SAOImage DS9 Version 5 Release Notes

    1. 07.16.2007 FITSY++: fix a problem with rice compressed images and multiple tiles.
    2. 07.17.2007 MOSAIC: fix a problem with bin table extensions at the end of a mosaic image wcs.
    3. 07.20.2007 COLORMAP: fixed a problem with loading external colormaps.
    4. 07.20.2007 COLORMAP: fixed a problem colormap menus.
    5. 07.23.2007 ARCHIVES: new url for skyview.
    6. 07.23.2007 LANGUAGE: add language support for Japanese. (many thanks to Masahiro Tsujimoto!).
    7. 07.23.2007 PIXEL TABLE: xpaget will now return the pixel table values.
    8. 07.31.2007 SOLARISx86: now supporting solarisx86.
    9. 08.15.2007 PIXELTABLE: fixed a minor problem with xpaget pixeltable.
    10. 08.15.2007 FUNTOOLS: update to version 1.4.0
    11. 08.15.2007 IIS: fixed a problem with frame number greater than 10.
    12. 08.15.2007 EXAMINE: changed frame name to 'Frame'.
    13. 09.02.2007 CATALOGS: updated urls and menu titles.
    14. 09.20.2007 PREFS: new prefs dialog box.
    15. 09.24.2007 CATALOGS: fixed a problem with the CDS query.
    16. 09.24.2007 CATALOGS: add SDSS DR6.
    17. 09.24.2007 SKYVIEW: fixed default image size and updated url.
    18. 09.24.2007 PROJECTION: install callbacks only after Button Release.
    19. 09.25.2007 REGIONS: add xpa/command SHOW and SHOWTEXT support.
    20. 09.25.2007 CONTOURS: fixed a problem with load contours from the command line.
    21. 10.03.2007 MACOSX: MacOSX Aqua support is now fully implemented!
    22. 10.03.2007 COLORMAP: pass colormap names thru translation tables
    23. 10.03.2007 XPA: update to version 2.1.8
    24. 10.05.2007 COMPOSITE: add global properties switch.
    25. 10.05.2007 LINE: fixed a problem with initial displayed arrow checkboxes in dialog.
    26. 10.05.2007 FOV: moved FOV menu to more visible level
    27. 10.10.2007 LANGUAGE: add language support for French.
    28. 10.11.2007 CATALOGS: fixed a problem with the symbol editor dialog.
    29. 10.15.2007 RELEASE version 5.0
    30. 10.16.2007 PROJECTION: fixed a problem with the coordinates of the projection plot.
    31. 10.17.2007 RICE: fixed a problem with float and double RICE compression.
    32. 10.24.2007 RICE: fixed several problems with mosaics, cubes and RICE compression.
    33. 10.24.2007 GUI: added support for ds9 beta versions.
    34. 10.24.2007 PREFS: added OK and Cancel buttons to all tabs.
    35. 10.29.2007 CATALOGS: implemented support for new CDS catalogs search format.
    36. 10.30.2007 SAOTK: implemented reentrant parsers.
    37. 11.01.2007 SAOTK: now support any color for markers, contours, etc.
    38. 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.
    39. 11.07.2007 TCL/TK: update to version 8.4.16.
    40. 11.08.2007 PLOT: fixed a problem with xpa/command line linear/line tokens to match documentation.
    41. 11.09.2007 PREFERENCES: fixed a problem with slower ppcs. use 'update idletasks' instead of 'update' to avoid possible race condition.
    42. 11.21.2007 XPA: update to version 2.1.9
    43. 11.21.2007 FUNTOOLS: update to version 1.4.1
    44. 11.21.2007 WCSSUBS: update to version 3.7.0
    45. 11.21.2007 TCLLIBS: update to version 1.10
    46. 11.28.2007 TCL/TK: update to version 8.4.17 beta.
    47. 11.28.2007 ANALYSIS: fix a problem with spaces in tmp file names.
    48. 12.05.2007 FLEXLEXER.Y: updated version.
    49. 12.06.2007 GUI: change key binding 'c' to 'r'. It conflicts with 'copy' on MacOSX and Windows platforms.
    50. 12.06.2007 REGIONS: fixed a problem with pasteing regions into an empty frame.
    51. 12.18.2007 ZIP: fixed a problem with the unix Makefile.
    52. 12.18.2007 FUNTOOLS: update to version 1.4.2.
    53. 12.18.2007 2MASS: limit size to 1024 arcsec.
    54. 12.21.2007 FITSY++: add support for HCOMPRESS compressed FITS.
    55. 12.28.2007 FITSY++: add support for GZIP compressed FITS.
    56. 01.03.2008 FITSY++: add support for PLIO compressed FITS.
    57. 01.04.2008 GUI: fixed a problem with X11 servers that return truecolor 32 bit when in fact the visual is truecolor 24bit.
    58. 01.15.2008 RELEASE version 5.1
    59. 01.17.2008 ANALYSIS: add the directory of any loaded analysis file to the PATH.
    60. 01.22.2008 REGIONS: fixed a problem introduced with reentrant parsers. Sexagesimal values between -00 and +00 were incorrectly parsed as +00.
    61. 01.23.2008 REGIONS: fixed a problem with parsing HMS/DMS coordinates.
    62. 01.24.2008 GUI: fixed a problem shift rotate mode.
    63. 01.24.2008 GUI: info panel 'Frame' width set to +4.
    64. 01.24.2008 GUI: add new goto frame menu.
    65. 01.24.2008 GUI: add support for move frames.
    66. 01.24.2008 ANALYSIS: for MacOSX tiger, wrap cmds with shell and PATH.
    67. 01.25.2008 CATALOG: make sure xpa and command line retrieves are syncronous.
    68. 01.28.2008 CONTOUR: fixed a problem with loading contour levels into multiple frames.
    69. 01.31.2008 WINDOWS: changed how windows come into focus.
    70. 01.31.2008 TCL/TK: update to version 8.4.17.
    71. 02.07.2008 GUI: change default directory for standard dialog to $HOME.
    72. 02.07.2008 ANALYSIS: add /sw/bin to default path for MacOSX.
    73. 02.20.2008 CATALOGS: add support for editing a catalog table and regions.
    74. 02.20.2008 TEXT: add enable rotation switch for text regions.
    75. 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.
    76. 02.20.2008 TCL/TK: update to version 8.4.18.
    77. 02.26.2008 IIS: disable most keystroke and mouse events for iis frames.
    78. 02.28.2008 FITSY++: fixed a problem with save fits and smoothed images.
    79. 02.29.2008 WCS: fixed a problem with calculating the size and center of complex fits images in WCS.
    80. 03.05.2008 GUI: backed out change key binding 'c' to 'r'. It causes untold grief with IRAF.
    81. 03.10.2008 MACOSX: fixed a problem with printing non standard colors.
    82. 03.10.2008 CATALOGS: catalog dialogs are now tied to the frame. This allows multiple copies of the same catalog, one per frame.
    83. 03.12.2008 GRID: added support for PC001001 formated WCS keywords.
    84. 03.13.2008 IIS: make sure socket is closed on exec.
    85. 03.13.2008 WINDOWS: add support for native printing.
    86. 03.18.2008 CROSSHAIR: fix a problem with the line width for postscript.
    87. 03.18.2008 MACOSX: restore postscript printing.
    88. 03.18.2008 WINDOWS: restore postscript printing.
    89. 03.19.2008 GUI: enhancements with Find/FindNext in text dialog windows.
    90. 03.19.2008 GUI: add console support.
    91. 03.24.2008 REGIONS: apply WCS to fits regions if present.
    92. 03.25.2008 PREFS: fixed a problem with Zoom menu preferences.
    93. 03.31.2008 GUI: add support for user configured button bar.
    94. 04.03.2008 CATALOGS: add support for simbad.
    95. 04.04.2008 MASKS: fixed a problem with mask color preference.
    96. 04.07.2008 IMEXAMINE: added support for key stroke events.
    97. 04.15.2008 RELEASE version 5.2
    98. 04.18.2008 REGIONS: added support for centroid.
    99. 04.21.2008 GUI: fixed a problem with 'c' and control-c.
    100. 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'.
    101. 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.
    102. 04.25.2008 FITSY++: fixed a proble with mapincr. If seek_ is at end of file, mmap will not return an error.
    103. 04.28.2008 GUI: delete all frames resets the frame counter (broken in 5.2).
    104. 06.02.2008 GCC: remove all references to and use instead.
    105. 06.02.2008 GCC: support for gcc 4.2.
    106. 06.02.2008 GUI: fix typo in bin.tcl menus.
    107. 06.03.2008 FITSY++: changes to processing the header where ds9 will now work with illegal fits files that contains NULLs instead of SPACEs.
    108. 06.03.2008 RICE: implemented compatibility with cfitsio 3.08.
    109. 06.04.2008 GZIP: implemented compatibility with cfitsio 3.08.
    110. 06.04.2008 HCOMPRESS: implemented compatibility with cfitsio 3.08.
    111. 06.05.2008 IIS: disable scale menu with iis frame (fixed from version 5.2).
    112. 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 .
    113. 06.06.2008 FITS: for saveimage fits, if non-linear WCS, don't attempt to save WCS.
    114. 06.06.2008 BLINK: add xpa/command line option -blink interval.
    115. 06.06.2008 REGIONS: add for DASH property.
    116. 07.11.2008 REGIONS: fixed a problem with the 'delete all' button.
    117. 07.16.2008 XPA: if CHECKDNS fails, set XPA_METHOD to local and initialize.
    118. 07.21.2008 PROJECTION: minor change to ensure that we step over the grid in 1 pixel values.
    119. 07.24.2008 IIS: add support for all 16 IIS colors.
    120. 07.25.2008 BINNING: fixed a problem with smooth and 3d binning.
    121. 08.04.2008 FITSY++: fixed a problem with BSCALE/BZERO and float/double data types.
    122. 08.11.2008 CATALOG: fixed a problem with catalogs retrieved via a cds search. The id returned would fail during evaluation in creating a valid header.
    123. 08.11.2008 CATALOG: add CMC to catalog menu.
    124. 08.11.2008 GUI: fixed a problem with the initial directory for the standard dialog when loading from the command line.
    125. 08.14.2008 VECTOR: vast improvements in optimization.
    126. 08.19.2008 GUI: catch a failure to initialize window system (a problem with X11) and exit nice.
    127. 08.19.2008 MACOSX: fixed the window tab problem for Aqua port.
    128. 08.19.2008 MACOSX: fixed canvas background issues.
    129. 08.20.2008 GUI: Add buttons to vertical layout.
    130. 09.10.2008 XPA: fixed a problem with blink interval < 1.
    131. 09.12.2008 PREFS: add 'Preserve During Load' for scale, pan, and regions.
    132. 09.12.2008 CONTOUR: add dash line option.
    133. 09.17.2008 PANNER: check to see if we are at pole.
    134. 09.17.2008 CATALOG: add copy from row(s).
    135. 09.17.2008 REGIONS: look for new FITS POLYGON termination conditions
    136. 09.22.2008 COLORBAR: removed truecolor colorbar options. Always paint the entire image.
    137. 09.25.2008 BINNING: automatically look for x,y then ra,dec, before settling for columns 1 and 2.
    138. 09.25.2008 IMEXAM: added 'any' event (returns with a mouse event or key event).
    139. 10.02.2008 CATALOGS: fixed a problem with size format for SIMBAD and NED. Degrees and ArcSecs were incorrectly calculated.
    140. 10.03.2008 CATALOGS: Add support for CXC catalog.
    141. 10.08.2008 MACOSX: add MacOSX X11 10.5 firewall port.
    142. 10.10.2008 FOV: add sao/binospec.
    143. 10.15.2008 RELEASE version 5.3
    144. 10.17.2008 CATALOGS: removed support for Chandra Source Catalog at request of Ian Evans of CXC.
    145. 10.22.2008 MASKS: add support for mask transparency.
    146. 10.24.2008 MASKS: add new mask properties.
    147. 10.28.2008 GRID: add grid title support.
    148. 10.31.2008 RELEASE version 5.4
    149. 10.31.2008 GRID: full grid support for command line and xpa.
    150. 11.04.2008 FITSY: fixed a problem with header keywords that start with 'END'.
    151. 11.13.2008 FITSY: fixed a problem when there was a failure to correctly parse iraf or wcs keywords.
    152. 12.02.2008 FITS: for saveimage fits, fixed a problem with LTMV,DTMV, and WCS coordinates. They were off by 1 pixel in x.
    153. 12.02.2008 GUI: fixed a problem with panning via click and drag.
    154. 12.04.2008 MPEG: changed makefiles to compile tkmpeg code without optiminzation. -O created invalid code for MacOSX (and possible others)
    155. 12.04.2008 REGIONS: fixed a problem when creating a default panda region via a mouse click.
    156. 12.05.2008 POSTSCRIPT: fixed a problem with printing frames that have no image loaded.
    157. 12.05.2008 CATALOGS: fixed a problem with using the arrow keys in catalog dialogs.
    158. 12.10.2008 REGIONS: fixed a problem elongated rotated ellipses.
    159. 12.10.2008 MACOSX: fixed several problems with processing AppleEvents OpenDocument and PrintDocument. DS9 now supports opendoc and printdoc while currently running.
    160. 12.12.2008 IIS: re-enabled mouse events while in cursor mode.
    161. 12.12.2008 IIS: trap arrow keys while in cursor mode, do not pass to IRAF, instead warp cursor.
    162. 12.15.2008 SMOOTH: ignore NAN in smoothing convolution.
    163. 12.16.2008 GUI: fixed a problem with 'get fits size' to make it behave in the regions of poles.
    164. 12.29.2008 IIS: try to decode OBJECT from iisMessageCmd.
    165. 12.29.2008 IIS: if frame is in cursor mode (via the imexam task), RESET FRAME, will attempt to clean up.
    166. 01.05.2009 FUNTOOLS: update to version 1.4.2.2
    167. 01.05.2009 WCSSUBS: update to version 3.7.6
    168. 01.05.2009 GUI: add support for loading FITS multiple extension as multiple frames.
    169. 01.05.2009 EXAMINE: fixed many problems. Will work not work with data loaded via stdin or xpa fits.
    170. 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.
    171. 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.
    172. 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.
    173. 01.16.2009 SAVEAS: PNG now saves without GAMMA.
    174. 01.20.2009 GUI: Rearrange Frame menu and Region menu. They had grown too long and some window managers were having difficulties.
    175. 01.21.2009 REGIONS: fixed a problem rendering Bezier curves.
    176. 01.23.2009 RELEASE version 5.5
    177. 01.28.2009 RELEASE version 5.5.1
    178. 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.
    179. 02.02.2009 CATALOGS: updated urls for cds mirrors.
    180. 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.
    181. 02.04.2009 PSEUDOCOLOR: fixed a problem with the frame not remembering its current colormap bias and contrast setting when toggling between frames.
    182. 02.10.2009 BLT: fixed a problem zoombox under Aqua. XOR draws are now disabled.
    183. 02.11.2009 CIAO: The ciao regions parser will now accept compound region descriptions.
    184. 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.
    185. 02.16.2009 HISTOGRAM EQU: fixed a problem with clipping low = clipping high (usually as a result of ZSCALE).
    186. 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.
    187. 02.19.2009 GUI: FITS multiple extension multiple frame will now load a primary image if present.
    188. 02.19.2009 GUI: compressed FITS multiple extension multiple frame will now load properly.
    189. 02.19.2009 GUI: FITS multiple extension multiple frame will ignore any bin table extensions.
    190. 02.19.2009 BLT: add support for MacOSX native printing.
    191. 02.19.2009 PLOT: native printing now fully supported for MacOSX and Windows.
    192. 02.24.2009 SAMP: add support for VO Simple Application Messaging Protocol (SAMP). Will process image.load.fits and table.load.votable events.
    193. 02.25.2009 FITSY++: fixed a problem with saving a slice of a cube. The header had invalid keywords.
    194. 02.27.2009 CATALOGS: support VOTable format.
    195. 03.02.2009 MacOSX: support for the MacOSX X11 Leopard 10.5 non-firewall version has been discontinued.
    196. 03.02.2009 MacOSX: fixed a problem with plot y axis titles offset.
    197. 03.02.2009 MacOSX: fixed a problem fork/exec and version 10.5 New version of tclMacNotify.c now used.
    198. 03.09.2009 FUNTOOLS: updated to version 1.4.3.
    199. 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.
    200. 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).
    201. 03.12.2009 CATALOGS: speed up rendering of catalogs for simple symbol filters.
    202. 03.12.2009 REGIONS: support wildcards in filename.
    203. 03.12.2009 REGIONS: add support for load into all frames.
    204. 03.17.2009 GUI: Name server support now utilizies CDS Sesame.
    205. 03.17.2009 SKYVIEW: fixed a problem processing the survey query.
    206. 03.18.2009 HV: add support for cookies.
    207. 03.18.2009 ARCHIVES: add support for NVO Montage.
    208. 03.18.2009 REGIONS: fixed a problem calculating the WCS angle of a flipped WCS.
    209. 03.18.2009 HV: add support for mime-type text/xml for votable.
    210. 03.19.2009 CATALOGS: CDS now uses VOTABLE.
    211. 03.24.2009 CATALOGS: SIMBAD now uses VOTABLE.
    212. 03.24.2009 CATALOGS: NED now uses VOTABLE.
    213. 03.24.2009 CATALOGS: add preferences to download in VOTABLE if available.
    214. 04.01.2009 GUI: when you delete a frame, the current frame is reset to the previous frame, not the first frame.
    215. 04.06.2009 RULER: use preferences default distance system.
    216. 04.06.2009 GUI: fixed a problem with open other url.
    217. 04.09.2009 PROJECTION: properly calculate width when rebinning.
    218. 04.15.2009 RELEASE version 5.6