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    <title>DS9 Version 1.9 Release Notes</title>
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    <h3>
      <img alt="" src="../sun.gif" width="100" height="98"
        align="middle">SAOImageDS9 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>
        <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>
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