SAOImageDS9 Version
1.8 Release
Notes
Version 1.8.7.8
- Dialog windows now use the same colormap as the parent
window.
- Fixed a problem with the tile xpa point.
Version 1.8.7.7
- Fixed a problem with updating the Contour dialog box.
- Fixed another problem with .gz, .Z, and .z
- Coordinate Grids now support WCS of projection TNX.
- Improved the appearance of Grids while in Internal
Mode.
Version 1.8.7.6
- Fixed a problem with running under linux and
displaying
on
Solaris.
- Fixed a problem with Truecolor 8 support.
- Added Coordinate Grids!
- Mouse coordinates may be printed by pressing the 'C'
key.
Which coordinates
are printed may be specified via the 'Edit:Preferences:Print
Coordinates'
menu.
- Default Region Parameters now can be specified via the
Preferences
menu.
- Contour Dialog has been redesigned and Contour scales
and
limits added.
- Fixed a problem with Contour scales log, squared, and
sqrt.
- The user can save and load contours via the Contour
Parameter
Dialog
Box. The contours may be any supported coordinate system.
- The user can save and load contour levels via the
Contour
Parameter
Dialog Box.
- Fixed a problem with file names that contain .z, .Z,
.gz
Version 1.8.7.5
- Fixed a problem with Truecolor 24 bit visuals under
Solaris 7
- Fixed a problem with selecting Ruler Regions that are
horizontal or
vertical.
Version 1.8.7.4
- Fixed a major bug with mosaics with an amplifier that
reads
out in
reverse and the data has been flipped before writing.
Version 1.8.7.3
- New wcssubs: Fixed a problem with wcs of RA--NCP and
DEC--NCP
- Fixed a problem with 'Scale:User Limits'
- Removed a warning message if xpa is not available
- The coordinate info box is updated while editing
regions
- Fixed a problem with the window manager closing region
dialog
boxes,
regions list dialog box, and analysis result dialog box
- List Regions, Display Header, and the Analysis Dialog
box
now
have
options for printing, saving, and searching the contents.
- Display Header now supports multiple dialogs, one for
each
frame.
- Fixed a problem with parsing region files and the LINE
region.
- Fixed a problem with polygon regions and PROS region
file
formats.
- All regions are deleted when 'Clear Frame' or 'Open'
action
taken.
- When creating Text regions, the 'Cancel' button now
works.
- 'Clear Frame' has been moved from 'File menu to
'Frame'
menu.
- shell variable DS9_ARRAY may be used to define default
array
parameters.
Example: $export DS9_ARRAY='[dim=512,bitpix=-32]'
- shell variable DS9_BINKEY may be used to define
default
FITS
bin table
cols. Example: $export DS9_BINKEY='[bin=rawx,rawy]'
- new 'Open Array...' menu item has been added to the
'File'
menu.
- Changes to following ommand line options:
-array, -mosaicimage, -mosaicimages, -mosaicsegment, -shared
Version 1.8.7.2
- Add the -iconify command line option.
- FITS Region Binary Table Region file format is
supported
for
input.
Version 1.8.7.1
- Now using BLT 2.4l
- Now using X11R6
- Fixed a problem with selecting blink frames multiple
times.
- Fixed a problem with Line Regions always printing with
arrows.
- Fixed a problem when a printing error occurs.
- External File support is now available.
- External Analysis support is now available.
- Added Frame refresh menu item.
- Fixed a problem with shared memory size.
- XPA frame has changed. The argument is now only a
number,
not
a name.
This clears up some problems with syntax. If the frame does
not exists,
the frame is created. The option 'frameno' is provided for
backward
compatiblity.
Example: xpaset -p ds9 frame 2 # goto frame name 'frame2'
xpaset -p
ds9
frame frameno 4 # goto frame name 'frame4'
Version 1.8.7
- Scale type 'Ln' has been removed.
- Contour scales Log, Sqrt, and Squared have been fixed.
- Contour Dialog box is now non-modal.
- Fixed a problem with the FITS Header Dialog box.
- Support for > 256 colors in truecolor mode.
- New PS level 2 drivers that support more than 256
colors.
- Crosshairs will now appear in the magnifier if
graphics
enabled.
- Improved on the gui in terms of tile and blink. Now
ds9
is in
one of
3 display modes: single frame, tile frames, and blink
frames.
- You can now Show or Hide frames, via the
Frame:Show/Hide
menu. When
a frame is 'Hidden', it does not appear in Single, Tile, or
Blink mode,
and can not be selected via the Frames menu.
- Added a new mode: Examine. While in examine mode, if
you
click, a new
frame is created, loaded with the same data, and scaled
about the point
you clicked. If the base frame is a FITS image, it is
zoomed, if the
base
frame is a FITS binary table, it is blocked. The file is not
loaded
again,
but shared between frames, requiring little additional
memory. When you
clear or delete a base frame, all examine frames are
deleted. Options
as
to how many frames are created and the scale factor may be
specified
via
the preferences menu.
Version 1.8.6.9
- Support for FITS Bin Table Type 'U' (unsigned short)
and
Type
'V' (unsigned
long). Note these are not supported by the FITS standard.
- Added new default colormap 'Cool'
- SAOtng and PROS Regions file support: if wcs coords
are
used,
yet no
wcs system has been specified, the native wcs of the file is
used.
- Regions now are available in the magnifier (user
prerference)
- Fixed a problem with working with line regions at high
zoom
factors
- Fixed a problem with working with polygon regions at
high
zoom factors
Version 1.8.6.8
- Fixed again problems with FITS Tables, Binning,
Physical
Coords, and
WCS
Version 1.8.6.7
- Binning on a third column is now supported
- Fixed a problem with FITS Tables and bit fields
Version 1.8.6.6
- Added new 'Zoom to Fit Window' function
- Added new 'Block to Fit Window' function
- Added 'Block to...' function
- 'Mode' menu has been moved to under 'Edit' menu.
- Show/Hide Panner and Magnifier via the prefs, command
line,
and xpa
- Tear-Off menus now have window titles
- minor changes to xpa options syntax (no more
-options),
see XPA
for more info.
- xpa colormap is no longer case sensitive
- fixed a problem with tables and physical coordinates
- fixed a problem with interactive pan/zoom/rotate and
coordinates
Version 1.8.6.5
- Fixed a problem with reading IRAF Pros regions files
Version 1.8.6.4
- Fixed a problem with Little Endian Machines and
doubles
in
FITS bin
tables
Version 1.8.6.3
- Now supports SAOtng regions files in physical
coordinates.
Version 1.8.6.2
- Improved Region clipping
- Fixed a problem with finding the Preferences File
Version 1.8.6.1
- Fixed a rather nasty bug with rendering Circle
Regions.
This
bug would
sometimes cause the X Server to hang.
- Now does a better job of creating the default size
regions.
- Frame buttons Prev and Next now will cycle thru all
frames.
Version 1.8.6
- Automatic Tile Mode with multiple files on command
line
- Fixed problems with HTTP and FTP access
- Fixed another problem with FITS Bin tables and regions
- There are now 2 modes for interactive panning--
default
click
to center
- Click to Center (SAOimage method)
- Drag to Center (Native DS9 method)
- New frames use the current user scale limits and
colorscale.
- Added frameno option to FRAME xpa point
- REGION SAVE FORMAT menu now reflects coords available
Version 1.8.5
- New GUI Buttons Bar
- Rearranged Menus, smaller desktop footprint
- New Tiling algorithms
- Truecolor 8bit support
$ds9 -visual truecolor8
- Truecolor 16bit support
$ds9 -visual truecolor16
- Truecolor 24bit
enhancements
$ds9 -visual truecolor24
- Pseudocolor 8bit
enhancements
$ds9 -visual pseudocolor8
- Regions Modes now
intergrated into Pointer Mode
- New colormaps have been added
- Fixed a problem with FITS ext names
- Editing RECTANGLE regions resizes about the opposite
node,
not the
center
- Polished the GUI for creating regions
- list/save regions in saoimage format now outputs
points
- Fixed a problem with existing regions and blocking
Version 1.8.4.1
- Fixed problem with rotate mode and updating menus
Version 1.8.4
- 24 bit color support
- New Postscript drivers
- CMYK support
- Variable resolution
- Online Documentation!
- Fixed a problem with Physical Coordinates and FITS Bin
Tables
- Sticky file names have been implemented
- Fixed a problem with standard dialogs and
double/triple
clicks
- If Header window is open, load will display the new
header
- Delete Frame now asks for confirmation
- Fixed a problem with arrays and xpa
- Fixed a problem with FITS keyword inheritance
- for FITS bin tables, the keywords BIN, BINKEY, and KEY
are
equivalent
- Fixed a problem with regions and tiled frames
- Keystroke shortcuts have been added to the GUI
- Added WCS menu items to preferences saved
- Added 'Clear Preferences' to preferences menu
- Mouse button 2 is now bound to 'Pan' function
- Minor changes to layout of Small and Large Infomation
Panel
- Fixed problem with pseudocolor 8 and private colormaps
Version 1.8.3
- Fixed a problem with arrays and xpa
- xpaget regions: you now can specify
coord/coordformat/format
- $ xpaget ds9 regions -format pros -coord fk4
-coordformat
hms
- Interactive rotation is now works!
- PanZoom Dialog and Rotate Dialog now have 'Apply'
buttons
- Preferences have been implemented. 'Save Preferences'
will
save the
current values of the 'Preferences' and 'View' menus in
$HOME/.ds9.prefs.
On startup, this values will be used.
- Source user tcl file has been implemented. If
$HOME/.ds9
exists, it
will be sourced on start up.
- New Standard Dialog box has been implemented. User now
has a
choice
of motif, windows, or 'blue plate special' dialog boxes.
- '$ xpaget ds9 file' now returns full file name
- More tolerant of non-existent or bad files.
- More robust checking of mosaic files
- FITS keyword inheritance is now supported.
- Mosaic Multiple Extension Fits files are now
supported.
- Coordinate name 'CCD' has been changed to 'Physical'
Version 1.8.2
- Support for raw data arrays
$ ds9 "foo.arr[xdim=512,ydim=512,bitpix=-32]"
$ ds9 "foo.arr[xdim=512,ydim=512,bitpix=16,skip=100]"
$ ds9 "foo.arr[dim=1024,bitpix=8,bigendian]"
$ ds9 "foo.arr[dim=1024,bitpix=8,arch=littleendian]"
- xpa
support for raw data arrays
$ cat foo.arr | xpaset ds9 array "[dim=512,bitpix=16]"
Version 1.8.1.2
- fixed problem with printing
Version 1.8.1.1
- fix problem with change of xpa api
Version 1.8.1
- fix blockfactor,blockbuffersize, and blockfunction
command
line options.
- fixed problem with Marker type Line Dialog box.
- Added new marker type: Ruler.
- fixed major problem with regions files and loading via
xpa.
- Added arrows to line marker.
- more robust error handling.
- bin table extension names and column names are no
longer
case
sensitive.
- fixed problem with printing to different page sizes
Version 1.8
- Fixed a major memory leak
- Fixed a XPA printing problem
- Fixed problem with LOG scale
- the xpa application name is now "ds9".
- the xpa class name is now "DS9"
example:
$ xpaget ds9 version # get version number from just ds9
$ xpaget DS9:ds9 version # get version number from just ds9
- $ xpaget DS9: version # get version number for all DS9
apps
- Markers!