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diff --git a/ds9/doc/release/r1.7.html b/ds9/doc/release/r1.7.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..342df6a --- /dev/null +++ b/ds9/doc/release/r1.7.html @@ -0,0 +1,98 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> +<html> +<head> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" + content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> + <meta name="GENERATOR" + content="Mozilla/4.78 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.7-10 i686) [Netscape]"> + <title>DS9 Version 1.7 Release Notes</title> +</head> +<body alink="#ff0000" bgcolor="#ffffff" link="#0000ee" text="#000000" + vlink="#551a8b"> +<h3> +<img alt="" src="../sun.gif" align="middle" height="98" width="100">Version +1.7 Release +Notes</h3> +<ul> + <h4> <b>Version 1.7.2</b></h4> + <ol> + <li> <tt>Fixes a rather nasty bug with coordinates.</tt></li> + <li> <tt>XPA version 2.b32</tt></li> + <br> + <tt>example:</tt> <br> + <tt>$ ds9&</tt> <br> + <tt>$ xpaget DS9 # will list all public access points</tt> <br> + <tt>$ xpaset -p DS9 colormap BB # change colormap</tt> <br> + <tt>$ xpaset -p DS9 file snr.fits # load a fits file</tt> <br> + <tt>$ cat snr.fits | xpaset DS9 fits # load via XPA</tt> <br> + <tt>$ cat snr.fits | xpaset DS9 fits foo[key=RAWX,RAWY] # load via +XPA</tt> <br> + <tt>Note: xpa class and name for ds9</tt> <br> + <tt>-- xpa class : 'DS9'</tt> <br> + <tt>-- xpa name : 'DS9'</tt> <br> + <tt>both class and name are case sensitive</tt> <br> + <tt>To specify a different xpa name for this application use the</tt> + <br> + <tt>-title command line option:</tt> <br> + <tt>$ +ds9& +# default name of 'DS9'</tt> <br> + <tt>$ ds9 -title foo& # name of 'foo'</tt> <br> + <tt>$ xpaset -p foo colormap BB # change colormap for 'foo'</tt> <br> + <tt>$ xpaset -p :foo colormap A # change colormap for 'foo'</tt> <br> + <tt>$ xpaset -p DS9:foo colormap BB # change colormap for 'foo'</tt> + <br> + <tt>$ xpaset -p DS9: colormap I8 # change colormap for 'DS9 & +foo'</tt> <li><tt>fixed bug with zscale and minmax preferences</tt></li> + <li> <tt>geometry command line option: $ ds9 -geometry 600x500</tt></li> + <br> + <tt>Note: this does not include space needed for menus.</tt> <li><tt>default +wcs is 'fk5'</tt></li> + </ol> + <h4> <b>Version 1.7</b></h4> + <ol> + <li> <tt>new version of Fits I/O library</tt></li> + <li> <tt>.Z, .z, and .gz files are supported</tt></li> + <br> + <tt>example:</tt> <br> + <tt>$ ds9 snr.fits.Z</tt> <br> + <tt>$ ds9 snr.fits.z</tt> <li><tt>url's are now supported</tt></li> + <br> + <tt>example:</tt> <br> + <tt>$ ds9 +ftp://legacy.gsfc.nasa.gov/rosat/data/hri/images/fits/rh100193_img.fits</tt> + <br> + <tt>$ ds9 +http://legacy.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/rosat/data/cdrom/vol1/IMAGES/00h/p000s26b.img.Z</tt> + <li><tt>fixed some minor problems with Mosaic Images</tt></li> + <li> <tt>Support for FITS bin tables</tt></li> + <br> + <tt>example:</tt> <br> + <tt>$ ds9 snr.fits[2] # assume 'X' or 'x' and 'Y' or 'y' column</tt> + <br> + <tt>$ ds9 snr.fits[EVENTS]</tt> <br> + <tt>$ ds9 snr.fits # assumes EVENTS or STDEVT extension</tt> <br> + <tt>$ ds9 snr.fits[key=RAWX,RAWY] # bin on RAWX/RAWY column</tt> <li><tt>Backward +compatible with Einstein .xpa data for bining</tt></li> + <li> <tt>Contours are now supported</tt></li> + <br> + <tt>You can generate contours for each frame and cut/paste them +into +other frames. When you paste a contour, you choose which coordinate +system +to translate the contour into. Obvisously, to paste via WCS, each image +must have a valid WCS. Printing of image/contours also is supported.</tt> + <br> + <tt>The contour algorithm currently implemented is a general +purpose +algorithm, good for most images. However, there are some issues that +make +it less than optimal for sparse high energy data. Therefor, next on the +list is implemention of the 'Pros Imcontour' algorithm.</tt> <li><tt>Now +supports ICRS WCS</tt></li> + <li> <tt>Now Uses Tcl/Tk 8.0.4 and BLT 2.4g</tt></li> + <li> <tt>Now uses Doug Minks's wcssubs 2.6.</tt></li> + </ol> +</ul> +</body> +</html> |