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<li><tt>10.20.2009 XPA: moved processing xpa command line options
to first pass, and init xpa earlier in startup, so that vo and web
click can be processed along with regular command line
options.</tt></li>
<li><tt>10.24.2009 UPDATE: fixed a problem with trying to provide
support for backward compatibility.</tt></li>
<li><tt>10.24.2009 IMGSVR: fixed a problem with trying to provide
support for backward compatibility</tt></li>
<li><tt>10.24.2009 GUI: sleep command arg is now optional</tt></li>
<li><tt>10.24.2009 MOSAIC: IRAF mosaics are now layed out based on
the first segment load, like WCS mosaics</tt></li>
<li><tt>10.27.2009 GUI: fixed a problem if you delete all frames,
some of the load commands (such as -rgbcube) are not executed until
there is a new frame. Now, if there are no frames, the load command
will create a new frame if needed</tt></li>
<li><tt>10.28.2009 REGION: Corrected a problem with creating
templates from a VAR. Uncommented old syntax which has been
superceeded</tt></li>
<li><tt>11.02.2009 GRID: fixed a problem with 'grid numlab
gap2'</tt></li>
<li><tt>11.02.2009 AST: updated to version 5.3-1</tt></li>
<li><tt><tt>11.05.2009 TILE: corrected documentation for '-tile
grid layout', should be column #, row #</tt></tt></li>
<li><tt><tt>11.05.2009 DATACUBE: fixed a problem with '-wcs
replace|reset|append'. The result WCS is now applied to all
slices</tt></tt></li>
<li><tt>11.05.2009 XPA: fixed a problem with 'xpaset wcs replace
foo.wcs'</tt></li>
<li><tt>11.13.2009 RICE: updated to cfitsio 3210/tt></tt></li>
<li><tt><tt>11.16.2009 COMPRESS: fixed a problem with compression
that extends over a page boundry of 1Gb</tt></tt></li>
<li><tt>11.30.2009 GRID: fixed a problem with exterior numerics and
zoomed images</tt></li>
<li><tt>11.30.2009 HELP: combine FAQ and ISSUES pages</tt></li>
<li><tt>12.04.2009 RGB: aux contour overlays are now displayed on a
per channel basis</tt></li>
<li><tt>12.07.2009 RGB: rgb images with data cubes can now set the
current slice on a per channel basis</tt></li>
<li><tt>12.07.2009 VO: fixed a problem with xpa
keep-alive</tt></li>
<li><tt>12.10.2009 TK: fixed a problem MacOSX X11 standard file
dialog boxes. Borrowed code from tk8.5 to correct the problem when
events are added to X11</tt></li>
<li><tt>12.10.2009 GUI: fixed a problem with modal dialogs when the
user closed the window via the window manager and not the OK/CANCEL
button</tt></li>
<li><tt>12.10.2009 XPA: update to version 2.1.11</tt></li>
<li><tt>12.14.2009 RGB: fixed a problem with a incorrect WCS
compass in the panner image</tt></li>
<li><tt>12.15.2009 WCS: Documented the old ALIGN command and
updated for XPA and SAMP</tt></li>
<li><tt>12.15.2009 GUI: Values accepted for SKYFORMAT expanded to
'deg', 'degree', and 'degrees' for command line options, XPA, and
SAMP</tt></li>
<li><tt>12.17.2009 WCS: added code to test for bad WCS alignment
issues (mainly from CAR projection, or pole problems)</tt></li>
<li><tt>12.17.2009 WCS: added code for WCS alignment for CAR. If
CAR, getWCScrpix() is taken from center of image, and not from
CRPIX keywords</tt></li>
<li><tt>12.18.2009 CATALOG: added USNO UCAC3 to the Optical
list</tt></li>
<li><tt>12.24.2009 DATACUBE: DS9 now supports FITS images up to 10
dimensions. Happy Holidays!</tt></li>
<li><tt>12.28.2009 ANALYSIS: fixed problems with $data and $url and
spaces in the tmp directory path name</tt></li>
<li><tt>12.28.2009 COMM: fixed problems with spaces in file names
received as argumetns via SAMP and http</tt></li>
<li><tt>12.29.2009 REGION: fixed problems with XPA/SAMP and
-format/-system/-sky options</tt></li>
<li><tt>12.29.2009 GUI: fixed a problem with hiding the current
frame</tt></li>
<li><tt>12.30.2009 HV: at EXIT, close all opened HV windows so that
tmp files may be deleted</tt></li>
<li><tt>12.30.2009 HV: fixed a problem for MIME type
'multipart/mixed', a tmp file was not deleted</tt></li>
<li><tt>12.30.2009 HV: fixed a problem for MIME type 'text/plain',
a tmp file was not deleted</tt></li>
<li><tt>12.30.2009 ANALYSIS: add $filedialog(open) and
$filedialog(save) macros</tt></li>
<li><tt>12.30.2009 GUI: allow filenames starting with a
'-'</tt></li>
<li><tt>01.07.2009 I18N: for X11 port, look for LC_MESSAGES,
LC_ALL, LANG env vars to set langage in that order</tt></li>
<li><tt>01.07.2009 I18N: update Japanese language
translation</tt></li>
<li><tt>01.07.2009 CONTOUR: fix muliple problems with command line
contour options. Each frame will now remember contour params
between frames</tt></li>
<li><tt>01.08.2009 ANALYSIS: minor changes in output of get
analysis commands. Now include parameters for web and bind
commands</tt></li>
<li><tt>01.11.2009 COLORBAR: fixed a problem with the orientation
of the numerics for vertical colorbar. This problem was introduced
with AST-5.3</tt></li>
<li><tt>01.11.2009 RGB: fixed a memory leak for RGB
frames</tt></li>
<li><tt>01.11.2009 I18N: update Japanese language
translation</tt></li>
<li><tt>01.11.2009 MACOSX: fixed a problem with non-native standard
file dialog boxes and error messages</tt></li>
<li><tt>01.12.2009 AST: fixed a memory leak with colorbar
grid.</tt></li>
<li><tt>01.13.2009 PLOT: fixed a rare problem when the user closes
a plot while in the middle of a zoom.</tt></li>
<li><tt>01.13.2009 IRAF: fixed a problem for mosaic iraf images are
loaded and the bounding box is incorrectly calculated.</tt></li>
<li><tt><b>01.15.2010 RELEASE version 6.0</b></tt></li>
<li><tt>01.27.2010 XPA: fixed a problem with reporting errors
during an XPA operation. The correct error message is now passed to
XPA.</tt></li>
<li><tt>01.27.2010 SAMP: fixed a problem with reporting errors
during an SAMP operation. The correct error message is now passed
to SAMP.</tt></li>
<li><tt>01.27.2010 REGION: fixed a problem with catch and XPA/SAMP.
Errors are now reset when needed so as not to invoke an XPA/SAMP
ERROR message.</tt></li>
<li><tt>01.27.2010 XPA: update to version 2.1.12</tt></li>
<li><tt>02.02.2010 CONTOURS: fixed a problem with manually entered
contours values.</tt></li>
<li><tt>02.12.2010 COLORBAR: add numerics equal distance
option.</tt></li>
<li><tt>02.12.2010 COLORBAR: add colorbar size option.</tt></li>
<li><tt>02.12.2010 COLORBAR: move colorbar parameters from view
menu to colorbar menu.</tt></li>
<li><tt>02.18.2010 MACOSX: fixed a problem where pcc was always
being installed. Now, first look for FILTER_CC (valid for X11 users
only). Next, see if /usr/bin/gcc exists. Finally, install pcc if
needed, and set to use it.</tt></li>
<li><tt>02.25.2010 SCALE: fixed numerous problems with LOG and POW
scales. Previously, the exp value of the log ratio was based on the
dynamic range of the data. It is now specified by the user. This
solves a number of issues with data which contains negative values.
(see new documenation on scale equations).</tt></li>
<li><tt>02.25.2010 CATALOG: CSC is now loaded as a VOTABLE by
default.</tt></li>
<li><tt>03.02.2010 CATALOG: add support for SkyBot catalog
server.</tt></li>
<li><tt>03.03.2010 MACOSX: printing, reduce image by 5% so colorbar
end tick numerics are not cutoff.</tt></li>
<li><tt>03.03.2010 WINDOWS: printing, reduce image by 5% so
colorbar end tick numerics are not cutoff.</tt></li>
<li><tt>03.03.2010 HV: fixed a problem with MouseWheel scrolling
under X11.</tt></li>
<li><tt>03.04.2010 ZOOM: added support for mouse wheel
zoom.</tt></li>
<li><tt>03.04.2010 HV: added support for Find and
FindNext.</tt></li>
<li><tt>03.10.2010 POSTSCRIPT: if colorbar and colorbar numerics
are visible, reduce image by 5% so colorbar end tick numerics are
not cutoff.</tt></li>
<li><tt>03.10.2010 PRINT: add psprint xpa/command/samp command for
postscript printing on MacOSX and Windows.</tt></li>
<li><tt>03.10.2010 GRID: add support for custom numeric
formats.</tt></li>
<li><tt>03.17.2010 BIN: add support for Match Bin.</tt></li>
<li><tt>03.23.2010 FITS: add a check tor binary tables with no rows
or cols.</tt></li>
<li><tt>03.24.2010 WINDOWS: fixed a problem with native printing
and bitmaps that were not aligned upon a word boundary.</tt></li>
<li><tt>03.24.2010 WINDOWS: fixed a problem with rendering circle
point and box circle point.</tt></li>
<li><tt>03.26.2010 HV: fixed a rather nasty bug. If a HV window is
open when prefs are saved, the next time ds9 is started, upon exist
it tried to close an non-existent window, and went into a
loop.</tt></li>
<li><tt>03.29.2010 SAMP: add support for table.load.fits
events.</tt></li>
<li><tt>04.13.2010 BACKUP: add support for backup and
restore.</tt></li>
<li><tt>04.14.2010 GUI: ensure all temp files in /tmp have unique
names which will not conflict with other programs.</tt></li>
<li><tt>04.14.2010 RGB: corrected inconsistant behavior. The
creation of a RGB frame will not alter the single/tile
setting.</tt></li>
<li><tt>04.16.2010 TK: fixed a problem with some tk lib scripts not
sourced at startup and if -cd is executed, ds9 is unable to locate
the scripts.</tt></li>
<li><tt>04.16.2010 CIAO: removed any conjuction operators (which
are not supported).</tt></li>
<li><tt>04.16.2010 COLORBAR: fixed a rather nasty memory bug which
was invoked when the colorbar was re-configured.</tt></li>
<li><tt>04.23.2010 BACKUP: backup save sets can be saved into on a
repeat basis.</tt></li>
<li><tt>04.26.2010 SCALE: fixed a problem with segv and Scale
Dialog box.</tt></li>
<li><tt>04.26.2010 GUI: fixed a problem matching frames while in
single mode.</tt></li>
<li><tt>04.29.2010 GUI: add cycle windows key shortcut.</tt></li>
<li><tt>05.04.2010 WINDOWS: new windows installation
procedure.</tt></li>
<li><tt>05.06.2010 CATALOG: add IAU location code in preferences
(for Skybot).</tt></li>
<li><tt>05.10.2010 REGION: fixed a problem with projection region
when one or both end points are off the image. All gaps (mosaic) or
off image (non-mosaic) have a value of 0 and NaNs are
ignored.</tt></li>
<li><tt>05.12.2010 VOTable: add support for FIEDref and PARAMref
elements.</tt></li>
<li><tt><b>05.15.2010 RELEASE version 6.1</b></tt></li>
<li><tt>05.18.2010 WINDOWS: change windows installation procedure
back to allow user to specify destination directory.</tt></li>
<li><tt>05.18.2010 SAMP: fixed an issue with DS9 being confused as
to if it is currently connected and the need to shutdown SAMP at
exit.</tt></li>
<li><tt><b>05.18.2010 RELEASE version 6.1.1</b></tt></li>
<li><tt>05.19.2010 BACKUP: fixed several major problems.</tt></li>
<li><tt>05.19.2010 PSEUDOCOLOR: fixed a typo.</tt></li>
<li><tt><b>05.19.2010 RELEASE version 6.1.2</b></tt></li>
<li><tt>05.20.2010 MACOSX: always install pcc if gcc not available.
We don't want old versions of pcc around after upgrades of the
OS.</tt></li>
<li><tt>05.28.2010 PLOT: added statistics window for
plots.</tt></li>
<li><tt>05.28.2010 PLOT: fixed some problems with menus and clear
data.</tt></li>
<li><tt>05.28.2010 NAMESERVER: add get option to return coords
directly to calling proc.</tt></li>
<li><tt>06.17.2010 CHECKDNS: update chechdns to add support for
actually connect.</tt></li>
<li><tt>06.17.2010 VO: use checkdns to look for active server. If
none found, used hard coded list.</tt></li>
<li><tt>06.21.2010 ZOOM TO FIT: center image exactly, do not round
to nearest whole pixel.</tt></li>
<li><tt>06.21.2010 BACKUP: don't save prefs(version) var. We want
the current preference file version, not the save set
version.</tt></li>
<li><tt>06.21.2010 GUI: ds9 will now look for its auxiliary file
using the current name of the executable.</tt></li>
<li><tt>06.30.2010 WCS: add WCS Edit dialog.</tt></li>
<li><tt>07.01.2010 XPA: add frame has command.</tt></li>
<li><tt>07.01.2010 SAMP: add frame has command.</tt></li>
<li><tt>07.09.2010 SAMP: fixed a problem with updating the connect
meun item after a manual disconnect.</tt></li>
<li><tt>07.09.2010 SAMP: added support for SAMP_HUB env
var.</tt></li>
<li><tt>07.13.2010 COLORBAR: fixed a problem with a bad default
-size param. This problem only showed up with a pseudocolor8
visual.</tt></li>
<li><tt>07.15.2010 GUI: implemented support for internal error
message facility. Any fatal internal error event will trigger an
GUI error message, hopefully leaving the user the option to save
data and to exit gracefully.</tt></li>
<li><tt>07.15.2010 GUI: implemented support for trapping the SIGBUS
signal and routing it to the internal error message facilty. This
usually occurs when a data file has been overwritten or a shared
memory segment is no longer available.</tt></li>
<li><tt>07.27.2010 PLOT: save font info when save
configuration.</tt></li>
<li><tt>08.04.2010 REGION: fixed a problem with the close button on
EPANDA and BPANDA dialog boxes.</tt></li>
<li><tt>08.05.2010 COLORBAR: fixed a problem when the image is all
one value.</tt></li>
<li><tt>08.10.2010 GUI: add Frame Match Image, Physical, Detector,
Amplifier buttons.</tt></li>
<li><tt>08.12.2010 MAGNIFIER: add magnifier prefs for XPA, SAMP,
and the command line.</tt></li>
<li><tt>08.12.2010 MAGNIFIER: add magnifier color option.</tt></li>
<li><tt>08.17.2010 GRID: fixed a problem with init
colors.</tt></li>
<li><tt>08.17.2010 GRID: now supports colors in form
#ffffff.</tt></li>
<li><tt>08.18.2010 CONTOURS: fixed an issue when loading aux
contours which do not end with a linefeed.</tt></li>
<li><tt>08.23.2010 COLORBAR: fixed an issue when printing colorbar
from the command line. The numerics are now updated before
printing.</tt></li>
<li><tt>08.23.2010 COLORBAR: fixed an issue when rendering
numerics. Numerics are now properly positioned, regardless of
colorbar orientation or font.</tt></li>
<li><tt>08.25.2010 GRID: fixed a number of issues when rendering
grid numerics. Numerics are now properly positioned, regardless of
orientation or font.</tt></li>
<li><tt>08.27.2010 POSTSCRIPT: fixed a rather nastsy prolblem with
the level 2 postscript driver (Ascii85 filter) in which, sometimes,
the last line of the image would not be written.</tt></li>
<li><tt>08.30.2010 POSTSCRIPT: add new postscript level 3 driver,
which uses Flate and Ascii85 filters.</tt></li>
<li><tt>08.31.2010 COLORBAR: add support for user specified number
of tickmarks to be displayed.</tt></li>
<li><tt>08.31.2010 CATALOG: The user can now invoke a blank catalog
tool via the command line, xpa, or samp.</tt></li>
<li><tt>09.01.2010 TCL/TK: upate to version 8.5.8.</tt></li>
<li><tt>09.01.2010 CATALOG: add font properties to display symbol
database.</tt></li>
<li><tt>09.07.2010 CATALOG: now supports image/physical coordinate
systems.</tt></li>
<li><tt>09.21.2010 CONTOUR: copy/paste contours no longer requires
equatorial sky param.</tt></li>
<li><tt>09.21.2010 REGION: copy/paste contours no longer requires
equatorial sky param.</tt></li>
<li><tt>09.21.2010 SAVEAS: add optional params for jpeg, mpeg and
tiff command line options.</tt></li>
<li><tt>09.22.2010 FOV: update Chandra Templates.</tt></li>
<li><tt>09.22.2010 GUI: add open and close support for XPA, SAMP,
and command line, for all dialogs.</tt></li>
<li><tt>09.28.2010 COLORBAR: fixed a problem with generating
colorbar values when no frame is available.</tt></li>
<li><tt>09.30.2010 HV: fixed a problem with multiple cookies, which
created a bad header.</tt></li>
<li><tt>09.30.2010 VO: fixed a problem with 'xpaget ds9 vo
connect'. Now returns only the current connections, not all
possible connections.</tt></li>
<li><tt>09.30.2010 REGION: added check for no frame and no image
loaded for xpaset regions via stdin.</tt></li>
<li><tt>09.30.2010 ANALYSIS: add 'task #|name' command.</tt></li>
<li><tt>10.01.2010 ANALYSIS: fixed a problem when an analysis file
was loaded after an image had been loaded. Them menu was not
properly updated to reflect the template for each menu
item.</tt></li>
<li><tt>10.05.2010 CUBE: fixed a problem in which sometimes
changing the current slice whould hang.</tt></li>
<li><tt>10.05.2010 CUBE: add support for WCS in cube
dialog.</tt></li>
<li><tt>10.07.2010 CENTROID: add support centroid params
xpa/command line.</tt></li>
<li><tt>10.07.2010 CENTROID: fix some problems with an offset of .5
pixels.</tt></li>
<li><tt>10.07.2010 SMOOTH: new frames inherit current smooth
params.</tt></li>
<li><tt>10.07.2010 RGB: fixed a problem when the first image load
has a flipped wcs.</tt></li>
<li><tt>10.08.2010 REGION: add CIRCLE3D region.</tt></li>
<li><tt>10.11.2010 BACKUP: fixed a problem with smoothed images and
contours.</tt></li>
<li><tt>10.14.2010 HELP: fixed a problem with finding the help
files if the CD command has changed the default
directory.</tt></li>
<li><tt>10.14.2010 XPA: update to version 2.1.13</tt></li>
<li><tt><b>10.15.2010 RELEASE version 6.2</b></tt></li>
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