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- <title>DS9 Version 1.9 Release Notes</title>
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- vlink="#551a8b">
-<h3>
-<img alt="" src="../sun.gif" align="middle" height="98" width="100">Version
-1.9 Release
-Notes</h3>
-<ol>
- <h4> <b>Version 1.9.8</b></h4>
- <ol>
- <li> <tt>fixed a problem with listing regions that are very long.
-the
-size limit
-has been increased from 1024 to 8192</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>completed MS Windows port</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>fixed a problem with large polygons in FITS Regions bin
-table
-format</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>ds9 will now correctly load a FITS Extension image
-without a
-primary
-header</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>xpa wcs [reset|replace|append] function added</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>the default nameserver is now 'simbad-sao'</tt></li>
- </ol>
- <h4> <b>Version 1.9.7.2</b></h4>
- <ol>
- <li> <tt>fixed a problem with reading arrays via xpa and extra
-data an
-the end
-of the image</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>fixed a problem with region callbacks and actions on
-regions
-within
-the callback</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>fixed a memory leak with deleteing polygon vertices</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>double click on region with select=0 no longers opens a
-dialog</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>added select property to ds9 region properties list</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>for default annulus, ellipse annulus, box annulus, the
-number
-of annuli
-is now used when the user click and drags</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>fixed a problem with ellipse annulus and box annulus and
-zero
-inner
-radius</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>fixed a problem with box and boxannuls and updating the
-region dialog
-coords</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>fixed a problem with turning off/on active frames</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>fixed a problem with saving fits images created from a
-fits
-image extension</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>added new 'new' option to xpa points 'FITS' and 'ARRAY'
-to
-create a
-new frame before loading the new image</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>completed port HP-UX</tt></li>
- </ol>
- <h4> <b>Version 1.9.7.1</b></h4>
- <ol>
- <li> <tt>fixed a problem with prefs and sourcing external tcl files</tt></li>
- </ol>
- <h4> <b>Version 1.9.7</b></h4>
- <ol>
- <li> <tt>mktclapp is now used to build the application from tcl</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>fixed a problem with HMS and hour=0</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>fixed a problem with parseing old ds9 region files and
-'global'</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>support for SAOtng Regions file format has been restored</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>upgraded to tcl/tk 8.3.2</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>upgraded to blt2.4u</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>minor changes made to ciao regions file format</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>fixed a problem with Ciao FITS regions files</tt></li>
- </ol>
- <h4> <b>Version 1.9.6</b></h4>
- <ol>
- <li> <tt>Added Truecolor Colorbar preference</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Fitsy++ now supports fixed and free format keyword
-strings
-correctly</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>While in 'Pan' mode, the arrow keys may be used to pan
-the
-image</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Custom Page Setup in mm is now supported</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Region Text string can now contain both a ' and "</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Region File format for text now supports the following
-text
-strings:</tt></li>
+ <head>
+ <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
+ charset=windows-1252">
+ <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Mozilla/4.78 [en] (X11; U; Linux
+ 2.4.7-10 i686) [Netscape]">
+ <title>DS9 Version 1.9 Release Notes</title>
+ </head>
+ <body vlink="#551a8b" text="#000000" link="#0000ee" bgcolor="#ffffff"
+ alink="#ff0000">
+ <h3>
+ <img alt="" src="../sun.gif" width="100" height="98"
+ align="middle">SAOImageDS9 Version
+ 1.9 Release
+ Notes</h3>
<ol>
- <tt>text="This is a test"</tt> <br>
- <tt>text="This is a test of '"</tt> <br>
- <tt>text='This is a test of "'</tt> <br>
- <tt>text={This is a test of ' and "}</tt>
+ <h4> <b>Version 1.9.8</b></h4>
+ <ol>
+ <li> <tt>fixed a problem with listing regions that are very
+ long.
+ the
+ size limit
+ has been increased from 1024 to 8192</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>completed MS Windows port</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>fixed a problem with large polygons in FITS Regions
+ bin
+ table
+ format</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>ds9 will now correctly load a FITS Extension image
+ without a
+ primary
+ header</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>xpa wcs [reset|replace|append] function added</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>the default nameserver is now 'simbad-sao'</tt></li>
+ </ol>
+ <h4> <b>Version 1.9.7.2</b></h4>
+ <ol>
+ <li> <tt>fixed a problem with reading arrays via xpa and extra
+ data an
+ the end
+ of the image</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>fixed a problem with region callbacks and actions on
+ regions
+ within
+ the callback</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>fixed a memory leak with deleteing polygon vertices</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>double click on region with select=0 no longers opens
+ a
+ dialog</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>added select property to ds9 region properties list</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>for default annulus, ellipse annulus, box annulus, the
+ number
+ of annuli
+ is now used when the user click and drags</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>fixed a problem with ellipse annulus and box annulus
+ and
+ zero
+ inner
+ radius</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>fixed a problem with box and boxannuls and updating
+ the
+ region dialog
+ coords</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>fixed a problem with turning off/on active frames</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>fixed a problem with saving fits images created from a
+ fits
+ image extension</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>added new 'new' option to xpa points 'FITS' and
+ 'ARRAY'
+ to
+ create a
+ new frame before loading the new image</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>completed port HP-UX</tt></li>
+ </ol>
+ <h4> <b>Version 1.9.7.1</b></h4>
+ <ol>
+ <li> <tt>fixed a problem with prefs and sourcing external tcl
+ files</tt></li>
+ </ol>
+ <h4> <b>Version 1.9.7</b></h4>
+ <ol>
+ <li> <tt>mktclapp is now used to build the application from tcl</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>fixed a problem with HMS and hour=0</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>fixed a problem with parseing old ds9 region files and
+ 'global'</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>support for SAOtng Regions file format has been
+ restored</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>upgraded to tcl/tk 8.3.2</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>upgraded to blt2.4u</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>minor changes made to ciao regions file format</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>fixed a problem with Ciao FITS regions files</tt></li>
+ </ol>
+ <h4> <b>Version 1.9.6</b></h4>
+ <ol>
+ <li> <tt>Added Truecolor Colorbar preference</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Fitsy++ now supports fixed and free format keyword
+ strings
+ correctly</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>While in 'Pan' mode, the arrow keys may be used to pan
+ the
+ image</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Custom Page Setup in mm is now supported</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Region Text string can now contain both a ' and "</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Region File format for text now supports the following
+ text
+ strings:</tt></li>
+ <ol>
+ <tt>text="This is a test"</tt> <br>
+ <tt>text="This is a test of '"</tt> <br>
+ <tt>text='This is a test of "'</tt> <br>
+ <tt>text={This is a test of ' and "}</tt>
+ </ol>
+ <li> <tt>DS9 will now correctly parse a regions spec with a
+ delim
+ of
+ ';'</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>XPA tcl command now runs in the same context frame as
+ source
+ and ds9</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with the Colorbar contrat/bias dialog
+ and
+ truecolor</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with BOX list/save format</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with contours in that one extra level
+ was
+ generated
+ when using the low/high and number of contours controls</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Updated to Doug Mink's wcssub version 2.8.1, which
+ fixes
+ a
+ problem
+ with keywords without an '='</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with printing Region Text with '(',
+ ')',
+ or
+ '\' in
+ it.</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Region file format is now valid for both reading and
+ writing
+ Region
+ files</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Implemented new Regions file format, version 3</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with IRAF and the 'f' and 'c' keys</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Images with odd length will center on pixel boundaries</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>The number of bins if determined from TLMIN/TLMAX will
+ now
+ vary, based
+ on column type (integer or real). The bin space for integer
+ is TLMIN-.5
+ to TLMAX +.5 and for real TLMIN to TLMAX.</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Binning Dialog box is now non-modal</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Made improvements in the resolution of coordinates</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Added the -version command line option</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with bad name resolution and NED-SAO</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with -grid and -contour command line
+ options</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Add -format, -coord, -coordformat, and -delim to
+ xpaget
+ regions</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Added FITS bin table filtering</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Changed XPA BLOCK to BIN</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>bin factors of less than 1 but greater that 0 are now
+ allowed</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>fixed a problem with ecliptic coords and FITS BIN
+ TABLES
+ with
+ wcs</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with contours and high resolution
+ values</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Added algorithm method to contours</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with contours and re-binning a FITS
+ bin
+ table</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Changes to BIN commandline options to mirror BIN xpa
+ options</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Added raise/lower command line options</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Added raise/lower xpa options</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Cut/Paste to/from the primary selection is now
+ provided</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Added new type of grid, Exterior Axis with interior
+ numerics</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Fixed problems with grid numerics and rotation of
+ non-zero</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with graphs and no FITS loaded</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Added Regions Delimiter menu</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Added ANNULUS, ELLIPSE ANNULUS, and BOX ANNULUS
+ regions</tt></li>
+ </ol>
+ <h4> <b>Version 1.9.5</b></h4>
+ <ol>
+ <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with Saving FITS images on byte swaped
+ platforms</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>FITS Bin table support now uses TLMIN/TLMAX to
+ determine
+ binning buffersize
+ up to the user specified limit</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Fixed the XPA Regions format,coord, and coordformat
+ calls</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Changed the behavior of $xpaget ds9 regions
+ [format|coord|coordformat]</tt></li>
+ </ol>
+ <h4> <b>Version 1.9.4</b></h4>
+ <ol>
+ <li> <tt>Added ability to save a FITS bin table as a FITS image</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Added xpa point to support the above</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with loading arrays</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Added support for the Rosat All Sky Survey</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Added command line support for DSS and RASS</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with displaying LINEAR WCS</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>DS9 is now much more tolarent of FITS files in which
+ the
+ data
+ segment
+ is short in size, ie, is not a multiple of FITBLOCK (2880
+ bytes)</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with FITS files with headers with
+ 100's
+ or
+ 1000's of
+ comments or history keywords</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Enhanced Preferences support</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>The information panel is now updated during blinking</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with long frame names</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Added new fuctionality to the 'Frame' xpa point</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Fixed a memory problem that caused problems with the
+ Alpha
+ port</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with regions in sexagesimal format and
+ NATIVE
+ WCS</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>DS9 is now much mor tolerant of sexagesimal format
+ regions
+ that do
+ not map directly on top of a image</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Implemented the new default region format</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with Polygon regions and
+ creating/moving
+ vertices</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Added Colormap Contrast and Bias Dialog</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with Box regions and negative width
+ and
+ height</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Angle has been added to the Ruler Region dialog box</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Length has been added to the Line Region dialog box</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with Region Text and the '"' character</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Added XPA point for DSS</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Added XPA point for RASS</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Added XPA point for Name Servers</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with rotated Regions and IRAF images</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Added XPA point xpaget fits</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Added XPA point xpaset file save &lt;filename&gt;</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>xpa regions may now be delimited by nl or semicolon</tt></li>
+ </ol>
+ <h4> <b>Version 1.9.3</b></h4>
+ <ol>
+ <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with preferences. The prefs file was
+ not
+ parsed.</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with xpaset ds9 fits and multiple ext
+ fits
+ files</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Fixed some minor problems with xpa and blink,frame</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Added xpaset ds9 frame [first|next|prev|last]</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Added printing of pixel tables</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Added Copy/Paste support for pixel tables</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with changing the size of pixel tables</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>'F' toggles Info Pannel 'freeze' mode.</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Full shared memory support has been added</tt></li>
+ <br>
+ <tt>$xpaget ds9 shm</tt> <br>
+ <tt>$xpaset -p ds9 shm 102 8640</tt> <br>
+ <tt>$xpaset -p ds9 shm shmid 102 8640 foo[2]</tt> <br>
+ <tt>$xpaset -p ds9 shm mosaicimage key 100 10240 foo</tt> <br>
+ <tt>$xpaset -p ds9 shm mosaic key 100 10240 foo[3]</tt> <br>
+ <tt>$xpaset -p ds9 shm array shmid 102 8640 [dim=32,bitpix=16]</tt>
+ <p><tt>$xpaset -p ds9 update 1 100 100 200 200 # update HDU1 in
+ image coords</tt> <br>
+ <tt>$xpaset -p ds9 update 3 400 400 500 500 # update HDU3 in
+ image
+ coords</tt></p>
+ </ol>
+ <h4> <b>Version 1.9.2</b></h4>
+ <ol>
+ <li> <tt>Fixed yet another problem with contours</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with loading arrays with bitpix of -64</tt></li>
+ </ol>
+ <h4> <b>Version 1.9.1</b></h4>
+ <ol>
+ <li> <tt>Fixed the 'Analysis' menu item 'DSS'</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>provided for more backward compatibility with old
+ preference
+ files</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with IRAF support and changing buffer
+ sizes</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with contours and reading incorrectly
+ levels</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with printing and pan/rotation/zoom</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with Grid Rotated numbers and MSB/LSB
+ cross-platform</tt></li>
+ </ol>
+ <h4> <b>Version 1.9</b></h4>
+ <ol>
+ <li> <tt>DS9 now supports IRAF!</tt></li>
+ </ol>
+ <ol>
+ <li> <tt>point regions now have the include/exclude property</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>crosshairs will now print</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>fixed a problem with contours and the contour dialog
+ is
+ visible</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>fixed a problem with the wcs of FITS files with very
+ long
+ headers</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>added Pixel Table feature</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>contours now appear in the magnifier with graphics
+ enabled</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>John Roll's Tcl Ast package has been added</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>DS9 is now more tolerant of 'SIMPLE = F' type FITS
+ files</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>fixed a problem with render speed in single frame mode
+ and
+ multiple
+ frames loaded</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>The Pan Zoom Rotate Dialog Box is now Non-Modal</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>Name Resolution support has been added</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>DSS support has been added</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>A problem with contours has been corrected. if
+ contours
+ levels = n,
+ then n+1 contours are actually rendered</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>DEC Alphas are now supported</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>SGI is now supported</tt></li>
+ <li> <tt>LINEAR WCS is now fully supported</tt></li>
+ </ol>
</ol>
- <li> <tt>DS9 will now correctly parse a regions spec with a delim
-of
-';'</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>XPA tcl command now runs in the same context frame as
-source
-and ds9</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with the Colorbar contrat/bias dialog and
-truecolor</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with BOX list/save format</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with contours in that one extra level was
-generated
-when using the low/high and number of contours controls</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Updated to Doug Mink's wcssub version 2.8.1, which fixes
-a
-problem
-with keywords without an '='</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with printing Region Text with '(', ')',
-or
-'\' in
-it.</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Region file format is now valid for both reading and
-writing
-Region
-files</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Implemented new Regions file format, version 3</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with IRAF and the 'f' and 'c' keys</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Images with odd length will center on pixel boundaries</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>The number of bins if determined from TLMIN/TLMAX will
-now
-vary, based
-on column type (integer or real). The bin space for integer is TLMIN-.5
-to TLMAX +.5 and for real TLMIN to TLMAX.</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Binning Dialog box is now non-modal</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Made improvements in the resolution of coordinates</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Added the -version command line option</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with bad name resolution and NED-SAO</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with -grid and -contour command line
-options</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Add -format, -coord, -coordformat, and -delim to xpaget
-regions</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Added FITS bin table filtering</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Changed XPA BLOCK to BIN</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>bin factors of less than 1 but greater that 0 are now
-allowed</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>fixed a problem with ecliptic coords and FITS BIN TABLES
-with
-wcs</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with contours and high resolution values</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Added algorithm method to contours</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with contours and re-binning a FITS bin
-table</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Changes to BIN commandline options to mirror BIN xpa
-options</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Added raise/lower command line options</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Added raise/lower xpa options</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Cut/Paste to/from the primary selection is now provided</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Added new type of grid, Exterior Axis with interior
-numerics</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Fixed problems with grid numerics and rotation of non-zero</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with graphs and no FITS loaded</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Added Regions Delimiter menu</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Added ANNULUS, ELLIPSE ANNULUS, and BOX ANNULUS regions</tt></li>
- </ol>
- <h4> <b>Version 1.9.5</b></h4>
- <ol>
- <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with Saving FITS images on byte swaped
-platforms</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>FITS Bin table support now uses TLMIN/TLMAX to determine
-binning buffersize
-up to the user specified limit</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Fixed the XPA Regions format,coord, and coordformat calls</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Changed the behavior of $xpaget ds9 regions
-[format|coord|coordformat]</tt></li>
- </ol>
- <h4> <b>Version 1.9.4</b></h4>
- <ol>
- <li> <tt>Added ability to save a FITS bin table as a FITS image</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Added xpa point to support the above</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with loading arrays</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Added support for the Rosat All Sky Survey</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Added command line support for DSS and RASS</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with displaying LINEAR WCS</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>DS9 is now much more tolarent of FITS files in which the
-data
-segment
-is short in size, ie, is not a multiple of FITBLOCK (2880 bytes)</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with FITS files with headers with 100's
-or
-1000's of
-comments or history keywords</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Enhanced Preferences support</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>The information panel is now updated during blinking</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with long frame names</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Added new fuctionality to the 'Frame' xpa point</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Fixed a memory problem that caused problems with the
-Alpha
-port</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with regions in sexagesimal format and
-NATIVE
-WCS</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>DS9 is now much mor tolerant of sexagesimal format
-regions
-that do
-not map directly on top of a image</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Implemented the new default region format</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with Polygon regions and creating/moving
-vertices</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Added Colormap Contrast and Bias Dialog</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with Box regions and negative width and
-height</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Angle has been added to the Ruler Region dialog box</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Length has been added to the Line Region dialog box</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with Region Text and the '"' character</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Added XPA point for DSS</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Added XPA point for RASS</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Added XPA point for Name Servers</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with rotated Regions and IRAF images</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Added XPA point xpaget fits</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Added XPA point xpaset file save &lt;filename&gt;</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>xpa regions may now be delimited by nl or semicolon</tt></li>
- </ol>
- <h4> <b>Version 1.9.3</b></h4>
- <ol>
- <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with preferences. The prefs file was not
-parsed.</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with xpaset ds9 fits and multiple ext
-fits
-files</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Fixed some minor problems with xpa and blink,frame</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Added xpaset ds9 frame [first|next|prev|last]</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Added printing of pixel tables</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Added Copy/Paste support for pixel tables</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with changing the size of pixel tables</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>'F' toggles Info Pannel 'freeze' mode.</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Full shared memory support has been added</tt></li>
- <br>
- <tt>$xpaget ds9 shm</tt> <br>
- <tt>$xpaset -p ds9 shm 102 8640</tt> <br>
- <tt>$xpaset -p ds9 shm shmid 102 8640 foo[2]</tt> <br>
- <tt>$xpaset -p ds9 shm mosaicimage key 100 10240 foo</tt> <br>
- <tt>$xpaset -p ds9 shm mosaic key 100 10240 foo[3]</tt> <br>
- <tt>$xpaset -p ds9 shm array shmid 102 8640 [dim=32,bitpix=16]</tt>
- <p><tt>$xpaset -p ds9 update 1 100 100 200 200 # update HDU1 in
-image coords</tt> <br>
- <tt>$xpaset -p ds9 update 3 400 400 500 500 # update HDU3 in image
-coords</tt></p>
- </ol>
- <h4> <b>Version 1.9.2</b></h4>
- <ol>
- <li> <tt>Fixed yet another problem with contours</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with loading arrays with bitpix of -64</tt></li>
- </ol>
- <h4> <b>Version 1.9.1</b></h4>
- <ol>
- <li> <tt>Fixed the 'Analysis' menu item 'DSS'</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>provided for more backward compatibility with old
-preference
-files</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with IRAF support and changing buffer
-sizes</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with contours and reading incorrectly
-levels</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with printing and pan/rotation/zoom</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Fixed a problem with Grid Rotated numbers and MSB/LSB
-cross-platform</tt></li>
- </ol>
- <h4> <b>Version 1.9</b></h4>
- <ol>
- <li> <tt>DS9 now supports IRAF!</tt></li>
- </ol>
- <ol>
- <li> <tt>point regions now have the include/exclude property</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>crosshairs will now print</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>fixed a problem with contours and the contour dialog is
-visible</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>fixed a problem with the wcs of FITS files with very long
-headers</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>added Pixel Table feature</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>contours now appear in the magnifier with graphics enabled</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>John Roll's Tcl Ast package has been added</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>DS9 is now more tolerant of 'SIMPLE = F' type FITS files</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>fixed a problem with render speed in single frame mode
-and
-multiple
-frames loaded</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>The Pan Zoom Rotate Dialog Box is now Non-Modal</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>Name Resolution support has been added</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>DSS support has been added</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>A problem with contours has been corrected. if contours
-levels = n,
-then n+1 contours are actually rendered</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>DEC Alphas are now supported</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>SGI is now supported</tt></li>
- <li> <tt>LINEAR WCS is now fully supported</tt></li>
- </ol>
-</ol>
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