SAOImage DS9 Version 7 Release Notes

    1. 10.18.2010 SCALE: fixed a problem preserve Scale at load.
    2. 10.18.2010 REGION: add group new, group update, and select invert commands.
    3. 10.20.2010 TCL/TK: update to version 8.5.9.
    4. 12.01.2010 FOV: Add HEASARC/Suzaku templates for HXD, XIS, and XRS
    5. 12.03.2010 CATALOGS: fixed a problem when dec is specified as -00:xx:xx for CXC, SIMBAD, SKYBOT, and SKYVIEW
    6. 12.07.2010 BINNING: update WCS keywords for FITS bintables
    7. 12.10.2010 GUI: fixed a problem with displaying greek letters under linux.
    8. 12.24.2010 MOSAIC: fixed a problem introduced with verison 6.1 with wcs mosaics when first segment is flipped.
    9. 12.24.2010 MOSAIC: removed the FLT_EPSILON fudge factors in calculating mosaic segment matrices.
    10. 01.04.2011 SOLARIS: fixed a major bug with color allocation.
    11. 02.03.2011 POSTSCRIPT: all ports now generate identical postscript output (with a minor exception with ast grid numerics).
    12. 02.03.2011 TEXT: selecting a TEXT region now handles rotated text correctly.
    13. 02.18.2011 GROUPS: fixed a problem with selecting multiple regions.
    14. 02.21.2011 PIXELTABLE: fixed two problems with xpa and copy commands.
    15. 02.28.2011 GUI: add theme options.
    16. 03.01.2011 TKTABLE: updated to version 2.10.
    17. 03.03.2011 POSTSCRIPT: add new scale factor.
    18. 03.02.2011 GUI: all dialogs now use the new ttk widgets (with a few exceptions).
    19. 03.04.2011 PREFS: add -bg and -nan xpa/command line options.
    20. 03.14.2011 MOSAIC: added patch from Frank Valdes for default DETSIZE values.
    21. 03.14.2011 CMAP: add load/save xpa/command line options.
    22. 03.14.2011 BACKUP: fixed a problem with saved cmaps. Pathname is now relative.
    23. 03.17.2011 TKIMG: updated to version 1.4.
    24. 03.17.2011 ZLIB: updated to version 1.2.5
    25. 03.18.2011 WCSSUBS: updated to version 3.8.2
    26. 04.05.2011 AST: updated to version 5.6-0
    27. 04.05.2011 WCS: fixed/improved support for TNX, ZPN, ZPX, CAR.
    28. 04.25.2011 WCS: use AST for most WCS functions.
    29. 04.25.2011 SCALE: fix Scale Dialog formating issues.
    30. 04.26.2011 HELP: All user manual images are now local.
    31. 04.26.2011 CONTOUR: fixed problem with generating contours with BITPIX=-64.
    32. 04.26.2011 SMOOTH: now generates BITPIX=-64 image.
    33. 04.27.2011 SCALE: fixed a problem with setting scale user limits and then loading an image.
    34. 04.28.2011 EXTERNAL FILE: fixed a problem with macro substitution $filename.
    35. 04.28.2011 FUNTOOLS: updated to version 1.4.5.
    36. 04.28.2011 XPA: reinstalled version 2.1.13.
    37. 05.02.2011 WCS: use AST for all FITS WCS projections and DSS. Use WCSSUBS for TNX, ZPX, SIP, SCAMP, WCSDEP.
    38. 05.06.2011 WCS: Added additional reverse transformation (thanks Ed Los) for calculation of Panner WCS compass.
    39. 05.09.2011 GRID: add support for non-standard WCSDEP keyword.
    40. 05.12.2011 IMGSVR: for all image servers (2mass,dss,first,nvss,skyview) if invoked with no argument, yet dialog has a name or coords, automatically retreive the image.
    41. 05.12.2011 FITS: External File support- fixed a problem where the channel was not closed after the open pipe cmd was invoked and ds9 would run out of resources.
    42. 05.13.2011 GUI: enhanced/implemented Match/Lock Crosshairs.
    43. 05.13.2011 GUI: enhanced/implemented Match/Lock Frames.
    44. 05.13.2011 GUI: Moved Match Scale/Bin/Colorbar to respective menus.
    45. 05.16.2011 CONTOUR: fixed a problem with NAN in data.
    46. 05.17.2011 CATALOGS: NED fixed a problem with getURL and added support for in/out sys/sky formats.
    47. 05.19.2011 CATALOGS: SIMBAD added support for in/out sys/sky formats.
    48. 05.19.2011 CATALOGS: CDS added support for in/out sys/sky formats.
    49. 05.20.2011 COMPOSITE: speed up create/delete composite region with +1000 regions.
    50. 05.20.2011 WCS: implemented preferred WCS for each frame. All WCS functions use the preferred WCS (i.e. copy/paste/load/save regions, contours, align, match, lock, rgb, cube).
    51. 05.25.2011 WCSSUBS: updated to version 3.8.3.
    52. 05.25.2011 AST: updated to version 5.7-0.
    53. 05.26.2011 WCS: use AST for TNX,ZPX,SCAMP.
    54. 05.27.2011 REGIONS: if unable to copy/cut/paste in WCS, fall back upon PHYSICAL.
    55. 05.27.2011 REGIONS: if unable to map coordinates correctly, do not a region.
    56. 06.03.2011 WCS: added support for xLON/xLAT and xyLN xyLT WCS.
    57. 06.03.2011 REGIONS: added regions properites commands to xpa,samp, and command line.
    58. 06.10.2011 HEALPIX: added support for generating an image from a healpix table (both binary and ascii).
    59. 06.13.2011 WCS: use AST for all WCS including TAN-SIP and WCSDEP.
    60. 06.16.2011 SAMP: added code to clean up better when DS9 is unable to parse a SAMP hub file.
    61. 06.16.2011 REGIONS: be sure to return template id when created.
    62. 06.16.2011 ANALYSIS: added autoload support for analysis files. DS9 will search a list of known dirs for *.ds9, at which DS9 will load the analysis file, and add the path to env(PATH).
    63. 06.20.2011 RGB: fixed a problem where the calculated wcs rotation between two frames was reset.
    64. 06.27.2011 REGIONS: fixed a problem the ds9, ciao, and pros regions parser. The parsers will now accept arcmin and arcsec syntax which includes sciencetific notation.
    65. 07.07.2011 POSTSCRIPT: generate postscipt now uses generic font names reguardless of platform and window manager.
    66. 07.08.2011 BIN: split mousewheel preferences between zoom and binning. By default, a bin file is zoom'd in/out with the mouse wheel, unless the binning mouse wheel is enabled via the preferences.
    67. 07.08.2011 GUI: add preference for standard dialog box for order of file types.
    68. 07.21.2011 GUI: all non-modal dialogs have Edit menu.
    69. 07.21.2011 DATACUBE: add match/lock slice commands.
    70. 07.22.2011 AST: updated to version 5.7-2
    71. 07.22.2011 WCS: speedup generating sexagesimal output
    72. 07.25.2011 BIN: fixed a problem with the update filter function.
    73. 07.29.2011 DIALOGS: fixed a problem with the motif dialogbox and selection of the initial directory. Set the code to the same as tkfmbox.tcl.
    74. 08.22.2011 WCS: if CTYPE is not of known type, assume LINEAR.
    75. 08.26.2011 PANNER: simplified compass prefs.
    76. 09.19.2011 WCS: only use A_ and B_ keywords if CTYPE is TAN-SIP. Ignore otherwise.
    77. 09.26.2011 REGIONS: use ::math::fuzzy for comparisons in basepanda, composite, and convert.
    78. 09.27.2011 WCSSUBS: updated to version 3.8.4.
    79. 09.30.2011 REGIONS: implemented M_PI_2, M_TWOMPI constants.
    80. 09.30.2011 REGIONS: use fuzzy math for degToRad() and radToDeg()
    81. 10.04.2011 WCS: pass any PV and QV keywords if present, regardless of projection.
    82. 10.05.2011 AST: updated to version 5.7-3
    83. 10.24.2011 REGIONS: fixed a problem with angs and PANDA, EPANDA, and BPANDA and copy/paste in FK5. This is related to the fuzzy math changes made earlier.
    84. 10.25.2011 FITSY++: fixed a problem finding cols by name in bin tables. Previous 'R' would be matched by 'RA'.
    85. 10.28.2011 HV: remove NED,SIMBAD,ADS,TDC,SKYVIEW,W3BROWSE from ANALYSIS:ARCHIVES menu due to lack of support from sites.
    86. 10.28.2011 COLORMAP: add colormap server to colormap dialog
    87. 11.01.2011 PRINT COORDINATES: now uses default skyframe and skyformat (as defined by WCS menu).
    88. 11.04.2011 SCALE: add asinh() and sinh() scales.
    89. 11.10.2011 CROP: add new crop commands.
    90. 12.09.2011 AST: updated to version 6.0-1
    91. 12.09.2011 CROSSHAIR: fixed an issue with coordinates of crosshair were .5 pixel off in Y.
    92. 12.09.2011 GUI: fixed an issue with centerimage() was .5 pixel off in Y.
    93. 12.15.2011 GRID: fixed an issue with text upside down.
    94. 01.03.2012 BIN: fixed a problem with depth of a 3d bin'd table.
    95. 01.03.2012 GRID: DSS and Linear projections use AST.
    96. 01.17.2012 3D: 3D Frame is now available.
    97. 01.19.2012 ANALYSIS: added $z macro.
    98. 01.19.2012 CROP: add [xmin:xmax,ymin:ymax,zmin:zmax] syntax
    99. 01.19.2012 CROP: check for valid crop with [] syntax.
    100. 01.23.2012 3D: add current slice highlite.
    101. 01.23.2012 SAVEAS: fixed a problem with frame highlite during saveas process.
    102. 01.23.2012 ANALYSIS: expand $image macro to accept new params: rgb and 3d.
    103. 01.27.2012 ANALYSIS: expand $filename(full) to return full filename (without cropping or filters parameters).
    104. 01.27.2012 ANALYSIS: add macro $value.
    105. 01.27.2012 CROP: fixed a problem when using an image subsection spec for a datacube.
    106. 01.28.2012 REGIONS: clean up rendering code for X,ps,win32,macosx to reduce un-needed calls to set the graphics context.
    107. 01.28.2012 CROP: all data cubes can be cropped in 3D.
    108. 01.28.2012 CROP: cropping in 3D will reset currentSlice if needed.
    109. 01.28.2012 REGIONS: fixed a problem if the region color was an X11 valid color, some names would get mapped to the incorrect color when printing.
    110. 02.02.2012 COLORMAP: fixed a problem with SAO format colormaps that have very long lines.
    111. 02.03.2012 PRINT COORDINATES: added filename to options.
    112. 02.03.2012 WCS: if wcs parameters are changed or reset, all open catalogs regions are updated. Normal regions are not changed.
    113. 02.07.2012 COLORMAP: remove support for old RTD and ITT colormaps
    114. 02.08.2012 GUI: consolidate MATCH and LOCK items into submenus.
    115. 02.08.2012 GUI: move match bin, match scale, and match colorbar to frame match menu.
    116. 02.16.2012 CUBE: fixed a proble with calculating the wcs to image for axis 3.
    117. 02.16.2012 FITSY++: changes required for gcc 4.7.
    118. 02.16.2012 BLT: patched graph.tcl to use legendRelief instead of labelRelief.
    119. 02.16.2012 RGB: added lock wcs.
    120. 02.16.2012 FUNTOOLS: updated to version 1.4.5-2.
    121. 02.21.2012 3D: fixed a problem with scale clip scope. Should alway be in GLOBAL.
    122. 02.29.2012 HEADER: add save header command.
    123. 03.01.2012 XPA: updated to version 2.1.14.
    124. 03.01.2012 MINMAX: AUTOSCAN set to SAMPLE if width*height*depth > 1e8.
    125. 03.12.2012 IMGSVR: fixed a problem with clearing params if no image was loaded previously.
    126. 03.22.2012 REGION: add ellipse3d, box3d, polygon3d, point3d regions.
    127. 03.23.2012 IMGSVR: fixed a problem new frame option and rgb.
    128. 03.23.2012 BIN: check for valid col names for -bin col command.
    129. 03.28.2012 REGIONS: add Analysis support per region.
    130. 03.28.2012 REGIONS: add Plot3d support for Circle,Ellipse,Box,Polygon,Point.
    131. 03.28.2012 REGIONS: add Plot2d support for Projection,Line,Vector.
    132. 03.28.2012 REGIONS: Circle3d now converted to Circle.
    133. 03.28.2012 REGIONS: Plot3d saves native coordinate values.
    134. 03.28.2012 SCALE: simplified scale dialog controls to allow user values.
    135. 03.29.2012 WCS: fixed a problem with numaxes > 3 images and editing WCS params.
    136. 04.09.2012 WCS: second attempt to handle non-equatorial wcs. try to build a legal header from the wcssubs struct to feed to ast.
    137. 04.10.2012 SCALE: fixed an issue with autocut, ll != hh.
    138. 04.10.2012 SKYVIEW: add WISE/COBE/WMAP to skyview survey menu.
    139. 04.10.2012 WCS: if CD matrix is all zero, use cdelt/pc matrix.
    140. 04.11.2012 SMOOTH: fixed a problem with images with BSCALE/BZERO.
    141. 04.11.2012 CATALOG: fixed a problem with d:m:s formated DEC which started with a '+'
    142. 04.12.2012 CATALOG: fixed a problem with d:m:s to degree conversion. Try to maintain higher precision.
    143. 04.12.2012 CATALOG: add IAU location code to dialog.
    144. 04.13.2012 COLORMAP: add user contributed cmaps.
    145. 04.18.2012 GUI: fixed a problem with long WCSNAME values.
    146. 04.20.2012 FITSY: added support for GZIP compresss parameter ZQUANTIZ.
    147. 04.23.2012 PS: fixed a bug with definiton of 32 bit integers on 64 bit OS.
    148. 04.23.2012 PREFS: add Text Dialog Font preferences menu.
    149. 04.23.2012 LOCK: fixed a problem with lock frame and mouse wheel events.
    150. 04.24.2012 SKYBOT: Look for EXPTIME and add 1/2 to DATE-OBS to get middle of observation.
    151. 04.24.2012 LINUX64: add --hash-style=both to support old and new GNU API for hash libs.
    152. 04.26.2012 PHOTO: add support for other image formats.
    153. 04.26.2012 EXPORT: add support for exporting to other image formats.
    154. 04.30.2012 WCS: fixed a problem with TAN-SIP and wcs append/replace.
    155. 05.01.2012 TCL: check to see if packages msgcat and http have already been found before sourcing during startup.
    156. 05.03.2012 MPEG: fixed a problem with the bottom of an image cut off.
    157. 05.07.2012 COLORTAG: add color tags.
    158. 05.10.2012 CROP: fixed a problem with backup and lock crop.
    159. 05.10.2012 SCALE: fixed a problem lock scale and crop.
    160. 05.10.2012 BACKUP: fixed a problem with back and -slice, -mosaic load options.
    161. 05.11.2012 REGIONS: add auto plot2d and plot3d prefs.
    162. 05.14.2012 GUI: add fits save.
    163. 05.17.2012 MPEG: updated to ezMPEG v0.1
    164. 05.17.2012 AST: updated to 7.0.3
    165. 05.23.2012 WCS: is always displayed
    166. 05.23.2012 CATALOG: fixed a problem with the sign of d:m:s conversion introduced on 04.12.2012.
    167. 05.28.2012 MOVIE: minor tweaks on incr slice during movie.
    168. 05.28.2012 WIN32: fixed a problem with 3d fillImageJoin. Statck overflow.
    169. 05.29.2012 BACKUP: fixed active frames issue.
    170. 05.30.2012 GUI: add threads command.
    171. 05.30.2012 GUI: fixed a problem with PASTE for entries. Will now process unicode.
    172. 05.31.2012 GRID: fixed a problem with parsing 6.1 and 6.2 backup save sets. New grid options parser implemented.
    173. 05.31.2012 PLOT: fixed a problem in generating postscript. Now just set plot size.
    174. 05.31.2012 PLOT: fixed a postscript font issue with helvetica.
    175. 05.31.2012 PLOT: add axes format.
    176. 06.06.2012 RELEASE version 7.0
    177. 06.12.2012 BACKUP: fixed a problem with processing version 6.1 and 6.2 backup save sets.
    178. 06.15.2012 RELEASE version 7.0.1