo.ini.</tt> In this manner, the user can have several
+predefined startup files that are activated by invoking DS9 with a
+different application names.<br>
+<p><b><a name="TCL" id="TCL"></a>TCL</b></p>
+TCL/TK script file. Users may customize the appearance and enhance
+the capabilities of DS9 by sourcing their own TCL
+scripts.</blockquote>
+</body>
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