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    <title>DS9 Version 5 Release Notes</title>
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      SAOImageDS9 Version 5 Release Notes</h3>
    <ol>
      <ol>
        <li><tt>07.16.2007 FITSY++: fix a problem with rice compressed
            images and multiple tiles.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>07.17.2007 MOSAIC: fix a problem with bin table
            extensions
            at the end of a mosaic image wcs.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>07.20.2007 COLORMAP: fixed a problem with loading
            external
            colormaps.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>07.20.2007 COLORMAP: fixed a problem colormap menus.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>07.23.2007 ARCHIVES: new url for skyview.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>07.23.2007 I18N: add language support for Japanese.
            (many thanks to Masahiro Tsujimoto!).</tt></li>
        <li><tt>07.23.2007 PIXEL TABLE: xpaget will now return the pixel
            table values.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>07.31.2007 SOLARISx86: now supporting solarisx86.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>08.15.2007 PIXELTABLE: fixed a minor problem with xpaget
            pixeltable.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>08.15.2007 FUNTOOLS: update to version 1.4.0</tt></li>
        <li><tt>08.15.2007 IIS: fixed a problem with frame number
            greater
            than 10.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>08.15.2007 EXAMINE: changed frame name to 'Frame'.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>09.02.2007 CATALOGS: updated urls and menu titles.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>09.20.2007 PREFS: new prefs dialog box.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>09.24.2007 CATALOGS: fixed a problem with the CDS query.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>09.24.2007 CATALOGS: add SDSS DR6.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>09.24.2007 SKYVIEW: fixed default image size and updated
            url.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>09.24.2007 PROJECTION: install callbacks only after
            Button
            Release.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>09.25.2007 REGIONS: add xpa/command SHOW and SHOWTEXT
            support.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>09.25.2007 CONTOURS: fixed a problem with load contours
            from the command line.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>10.03.2007 MACOSX: MacOSX Aqua support is now fully
            implemented!</tt></li>
        <li><tt>10.03.2007 COLORMAP: pass colormap names thru
            translation
            tables</tt></li>
        <li><tt>10.03.2007 XPA: update to version 2.1.8</tt></li>
        <li><tt>10.05.2007 COMPOSITE: add global properties switch.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>10.05.2007 LINE: fixed a problem with initial displayed
            arrow checkboxes in dialog.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>10.05.2007 FOV: moved FOV menu to more visible level</tt></li>
        <li><tt>10.10.2007 I18N: add language support for French.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>10.11.2007 CATALOGS: fixed a problem with the symbol
            editor
            dialog.</tt></li>
        <li><tt><b>10.15.2007 RELEASE version 5.0</b></tt></li>
        <li><tt>10.16.2007 PROJECTION: fixed a problem with the
            coordinates
            of the projection plot.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>10.17.2007 RICE: fixed a problem with float and double
            RICE
            compression.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>10.24.2007 RICE: fixed several problems with mosaics,
            cubes
            and RICE compression.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>10.24.2007 GUI: added support for ds9 beta versions.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>10.24.2007 PREFS: added OK and Cancel buttons to all
            tabs.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>10.29.2007 CATALOGS: implemented support for new CDS
            catalogs search format.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>10.30.2007 SAOTK: implemented reentrant parsers.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>11.01.2007 SAOTK: now support any color for markers,
            contours, etc.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>11.02.2007 MACOSX/WINDOWS: fixed a problem with native
            open
            file dialog. If bad file name had been used, (or an
            extention), an
            error would occur.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>11.07.2007 TCL/TK: update to version 8.4.16.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>11.08.2007 PLOT: fixed a problem with xpa/command line
            linear/line tokens to match documentation.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>11.09.2007 PREFERENCES: fixed a problem with slower
            ppcs.
            use 'update idletasks' instead of 'update' to avoid possible
            race
            condition.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>11.21.2007 XPA: update to version 2.1.9</tt></li>
        <li><tt>11.21.2007 FUNTOOLS: update to version 1.4.1</tt></li>
        <li><tt>11.21.2007 WCSSUBS: update to version 3.7.0</tt></li>
        <li><tt>11.21.2007 TCLLIBS: update to version 1.10</tt></li>
        <li><tt>11.28.2007 TCL/TK: update to version 8.4.17 beta.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>11.28.2007 ANALYSIS: fix a problem with spaces in tmp
            file
            names.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>12.05.2007 FLEXLEXER.Y: updated version.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>12.06.2007 GUI: change key binding 'c' to 'r'. It
            conflicts
            with 'copy' on MacOSX and Windows platforms.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>12.06.2007 REGIONS: fixed a problem with pasteing
            regions
            into an empty frame.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>12.18.2007 ZIP: fixed a problem with the unix Makefile.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>12.18.2007 FUNTOOLS: update to version 1.4.2.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>12.18.2007 2MASS: limit size to 1024 arcsec.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>12.21.2007 FITSY++: add support for HCOMPRESS compressed
            FITS.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>12.28.2007 FITSY++: add support for GZIP compressed
            FITS.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>01.03.2008 FITSY++: add support for PLIO compressed
            FITS.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>01.04.2008 GUI: fixed a problem with X11 servers that
            return truecolor 32 bit when in fact the visual is truecolor
            24bit.</tt></li>
        <li><tt><b>01.15.2008 RELEASE version 5.1</b></tt></li>
        <li><tt>01.17.2008 ANALYSIS: add the directory of any loaded
            analysis file to the PATH.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>01.22.2008 REGIONS: fixed a problem introduced with
            reentrant parsers. Sexagesimal values between -00 and +00
            were
            incorrectly parsed as +00.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>01.23.2008 REGIONS: fixed a problem with parsing HMS/DMS
            coordinates.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>01.24.2008 GUI: fixed a problem shift rotate mode.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>01.24.2008 GUI: info panel 'Frame' width set to +4.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>01.24.2008 GUI: add new goto frame menu.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>01.24.2008 GUI: add support for move frames.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>01.24.2008 ANALYSIS: for MacOSX tiger, wrap cmds with
            shell
            and PATH.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>01.25.2008 CATALOGS: make sure xpa and command line
            retrieves are syncronous.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>01.28.2008 CONTOUR: fixed a problem with loading contour
            levels into multiple frames.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>01.31.2008 WINDOWS: changed how windows come into focus.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>01.31.2008 TCL/TK: update to version 8.4.17.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>02.07.2008 GUI: change default directory for standard
            dialog to $HOME.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>02.07.2008 ANALYSIS: add /sw/bin to default path for
            MacOSX.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>02.20.2008 CATALOGS: add support for editing a catalog
            table and regions.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>02.20.2008 TEXT: add enable rotation switch for text
            regions.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>02.20.2008 GUI: ds9 will now start in the users home
            directory for MacOSX Aqua users when invoked from a double
            click and
            the default dialog box is Motif or Windows.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>02.20.2008 TCL/TK: update to version 8.4.18.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>02.26.2008 IIS: disable most keystroke and mouse events
            for
            iis frames.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>02.28.2008 FITSY++: fixed a problem with save fits and
            smoothed images.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>02.29.2008 WCS: fixed a problem with calculating the
            size
            and center of complex fits images in WCS.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>03.05.2008 GUI: backed out change key binding 'c' to
            'r'.
            It causes untold grief with IRAF.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>03.10.2008 MACOSX: fixed a problem with printing non
            standard colors.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>03.10.2008 CATALOGS: catalog dialogs are now tied to the
            frame. This allows multiple copies of the same catalog, one
            per frame.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>03.12.2008 GRID: added support for PC001001 formated WCS
            keywords.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>03.13.2008 IIS: make sure socket is closed on exec.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>03.13.2008 WINDOWS: add support for native printing.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>03.18.2008 CROSSHAIR: fix a problem with the line width
            for
            postscript.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>03.18.2008 MACOSX: restore postscript printing.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>03.18.2008 WINDOWS: restore postscript printing.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>03.19.2008 GUI: enhancements with Find/FindNext in text
            dialog windows.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>03.19.2008 GUI: add console support.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>03.24.2008 REGIONS: apply WCS to fits regions if
            present.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>03.25.2008 PREFS: fixed a problem with Zoom menu
            preferences.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>03.31.2008 GUI: add support for user configured button
            bar.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>04.03.2008 CATALOGS: add support for simbad.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>04.04.2008 MASKS: fixed a problem with mask color
            preference.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>04.07.2008 IMEXAMINE: added support for key stroke
            events.</tt></li>
        <li><tt><b>04.15.2008 RELEASE version 5.2</b></tt></li>
        <li><tt>04.18.2008 REGIONS: added support for centroid.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>04.21.2008 GUI: fixed a problem with 'c' and control-c.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>04.21.2008 IIS: fixed a problem key events. Now all key
            events are active until IIS is in cursor mode. At this point
            all key
            events are passed to IRAF except for 'TAB'.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>04.23.2008 MACOSX: split the binary and archive into two
            files, and codesign the binary, so that it will play well
            with
            leopard's new firewall.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>04.25.2008 FITSY++: fixed a proble with mapincr. If
            seek_
            is at end of file, mmap will not return an error.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>04.28.2008 GUI: delete all frames resets the frame
            counter
            (broken in 5.2).</tt></li>
        <li><tt>06.02.2008 GCC: remove all references to <iostream.h>
              and
              use <iostream> instead.</iostream></iostream.h></tt></li>
        <li><tt>06.02.2008 GCC: support for gcc 4.2.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>06.02.2008 GUI: fix typo in bin.tcl menus.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>06.03.2008 FITSY++: changes to processing the header
            where
            ds9 will now work with illegal fits files that contains
            NULLs instead
            of SPACEs.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>06.03.2008 RICE: implemented compatibility with cfitsio
            3.08.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>06.04.2008 GZIP: implemented compatibility with cfitsio
            3.08.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>06.04.2008 HCOMPRESS: implemented compatibility with
            cfitsio 3.08.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>06.05.2008 IIS: disable scale menu with iis frame (fixed
            from version 5.2).</tt></li>
        <li><tt>06.05.2008 REGIONS: fixed FITS regions polygon support.
            Now
            determine how many points based on the repeat value of the
            column, but
            check for .</tt></li>
        <li><tt>06.06.2008 FITS: for saveimage fits, if non-linear WCS,
            don't attempt to save WCS.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>06.06.2008 BLINK: add xpa/command line option -blink
            interval.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>06.06.2008 REGIONS: add for DASH property.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>07.11.2008 REGIONS: fixed a problem with the 'delete
            all'
            button.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>07.16.2008 XPA: if CHECKDNS fails, set XPA_METHOD to
            local
            and initialize.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>07.21.2008 PROJECTION: minor change to ensure that we
            step
            over the grid in 1 pixel values.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>07.24.2008 IIS: add support for all 16 IIS colors.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>07.25.2008 BINNING: fixed a problem with smooth and 3d
            binning.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>08.04.2008 FITSY++: fixed a problem with BSCALE/BZERO
            and
            float/double data types.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>08.11.2008 CATALOGS: fixed a problem with catalogs
            retrieved
            via a cds search. The id returned would fail during
            evaluation in
            creating a valid header.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>08.11.2008 CATALOGS: add CMC to catalog menu.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>08.11.2008 GUI: fixed a problem with the initial
            directory
            for the standard dialog when loading from the command line.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>08.14.2008 VECTOR: vast improvements in optimization.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>08.19.2008 GUI: catch a failure to initialize window
            system
            (a problem with X11) and exit nice.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>08.19.2008 MACOSX: fixed the window tab problem for Aqua
            port.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>08.19.2008 MACOSX: fixed canvas background issues.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>08.20.2008 GUI: Add buttons to vertical layout.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>09.10.2008 XPA: fixed a problem with blink interval &lt;
            1.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>09.12.2008 PREFS: add 'Preserve During Load' for scale,
            pan, and regions.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>09.12.2008 CONTOUR: add dash line option.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>09.17.2008 PANNER: check to see if we are at pole.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>09.17.2008 CATALOGS: add copy from row(s).</tt></li>
        <li><tt>09.17.2008 REGIONS: look for new FITS POLYGON
            termination
            conditions</tt></li>
        <li><tt>09.22.2008 COLORBAR: removed truecolor colorbar options.
            Always paint the entire image.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>09.25.2008 BINNING: automatically look for x,y then
            ra,dec,
            before settling for columns 1 and 2.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>09.25.2008 IMEXAM: added 'any' event (returns with a
            mouse
            event or key event).</tt></li>
        <li><tt>10.02.2008 CATALOGS: fixed a problem with size format
            for
            SIMBAD and NED. Degrees and ArcSecs were incorrectly
            calculated.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>10.03.2008 CATALOGS: Add support for CXC catalog.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>10.08.2008 MACOSX: add MacOSX X11 10.5 firewall port.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>10.10.2008 FOV: add sao/binospec.</tt></li>
        <li><tt><b>10.15.2008 RELEASE version 5.3</b></tt></li>
        <li><tt>10.17.2008 CATALOGS: removed support for Chandra Source
            Catalog at request of Ian Evans of CXC.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>10.22.2008 MASKS: add support for mask transparency.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>10.24.2008 MASKS: add new mask properties.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>10.28.2008 GRID: add grid title support.</tt></li>
        <li><tt><b>10.31.2008 RELEASE version 5.4</b></tt></li>
        <li><tt>10.31.2008 GRID: full grid support for command line and
            xpa.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>11.04.2008 FITSY: fixed a problem with header keywords
            that
            start with 'END'.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>11.13.2008 FITSY: fixed a problem when there was a
            failure
            to correctly parse iraf or wcs keywords.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>12.02.2008 FITS: for saveimage fits, fixed a problem
            with
            LTMV,DTMV, and WCS coordinates. They were off by 1 pixel in
            x.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>12.02.2008 GUI: fixed a problem with panning via click
            and
            drag.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>12.04.2008 MPEG: changed makefiles to compile tkmpeg
            code
            without optiminzation. -O created invalid code for MacOSX
            (and possible
            others)</tt></li>
        <li><tt>12.04.2008 REGIONS: fixed a problem when creating a
            default
            panda region via a mouse click.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>12.05.2008 POSTSCRIPT: fixed a problem with printing
            frames
            that have no image loaded.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>12.05.2008 CATALOGS: fixed a problem with using the
            arrow
            keys in catalog dialogs.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>12.10.2008 REGIONS: fixed a problem elongated rotated
            ellipses.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>12.10.2008 MACOSX: fixed several problems with
            processing
            AppleEvents OpenDocument and PrintDocument. DS9 now supports
            opendoc
            and printdoc while currently running.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>12.12.2008 IIS: re-enabled mouse events while in cursor
            mode.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>12.12.2008 IIS: trap arrow keys while in cursor mode, do
            not pass to IRAF, instead warp cursor.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>12.15.2008 SMOOTH: ignore NAN in smoothing convolution.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>12.16.2008 GUI: fixed a problem with 'get fits size' to
            make it behave in the regions of poles.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>12.29.2008 IIS: try to decode OBJECT from iisMessageCmd.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>12.29.2008 IIS: if frame is in cursor mode (via the
            imexam
            task), RESET FRAME, will attempt to clean up.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>01.05.2009 FUNTOOLS: update to version 1.4.2.2</tt></li>
        <li><tt>01.05.2009 WCSSUBS: update to version 3.7.6</tt></li>
        <li><tt>01.05.2009 GUI: add support for loading FITS multiple
            extension as multiple frames.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>01.05.2009 EXAMINE: fixed many problems. Will work not
            work
            with data loaded via stdin or xpa fits.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>01.15.2009 SMOOOTH: fixed a problem with BZERO and
            BSCALE.
            These keywords are reset to default values if present in the
            smoothed
            image, since the scaling has already been applied.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>01.15.2009 FILTER: fixed an issue when unable to build a
            valid filter. Previously, it would exit() the program. Now,
            it will
            issue an error message and continue.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>01.16.2009 MACOSX: if using the X11 port of MacOSX,
            increase the size of the window to make room for the size
            tab, similar
            for Aqua.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>01.16.2009 SAVEAS: PNG now saves without GAMMA.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>01.20.2009 GUI: Rearrange Frame menu and Region menu.
            They
            had grown too long and some window managers were having
            difficulties.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>01.21.2009 REGIONS: fixed a problem rendering Bezier
            curves.</tt></li>
        <li><tt><b>01.23.2009 RELEASE version 5.5</b></tt></li>
        <li><tt><b>01.28.2009 RELEASE version 5.5.1</b></tt></li>
        <li><tt>01.28.2009 GUI: fixed a problem in that the last file
            name
            loaded is incorrectly set if there are command line options
            that follow
            the file name.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>02.02.2009 CATALOGS: updated urls for cds mirrors.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>02.03.2009 CATALOGS: cleaned up tsv code. Will read
            comma
            and tab separted values, and will write tab separated
            values. Assumes
            first row is cols header unless first and second cols are
            numbers, then
            assumes ra, dec, in fk5 degrees.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>02.04.2009 PSEUDOCOLOR: fixed a problem with the frame
            not
            remembering its current colormap bias and contrast setting
            when
            toggling between frames.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>02.10.2009 BLT: fixed a problem zoombox under Aqua. XOR
            draws are now disabled.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>02.11.2009 CIAO: The ciao regions parser will now accept
            compound region descriptions.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>02.12.2009 CONTOURS: fixed a problem with command
            line/xpa
            dashed line parameter. Processing the -contour command is
            now a lot more robust in determining missing parameters.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>02.16.2009 HISTOGRAM EQU: fixed a problem with clipping
            low = clipping high (usually as a result of ZSCALE).</tt></li>
        <li><tt>02.19.2009 FITSY++: fixed a problem specifying an
            extension number of 0 with a multiple extension file with no
            primary image. It now properly fails to load.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>02.19.2009 GUI: FITS multiple extension multiple frame
            will now load a primary image if present.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>02.19.2009 GUI: compressed FITS multiple extension
            multiple frame will now load properly.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>02.19.2009 GUI: FITS multiple extension multiple frame
            will ignore any bin table extensions.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>02.19.2009 BLT: add support for MacOSX native printing.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>02.19.2009 PLOT: native printing now fully supported for
            MacOSX and Windows.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>02.24.2009 SAMP: add support for VO Simple Application
            Messaging Protocol (SAMP). Will process image.load.fits and
            table.load.votable events.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>02.25.2009 FITSY++: fixed a problem with saving a slice
            of a cube. The header had invalid keywords.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>02.27.2009 CATALOGS: support VOTable format.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>03.02.2009 MacOSX: support for the MacOSX X11 Leopard
            10.5 non-firewall version has been discontinued.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>03.02.2009 MacOSX: fixed a problem with plot y axis
            titles offset.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>03.02.2009 MacOSX: fixed a problem fork/exec and version
            10.5 New version of tclMacNotify.c now used.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>03.09.2009 FUNTOOLS: updated to version 1.4.3.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>03.10.2009 REGIONS: fixed a problem with listing
            irregular panda, ellipse panda, and box panda in
            ds9/funtools format. The conjunction has been removed.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>03.12.2009 GUI: If in tile mode, with only one frame,
            and tile mode is set to manual, tile anyway (don't drop into
            single mode).</tt></li>
        <li><tt>03.12.2009 CATALOGS: speed up rendering of catalogs for
            simple symbol filters.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>03.12.2009 REGIONS: support wildcards in filename.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>03.12.2009 REGIONS: add support for load into all
            frames.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>03.17.2009 GUI: Name server support now utilizies CDS
            Sesame.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>03.17.2009 SKYVIEW: fixed a problem processing the
            survey query.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>03.18.2009 HV: add support for cookies.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>03.18.2009 ARCHIVES: add support for NVO Montage.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>03.18.2009 REGIONS: fixed a problem calculating the WCS
            angle of a flipped WCS.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>03.18.2009 HV: add support for mime-type text/xml for
            votable.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>03.19.2009 CATALOGS: CDS now uses VOTABLE.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>03.24.2009 CATALOGS: SIMBAD now uses VOTABLE.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>03.24.2009 CATALOGS: NED now uses VOTABLE.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>03.24.2009 CATALOGS: add preferences to download in
            VOTABLE if available.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>04.01.2009 GUI: when you delete a frame, the current
            frame is reset to the previous frame, not the first frame.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>04.06.2009 RULER: use preferences default distance
            system.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>04.06.2009 GUI: fixed a problem with open other url.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>04.09.2009 PROJECTION: properly calculate width when
            rebinning.</tt></li>
        <li><tt><b>04.15.2009 RELEASE version 5.6</b></tt></li>
        <li><tt>04.16.2009 REGIONS: fixed a rather nasty bug which
            caused a segv when switching between modes after copy a
            region from a frame.</tt></li>
        <li><tt><b>04.16.2009 RELEASE version 5.6.1</b></tt></li>
        <li><tt>04.17.2009 SAMP: use xmlrpc url method in POST header.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>04.17.2009 CATALOGS: fixed a typo in the default SDSSR5
            query.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>04.20.2009 HV: fixed a problem with parsing query linked
            to a button.</tt></li>
        <li><tt><b>04.20.2009 RELEASE version 5.6.2</b></tt></li>
        <li><tt>04.22.2009 PREFS: updated the default name server menu.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>04.24.2009 FIRST: removed a debug statement which was
            left in.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>04.27.2009 REGIONS: fixed a problem loading a fits file
            with specified extension.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>04.28.2009 HV: fixed again a problem with parsing url
            within a link with a query which contains a '?'.</tt></li>
        <li><tt><b>04.30.2009 RELEASE version 5.6.3</b></tt></li>
        <li><tt>05.01.2009 REGIONS: fixed a problem creating a text
            region with arcsec or arcmin char.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>05.01.2009 NAMESRVR: fixed a problem with simbad cfa
            sexagesimal.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>05.01.2009 CATALOGS: fixed a problem with quoting a
            VOTABLE FIELD DESCRIPTION string.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>05.01.2009 CATALOGS: add column parameters in header
            output.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>05.04.2009 SAMP: fixed a problem with select row list.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>05.04.2009 REGIONS: add list to xpa and command line
            regions option.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>05.21.2009 NVSS: add NVSS Image server back.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>05.26.2009 NAMESRVR: set default name server to cds.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>05.26.2009 CATALOGS: set default catalog erver to cds.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>05.26.2009 SAMP: fixed a proble with quoting filenames
            and urls for xml.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>05.26.2009 CATALOGS: will now try to determine the RA
            and DEC cols via the UCD if available.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>05.26.2009 GUI: fixed a problem with standard dialog
            boxes and MacOSX Aqua and Windows. The dialogbox would
            sometimes fail to rise to top.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>05.27.2009 GUI: WCS menu correctly updates print
            coordinate parameters.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>05.27.2009 REGIONS: autocentroid now works for move,
            edit, and rotate.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>05.27.2009 CATALOGS: CDS Search now retrieves search
            options from cds.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>05.27.2009 CATALOGS: fixed a problem with FILTER and
            VOTable. The votable cols params were not being properly
            transfered to the new filtered table.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>06.10.2009 REGIONS: DS9 regions syntax now supported in
            VOTable format.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>06.11.2009 CATALOGS: "No Items Found" is now displayed
            on status line and not as a model dialog.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>06.11.2009 REGIONS: fixed problem with dashed lines with
            rotated ellipses.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>06.11.2009 GUI: fixed problem with standard file dialog
            boxes. Now, command line options and xpa command DOES NOT
            CHANGE the current directory. Only the use of the dialog box
            will reset the current directory.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>06.11.2009 SAMP: don't send empty catalogs.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>06.11.2009 CATALOGS: don't write empty catalogs.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>06.11.2009 FILTER: fixed a problem with parsing filters
            on the command line that contain quotes.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>06.16.2009 SAMP: the samp port number is now
            automatically determined at connection time.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>06.17.2009 CATALOGS: for VOTables, change id to ID.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>06.17.2009 CATALOGS: Add ID param to CXC catalog.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>06.17.2009 SAMP: send unique catalog table-id for each
            catalog so tha multiple copies of ds9 with the same catalog
            loaded don't walk all over each other when connected to a
            hub.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>06.18.2009 REGIONS: Update info box, graphs, and pixel
            table when draging in pointer and catalog mode.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>06.18.2009 GUI: clean up code which enables/disables WCS
            menus based on current frame.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>06.19.2009 HV: add support for arrow keys and mouse
            wheel.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>06.19.2009 HV: add support for copy key shortcut.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>06.19.2009 HV: add support for Return key shortcut for
            Submit.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>06.25.2009 GUI: update crosshair, infobox, pixeltable
            when changing current slice in crosshair mode.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>06.25.2009 REGIONS: fixed a problem with
            create/load/save regions with mosaic. The WCS of the first
            mosaic segment loaded is used for all regions.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>06.30.2009 REGIONS: removed listwcs option for ds9
            format.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>06.30.2009 IIS: disabled annoying 'port/addr already in
            use' error message.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>07.06.2009 BINNING: add update button to bin dialog.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>07.06.2009 HV: add enhancements to allow complete
            control over a web browser window.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>07.06.2009 VO: add enhancements to allow complete
            control over the vo dialog.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>07.09.2009 XPA: 'page setup' has been renamed pagesetup.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>07.15.2009 HV: support for sync http added.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>07.15.2009 VO: support for sync http added.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>07.15.2009 ANALYSIS: support for sync http added.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>07.15.2009 ANALYSIS: analysis tasks invoked via xpa or
            command line are now run in blocking (sync) mode.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>07.16.2009 XPA: added optional param to xpaget array to
            specify the endianness.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>08.05.2009 XPA: add sleep command.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>08.05.2009 GUI: add sleep command line option.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>08.10.2009 GUI: fixed command line option commands.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>08.10.2009 CATALOGS: for CDS catalogs, ignore the UCD at
            first and look for _RAJ2000 and _DEJ2000, then the UCD, then
            a list of common names.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>08.11.2009 GUI: update Magnifier in Pan mode and key
            arrows.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>08.12.2009 WINDOWS: Add support for wildcard filename
            expansion if invoked from DOS shell.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>08.12.2009 REGIONS: Add support for load template at ra
            dec skyframe.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>08.20.2009 MOSAIC: default for loading mosaics is now
            WCS not IRAF.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>08.25.2009 SAMP: implemented full XPA capabilities via
            SAMP.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>08.25.2009 I18N: make changes to fitsy++ lexer to allow
            non-single byte chars in filenames and paths.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>08.26.2009 SAMP: fixed a problem with parsing the
            hub.xmlrup.url.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>08.26.2009 XPA: update to version 2.1.10.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>08.27.2009 FUNTOOLS: update to version 1.4.4.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>09.01.2009 SAMP: fixed a problem with extra key value
            pairs in message.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>09.01.2009 CATALOGS: add default samp command.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>09.01.2009 CATALOGS: removed modal dialog info box
            calls. Messages are now updated in the status windows.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>09.01.2009 GUI: added new level of menu updates that are
            only executed when a frame is create or deleted and not
            everytime there is a change of state.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>09.03.2009 WINDOWS: disable menu updates during blinking
            because windows redraws the menu window each time the
            configuration is changed.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>09.03.2009 SOLARIS: removed support for Solaris&lt;9.0.
            DS9 now requires libxml2 be supported by the OS.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>09.03.2009 GUI: added signal handling for non-windows.
            We now trap SIGINT and clean up before exiting.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>09.08.2009 I18N: fixed a problem with spaces in
            filename.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>09.08.2009 SAMP: fixed a problem using a hub that uses
            the Apache xmlrpc library.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>09.10.2009 SAMP: fixed a problem with invalid ds9.get
            commands.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>09.10.2009 GUI: cmap xpa, samp, and command line option
            is now much more tolerant to capitalization and spellings.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>09.10.2009 WINDOWS: tcc is now used for the bin filter
            compiler. cygwin is no longer required.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>09.21.2009 MACOSX: ports to Tiger (10.4), Leopard
            (10.5), and Snow Leopard (10.6) are now built under 10.6</tt></li>
        <li><tt>09.22.2009 MACOSX: fixed a problem with snowleopard. For
            32bit visuals, the alpha channel is set to 0xff, not 0.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>09.28.2009 XPA: add XPA connect/disconnect menu options.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>09.29.2009 RGB: fixed a problem with displaying images
            with NAN.</tt></li>
        <li><tt>10.02.2009 MACOSX: pcc is now used for the bin filter
            compiler of i386 platforms if XCode is not installed./tt&gt;</tt></li>
        <tt>
          <li><tt>10.09.2009 ANALYSIS: fixed a problem with analysis
              plot command to maintain backward compatibility./tt&gt;</tt></li>
          <tt>
            <li><tt>10.12.2009 SMOOTH: fixed a problem that smooth is
                reset when no image is loaded. /tt&gt;</tt></li>
            <tt>
              <li><tt><b>10.15.2009 RELEASE version 5.7</b></tt></li>
            </tt></tt></tt>
      </ol>
      <tt><tt>
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