SAOImage DS9 Version 5 Release Notes
- 07.16.2007 FITSY++: fix a problem with rice compressed
images and multiple tiles.
- 07.17.2007 MOSAIC: fix a problem with bin table extensions
at the end of a mosaic image wcs.
- 07.20.2007 COLORMAP: fixed a problem with loading external
colormaps.
- 07.20.2007 COLORMAP: fixed a problem colormap menus.
- 07.23.2007 ARCHIVES: new url for skyview.
- 07.23.2007 LANGUAGE: add language support for Japanese.
(many thanks to Masahiro Tsujimoto!).
- 07.23.2007 PIXEL TABLE: xpaget will now return the pixel
table values.
- 07.31.2007 SOLARISx86: now supporting solarisx86.
- 08.15.2007 PIXELTABLE: fixed a minor problem with xpaget
pixeltable.
- 08.15.2007 FUNTOOLS: update to version 1.4.0
- 08.15.2007 IIS: fixed a problem with frame number>10.
- 08.15.2007 EXAMINE: changed frame name to 'Frame'.
- 09.02.2007 CATALOGS: updated urls and menu titles.
- 09.20.2007 PREFS: new prefs dialog box.
- 09.24.2007 CATALOGS: fixed a problem with the CDS query.
- 09.24.2007 CATALOGS: add SDSS DR6.
- 09.24.2007 SKYVIEW: fixed default image size and updated
url.
- 09.24.2007 PROJECTION: install callbacks only after Button
Release.
- 09.25.2007 REGIONS: add xpa/command SHOW and SHOWTEXT
support.
- 09.25.2007 CONTOURS: fixed a problem with load contours
from the command line.
- 10.03.2007 MACOSX: MacOSX Aqua support is now fully
implemented!
- 10.03.2007 COLORMAP: pass colormap names thru translation
tables
- 10.03.2007 XPA: update to version 2.1.8
- 10.05.2007 COMPOSITE: add global properties switch.
- 10.05.2007 LINE: fixed a problem with initial displayed
arrow checkboxes in dialog.
- 10.05.2007 FOV: moved FOV menu to more visible level
- 10.10.2007 LANGUAGE: add language support for French.
- 10.11.2007 CATALOGS: fixed a problem with the symbol editor
dialog.
- 10.15.2007 RELEASE version 5.0
- 10.16.2007 PROJECTION: fixed a problem with the coordinates
of the projection plot.
- 10.17.2007 RICE: fixed a problem with float and double RICE
compression.
- 10.24.2007 RICE: fixed several problems with mosaics, cubes
and RICE compression.
- 10.24.2007 GUI: added support for ds9 beta versions.
- 10.24.2007 PREFS: added OK and Cancel buttons to all tabs.
- 10.29.2007 CATALOGS: implemented support for new CDS
catalogs search format.
- 10.30.2007 SAOTK: implemented reentrant parsers.
- 11.01.2007 SAOTK: now support any color for markers,
contours, etc.
- 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.
- 11.07.2007 TCL/TK: update to version 8.4.16.
- 11.08.2007 PLOT: fixed a problem with xpa/command line
linear/line tokens to match documentation.
- 11.09.2007 PREFERENCES: fixed a problem with slower ppcs.
use 'update idletasks' instead of 'update' to avoid possible race
condition.
- 11.21.2007 XPA: update to version 2.1.9
- 11.21.2007 FUNTOOLS: update to version 1.4.1
- 11.21.2007 WCSSUBS: update to version 3.7.0
- 11.21.2007 TCLLIBS: update to version 1.10
- 11.28.2007 TCL/TK: update to version 8.4.17 beta.
- 11.28.2007 ANALYSIS: fix a problem with spaces in tmp file
names.
- 12.05.2007 FLEXLEXER.Y: updated version.
- 12.06.2007 GUI: change key binding 'c' to 'r'. It conflicts
with 'copy' on MacOSX and Windows platforms.
- 12.06.2007 REGIONS: fixed a problem with pasteing regions
into an empty frame.
- 12.18.2007 ZIP: fixed a problem with the unix Makefile.
- 12.18.2007 FUNTOOLS: update to version 1.4.2.
- 12.18.2007 2MASS: limit size to 1024 arcsec.
- 12.21.2007 FITSY++: add support for HCOMPRESS compressed
FITS.
- 12.28.2007 FITSY++: add support for GZIP compressed FITS.
- 01.03.2008 FITSY++: add support for PLIO compressed FITS.
- 01.04.2008 GUI: fixed a problem with X11 servers that
return truecolor 32 bit when in fact the visual is truecolor 24bit.
- 01.15.2008 RELEASE version 5.1
- 01.17.2008 ANALYSIS: add the directory of any loaded
analysis file to the PATH.
- 01.22.2008 REGIONS: fixed a problem introduced with
reentrant parsers. Sexagesimal values between -00 and +00 were
incorrectly parsed as +00.
- 01.23.2008 REGIONS: fixed a problem with parsing HMS/DMS
coordinates.
- 01.24.2008 GUI: fixed a problem shift rotate mode.
- 01.24.2008 GUI: info panel 'Frame' width set to +4.
- 01.24.2008 GUI: add new goto frame menu.
- 01.24.2008 GUI: add support for move frames.
- 01.24.2008 ANALYSIS: for MacOSX tiger, wrap cmds with shell
and PATH.
- 01.25.2008 CATALOG: make sure xpa and command line
retrieves are syncronous.
- 01.28.2008 CONTOUR: fixed a problem with loading contour
levels into multiple frames.
- 01.31.2008 WINDOWS: changed how windows come into focus.
- 01.31.2008 TCL/TK: update to version 8.4.17.
- 02.07.2008 GUI: change default directory for standard
dialog to $HOME.
- 02.07.2008 ANALYSIS: add /sw/bin to default path for MacOSX.
- 02.20.2008 CATALOGS: add support for editing a catalog
table and regions.
- 02.20.2008 TEXT: add enable rotation switch for text
regions.
- 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.
- 02.20.2008 TCL/TK: update to version 8.4.18.
- 02.26.2008 IIS: disable most keystroke and mouse events for
iis frames.
- 02.28.2008 FITSY++: fixed a problem with save fits and
smoothed images.
- 02.29.2008 WCS: fixed a problem with calculating the size
and center of complex fits images in WCS.
- 03.05.2008 GUI: backed out change key binding 'c' to 'r'.
It causes untold grief with IRAF.
- 03.10.2008 MACOSX: fixed a problem with printing non
standard colors.
- 03.10.2008 CATALOGS: catalog dialogs are now tied to the
frame. This allows multiple copies of the same catalog, one per frame.
- 03.12.2008 GRID: added support for PC001001 formated WCS
keywords.
- 03.13.2008 IIS: make sure socket is closed on exec.
- 03.13.2008 WINDOWS: add support for native printing.
- 03.18.2008 CROSSHAIR: fix a problem with the line width for
postscript.
- 03.18.2008 MACOSX: restore postscript printing.
- 03.18.2008 WINDOWS: restore postscript printing.
- 03.19.2008 GUI: enhancements with Find/FindNext in text
dialog windows.
- 03.19.2008 GUI: add console support.
- 03.24.2008 REGIONS: apply WCS to fits regions if present.
- 03.25.2008 PREFS: fixed a problem with Zoom menu
preferences.
- 03.31.2008 GUI: add support for user configured button bar.
- 04.03.2008 CATALOGS: add support for simbad.
- 04.04.2008 MASKS: fixed a problem with mask color
preference.
- 04.07.2008 IMEXAMINE: added support for key stroke events.
- 04.15.2008 RELEASE version 5.2
- 04.18.2008 REGIONS: added support for centroid.
- 04.21.2008 GUI: fixed a problem with 'c' and control-c.
- 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 'f' and 'TAB'.
- 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.
- 04.25.2008 FITSY++: fixed a proble with mapincr. If seek_ is at end of file, mmap will not return an error.
- 04.28.2008 GUI: delete all frames resets the frame counter (broken in 5.2).
- 06.02.2008 GCC: remove all references to and use instead.
- 06.02.2008 GCC: support for gcc 4.2.
- 06.02.2008 GUI: fix typo in bin.tcl menus.
- 06.03.2008 FITSY++: changes to processing the header where ds9 will now work with illegal fits files that contains NULLs instead of SPACEs.
- 06.03.2008 RICE: implemented compatibility with cfitsio 3.08.
- 06.04.2008 GZIP: implemented compatibility with cfitsio 3.08.
- 06.04.2008 HCOMPRESS: implemented compatibility with cfitsio 3.08.
- 06.05.2008 IIS: disable scale menu with iis frame (fixed from version 5.2).
- 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 .
- 06.06.2008 FITS: for saveimage fits, if non-linear WCS, don't attempt to save WCS.
- 06.06.2008 BLINK: add xpa/command line option -blink interval.
- 06.06.2008 REGIONS: add for DASH property.
- 07.11.2008 REGIONS: fixed a problem with the 'delete all' button.
- 07.16.2008 XPA: if CHECKDNS fails, set XPA_METHOD to local and initialize.
- 07.21.2008 PROJECTION: minor change to ensure that we step over the grid in 1 pixel values.
- 07.24.2008 IIS: add support for all 16 IIS colors.
- 07.25.2008 BINNING: fixed a problem with smooth and 3d binning.
- 08.04.2008 FITSY++: fixed a problem with BSCALE/BZERO and float/double data types.
- 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.
- 08.11.2008 CATALOG: add CMC to catalog menu.
- 08.11.2008 GUI: fixed a problem with the initial directory for the standard dialog when loading from the command line.
- 08.14.2008 VECTOR: vast improvements in optimization.
- 08.19.2008 GUI: catch a failure to initialize window system (a problem with X11) and exit nice.
- 08.19.2008 MACOSX: fixed the window tab problem.
- 08.19.2008 MACOSX: fixed canvas background issues.
- 08.20.2008 GUI: Add buttons to vertical layout.
- 09.10.2008 XPA: fixed a problem with blink interval < 1.
- 09.12.2008 PREFS: add 'Preserve During Load' for scale, pan, and regions.
- 09.12.2008 CONTOUR: add dash line option.
- 09.17.2008 PANNER: check to see if we are at pole.
- 09.17.2008 CATALOG: add copy from row(s).
- 09.17.2008 REGIONS: look for new FITS POLYGON termination conditions
- 09.22.2008 COLORBAR: removed truecolor colorbar options. Always paint the entire image.
- 09.25.2008 BINNING: automatically look for x,y then ra,dec, before settling for columns 1 and 2.
- 09.25.2008 IMEXAM: added 'any' event (returns with a mouse event or key event).
- 10.02.2008 CATALOGS: fixed a problem with size format for SIMBAD and NED. Degrees and ArcSecs were incorrectly calculated.
- 10.03.2008 CATALOGS: Add support for CXC catalog.
- 10.08.2008 MACOSX: add MacOSX X11 10.5 firewall port.
- 10.10.2008 FOV: add sao/binospec.
- 10.15.2008 RELEASE version 5.3
- 10.17.2008 CATALOGS: removed support for Chandra Source Catalog at request of Ian Evans of CXC.
- 10.22.2008 MASKS: add support for mask transparency.
- 10.24.2008 MASKS: add new mask properties.
- 10.28.2008 GRID: add grid title support.
- 10.31.2008 RELEASE version 5.4