DS9 Version 7 Release Notes

### SAOImageDS9 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 CATALOG: 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 CATALOG: NED fixed a problem with getURL and added support for in/out sys/sky formats.`
47. `05.19.2011 CATALOG: SIMBAD added support for in/out sys/sky formats.`
48. `05.19.2011 CATALOG: 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 CUBE: 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 SAVEIMAGE: fixed a problem with frame highlite during saveimage 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 SCALE: MinMax mode 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 Analysis Plot3d support for Circle,Ellipse,Box,Polygon,Point.`
131. `03.28.2012 REGIONS: add Analysis 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`
179. `06.13.2012 3D: add border graphics.`
180. `06.15.2012 TCLLIB: updated to version 1.14. This fixes a problem with math::fuzzy::tlt.`
181. `06.21.2012 REGION: fixed a problem with rotated images and postscript printing of circle region.`
182. `06.21.2012 IMGSRV: fixed a problem loading images from dss/2mass/etc from the command line. Use the first frame if not already loaded.`
183. `06.21.2012 SLA: removed from build tree. not needed since AST now has own version.`
184. `06.21.2012 HELP: rm link to home page. hv can't handle the new web site.`
185. `06.22.2012 SKYBOT: added -filter=0.`
186. `06.22.2012 POSTSCRIPT: fixed a problem with rotated text regions affecting other regions.`
187. `06.22.2012 REGIONS: fixed a problem selecting text regions at high zoom.`
188. `06.22.2012 WCS: add support for SAO Polynomial Plate.`
189. `06.25.2012 GUI: improved error handling. Will now properly handle a FATAL error msg from internal widgets.`
190. `06.25.2012 GUI: non FATAL msgs can be supressed via preferences.`
191. `06.25.2012 FRAME: trap SIGBUS while scanning for min/max.`
192. `06.25.2012 WCS: use new version of AST:fitschan.c which supports SAO polynomial plate solution and checks for the case of all PV keywords=0.`
193. `06.25.2012 GUI: enable hidden directory button for linux standard dialog box (windows only).`
194. `06.25.2012 GUI: move About menu item to Help menu.`
195. `06.27.2012 LOCK: fixed a problem with LOCK FRAME and the current skyframe.`
196. `06.27.2012 PANNER: fixed a problem where the wcs compass was incorrectly set.`
197. `06.29.2012 AST: updated to 7.0.5`
198. `07.02.2012 HTTP: set default timeout to 1 minute.`
199. `07.03.2012 RELEASE version 7.0.2`
200. `07.05.2012 RGB: fixed a problem with -rgbimage and extnames.`
201. `07.05.2012 GCC: fixed a problem gcc 4.5 and Pixmap typedef.`
202. `07.06.2012 SCALE: fixed a problem with scale dialog and very small numbers.`
203. `07.10.2012 BIN: fixed a problem with very large FITS Bin Tables.`
204. `07.11.2012 FITSY++: fixed a number of problems with very large (2Gb>) FITS Image and Bin Tables.`
205. `07.13.2012 WINDOWS: fixed a problem with dashs on the display. Tk does not give us much flexibilty, so pick something closer to the desired length.`
206. `07.17.2012 CATALOG: add sdss r7 and sdss r8 to default menu.`
207. `07.17.2012 GRIDS: fixed a problem where each frame grid remembers its own configuration.`
208. `07.17.2012 FITSY++: fixed a number of problems with save very large (2Gb>) FITS Image and Bin Tables.`
209. `07.23.2012 REGIONS: fixed a problem with PLOT3D and BOX, ELLIPSE, POLYGON. At certain angles, incorrect counts were calculated.`
210. `07.27.2012 REGIONS: fixed a problem with rendering ELLIPSE PANDA X11 at angle=0.`
211. `07.30.2012 PRINT: fixed a problem with printing simple text and catalog dialogs.`
212. `07.30.2012 REGIONS: add default length format to preferences.`
213. `07.30.2012 GUI: update infobox when moving between frames.`
214. `07.30.2012 BACKUP: don't save compressed image files if not requested.`
215. `08.02.2012 WCS: fixed a number of issues with the WCS parameters dialog.`
216. `08.02.2012 WCS: added support for SIP and SCAMP keywords to WCS parameters dialog.`
217. `08.06.2012 MAGNIFIER: be sure to update magnifier when changing slice.`
218. `08.09.2012 PLOT: fixed a problem reading muliple datasets from one source.`
219. `08.10.2012 AST: updated to version 7.0.6`
220. `08.13.2012 3D: add z axis scaling.`
221. `08.13.2012 FITSY++: accept double quoted (invalid) strings.`
222. `08.21.2012 REGIONS: fixed a problem with -regions centroid command.`
223. `09.05.2012 SMOOTH: add lock/match smooth.`
224. `09.14.2012 PLOT: enhanced gui.`
225. `09.14.2012 PLOT: add bar chart option.`
226. `09.14.2012 PLOT: add scatter chart option.`
227. `09.14.2012 REGIONS: add Analysis Statistics.`
228. `09.14.2012 REGIONS: add Analysis Radial Profile.`
229. `10.3.2012 CATALOG: add match option.`
230. `10.15.2012 RELEASE version 7.1`
231. `10.18.2012 GUI: update File menu.`
232. `11.02.2012 GUI: add support for NRRD file format. Includes encodings: raw and gzip.`
233. `11.05.2012 GUI: fixed a problem with cut/paste for contours and catalogs.`
234. `11.27.2012 PLOT: fixed typo in range dialog.`
235. `11.27.2012 GUI: fixed a problem with clear analysis menu item and the analysis menu.`
236. `12.06.2012 SAMP: fixed a typo which disabled SAMP_HUB functionality.`
237. `12.06.2012 DS9: fixed a problem on how to align an image with an odd size frame. In versions <7.0, the floating point number was rounded down. This has been re-implemented.`
238. `12.11.2012 GPL: upgrade license to GPL v3.`
239. `12.18.2012 COLORBAR: add support for SAO format GAMMA param.`
240. `12.18.2012 SAVEIMAGE: add support for EPS.`
241. `12.20.2012 REGIONS: fixed a problem with updating analysis plot x/y axis titles.`
242. `12.21.2012 REGIONS: fixed a problem with analysis radial profile and negative xaxis values.`
243. `12.21.2012 REGIONS: fixed a problem with writing composited regions.`
244. `12.21.2012 REGIONS: fixed a problem with list/save data radial annulus.`
245. `12.28.2012 RGB: add photo export.`
246. `01.19.2013 FITSY++: fixed a problem parsing filters`
247. `01.19.2013 FITSY++: fixed a problem with incomplete variable array TFORM descriptions, used in fits compression. If no length is specified, set default to 8.
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248. `01.29.2013 SAVE: save fits will now save an entire cube if loaded.`
249. `01.30.2013 SAVE: add support for save mecube.`
250. `01.31.2013 CONTOUR: fixed a problem with loading a set of contours with a specified color.`
251. `02.13.2013 FITSY++: support new fits compression float/double gzip method.`
252. `02.13.2013 FITSY++: ds9 now distinguishes between BLANK/NAN/INF values.`
253. `02.15.2013 REGIONS: no longer output filename in header.`
254. `02.26.2013 FITSY++: use magic bytes to check for gz compressed files before load.`
255. `02.28.2013 RGB: loading rgbimage, rgbcube, rgbarray into non-rgb frame will create new rgb frame for all command line, xpa, and samp commands.`
256. `03.01.2013 FRAME: trap SIGBUS and SIGSEGV while scanning data.`
257. `03.01.2013 FRAME: will only return error messages at levels info, warning, and error.`
258. `03.10.2013 PREFS: fixed a problem with prefs zoom align.`
259. `03.12.2013 BACKUP: check for sym links.`
260. `03.14.2013 GUI: non-modal dialogs are now created at the center of the main ds9 window.`
261. `03.25.2013 VO: default vo method is mime.`
262. `03.25.2013 VO: if xpa method fails, default to mime.`
263. `03.26.2013 XPA: add samp cmd to xpa.`
264. `03.26.2013 SAMP: add xpa cmd to samp.`
265. `04.01.2013 AST: updated to version 7.1.1`
266. `04.11.2013 CATALOG: fixed cut and paste.`
267. `04.11.2013 WCS: SAO_PLT is now handled directly by AST.`
268. `04.12.2013 PREFS: add dialog center option.`
269. `04.12.2013 PLOT: all plots (user, analysis and catalogs) are now available to the plot command.`
270. `04.15.2013 RELEASE version 7.2`
271. `04.16.2013 AST: updated to version 7.2`
272. `04.16.2013 TCLLIB: updated to version 1.15`
273. `04.26.2013 TCL: updated to version 8.6.0`
274. `04.26.2013 TK: updated to version 8.6.0`
275. `04.26.2013 ZVFS: updated to version 2`
276. `05.15.2013 CATALOGS: add AAVSO to cat list.`
277. `05.17.2013 HV: add DASCHE to Archives list.`
278. `06.03.2013 IRAF: fixed a problem with imexamine coords.`
279. `06.04.2013 IRAF: save/export will save wcs values, not just the color number.`
280. `06.05.2013 IRAF: colorbar displays wcs values.`
281. `06.05.2013 IRAF: fixed a number of issues with tvmark colors.`
282. `06.11.2013 FITSY++: implemented compressed FITS SUBTRACTIVE_DITHER_1 method.`
283. `06.14.2013 ENVI: add support for import/export envi format.`
284. `06.14.2013 AST: updated to version 7.3.1`
285. `06.18.2013 GUI: fixed a problem with blank headers being displayed.`
286. `06.18.2013 ARRAY: now accepts cropping info in filename.`
287. `06.18.2013 NRRD: now accepts cropping info in filename.`
288. `06.18.2013 ENVI: now accepts cropping info in filename.`
289. `06.21.2013 PHOTO: fixed a problem with rounding average.`
290. `06.24.2013 ZVFS: zvfs.c updated from freewrap 6.6`
291. `06.26.2013 SEGMENT: add new segment region.`
292. `07.02.2013 ENVI: fixed a problem with calculating wcs.`
293. `07.02.2013 FITSY++: changes to allow 1D image.`
294. `07.03.2013 GROUPS: fixed a problem allowing multiple selection of region groups.`
295. `08.14.2013 WCS: Linear WCS now goes straight to AST.`
296. `09.10.2013 PSEUDOCOLOR: rm support for pseudocolor visuals.`
297. `09.17.2013 REGIONS: PLOT3D dramatic improvements in speed of deep images and large regions.`
298. `09.17.2013 GUI: set last file directory based on file type last loaded.`
299. `09.18.2013 ENVI: minor change to hdr parser.`
300. `09.18.2013 ENVI: fixed a major problem with swapbytes.`
301. `09.18.2013 CATALOG: fixed a problem with selecting the correct region when arrow keys are used.`
302. `09.19.2013 FITSY++: cleaned up code for dumping array,nrrd,envi in native endian.`
303. `09.25.2013 AST: updated to version 7.3.2 to fix problem with SCAMP.`
304. `09.25.2013 FITSY++: fixed a problem parsing filters in the command line.`
305. `10.05.2013 3D: implement image cache.`
306. `10.08.2013 3D: implement az and el background render.`
307. `10.10.2013 COLORBAR: fixed a minor problem with specifing 'other color'.`
308. `10.11.2013 REGIONS: add mouse click epsilon parameter.`
309. `10.16.2013 CUBE: add lock slice wcs.`
310. `10.17.2013 REGIONS: fixed a problem with ds9 regions parser and parsing hex color specification.`
311. `10.18.2013 XPA: fixed a problem with "file" and backward compatability.`
312. `10.18.2013 ANALYSIS: add several checks to verify analysis file before try to parse.`
313. `10.22.2013 GUI: fixed a problem with preserve PAN while loading.`
314. `10.22.2013 SCALE: removed PRESERVE SCALE. This has been redundant since 7.0. Setting the scale limits does the same thing.`
315. `10.22.2013 CONTOUR: fixed a problem if no system is specified and, the default is normally WCS, unless no WCS is defined, then default to PHYSICAL.`
316. `10.28.2013 TCL/TK: update to version 8.6.1.`
317. `10.31.2013 HTML: fixed issue causeing corrupt stack with new CLANG compilers.`
318. `11.10.2013 FITS: improved error handling for malformed FITS tables.`
319. `11.15.2013 CUBE: fixed a problem with lock slice wcs.`
320. `11.18.2013 CATALOG: add SDSS9 to optical menu.`
321. `12.12.2013 WCS: add support for AST WCS def.`
322. `01.28.2014 REGIONS: add auto statistics option.`
323. `03.06.2014 AST: updated to version 7.3.4.`
324. `03.21.2014 CATALOG: add 'Copy to Regions' from XPA/SAMP/commandline.`
325. `03.26.2014 WCS: fixed a problem with wcs append/replace where the line length was 81 with newline.`
326. `04.07.2014 FITSY++: expanded valid EXTNAME keywords to include '.', '-', and '_' chars.`
327. `04.07.2014 FITSY++: save fits will convert BITPIX=-16 to BITPIX=32`
328. `06.09.2014 CATALOG: if sort col is of type real, but contains blank values, substitue a value of 0.`
329. `07.01.2014 BLT: completed upgrade to TkBLT 3.0.`
330. `07.28.2014 CATALOG: add UCAC4 to optical menu.`
331. `08.01.2014 MACOSX: completed new 64bit Aqua port.`
332. `08.06.2014 3D: don't wipeout the cache when generating a movie.`
333. `09.15.2014 ENVI: try to determine data file name from header file name.`
334. `09.30.2014 GUI: default mouse mode is NONE (not POINTER).`
335. `09.30.2014 GUI: change mode POINTER to REGION.`
336. `10.01.2014 RELEASE version 7.3`
337. `10.03.2014 GUI: Fixed problems with Control-S and Control-Z accelerators.`
338. `10.03.2014 MACOSX: Removed accelerators for Print, PageSetup, and Find, as then invoke a known bug with Tk and dialogs.`
339. `10.03.2014 MACOSX: Fixed a problem with coordinate display dialog.`
340. `10.03.2014 MACOSX: Fixed a problem with deleting colorbar tags.`
341. `10.03.2014 PREFS: Beta versions are now deemed to be of the same verison as the final release.`
342. `10.03.2014 PREFS: Fixed a problem processing a newer prefs file. Now wait to notify the user after the init phase has been completed.`
343. `10.03.2014 PREFS: some combinations of old prefs files were not being updated correctly.`
344. `10.06.2014 FIRST: rename FIRST to VLA`
345. `10.06.2014 VLA: add STRIPE82 survey.`
346. `10.06.2014 HV: fixed a problem with scrolling.`
347. `10.07.2014 RELEASE version 7.3.1`
348. `10.08.2014 REGIONS: fixed a problem with parsing old regions file fonts.`
349. `10.08.2014 RELEASE version 7.3.2`
350. `10.10.2014 IEXAM: imexam has been renamed iexam.`
351. `10.15.2014 WCS: fixed a problem with imflip=1.`
352. `10.15.2014 AST: updated to version 8.0.0.`
353. `10.20.2014 AST: updated to version 8.0.2.`
354. `10.20.2014 HPX: updated compatiable wcslib-4.24.`
355. `10.21.2014 CATALOG: add width property for symbols.`
356. `10.22.2014 MACOSX: fixed a problem with mouse wheel zoom.`
357. `10.22.2014 FITSY++: add support for SUBTRACTIVE_DITHER_2 keyword.`
358. `10.22.2014 FITSY++: fixed a problem with native endian arrays. Unless specified, the array is assumed to be of the same endian-ness as the processor.`
359. `11.14.2014 CUBE: fixed a problem with lock slice with no fits loaded.`
360. `11.17.2014 TCL/TK: update to version 8.6.3.`
361. `11.18.2014 MACOSX: preferences, fixed jumpy window size problem.`
362. `11.19.2014 GUI: view horizontal/vertical now sets display size to default settings.`
363. `12.03.2014 IIS: fixed a problem with open_unix().`
364. `12.29.2014 BLOCK: add support for blocking.`
365. `02.04.2015 HPX: fixed a problem with cropping HPX images.`
366. `02.05.2015 FITS++: Fits Compression- fixed a problem with uncompressed blocks.`
367. `02.05.2015 FITS++: added support for 'Q' column arrays.`
368. `02.17.2015 HV: Fixed a problem when url scheme is FTP and authority included username and passwd.`
369. `02.18.2015 WCS: Fixed a problem when CDELTs and PCs keywords are used, but not in the orthodox way.`
370. `03.11.2015 NRRD: Fixed a problem exporting built data cube.`
371. `03.11.2015 ENVI: Fixed a problem exporting built data cube.`
372. `03.24.2015 MOSAIC: mecube will now skip over tables and find all images.`
373. `04.08.2015 FITS++: fixed a problem with compressed fits files and static memory size. now using alloc.`
374. `04.13.2015 CATALOGS: fixed a problem with deleting the frame first, before closing a catalog dialog.`
375. `04.15.2015 CUBE: added support for reorder data cube axes.`
376. `04.16.2015 SMOOTH: blank/NaN values are no longer replaced by 0, instead, NaN is used.`
377. `04.17.2015 SMOOTH: is now threaded.`
378. `04.21.2015 GUI: add UNITS keyword to infobox.`
379. `04.23.2015 CUBE: reorder is now threaded.`
380. `04.24.2015 IEXAM: add macro expansion string.`
381. `04.27.2015 CHECKDNS: fixed a problem so that delay will activate on time (and will return promptly).`
382. `04.29.2015 TCL/TK: update to version 8.6.4.`
383. `04.30.2015 LAYOUT: add tile grid direction.`
384. `04.30.2015 GUI: add user selected keyword to infobox.`
385. `05.21.2015 SCALE: add lock/match scalelimits.`
386. `05.29.2015 RELEASE version 7.4b1`
387. `06.09.2015 CATALOG: fixed a problem finding correct cols to parse. Original bug introduced after 7.3.2.`
388. `06.09.2015 RELEASE version 7.4b2`
389. `06.15.2015 SCALE: scaling for data cubes now use clip scope (LOCAL/GLOBAL).`
390. `06.18.2015 SCALE: Default scope is now GLOBAL.`
391. `06.18.2015 SCALE: MinMax mode AUTOSCAN has been deprecated.`
392. `06.22.2015 GUI: fixed a font problem displaying greek symbols.`
393. `06.22.2015 RELEASE version 7.4b3`
394. `06.29.2015 SKYVIEW: add survey and size options.`
395. `07.04.2015 RELEASE version 7.4b4`
396. `07.07.2015 VO: add additional code to use default url list if unable to download list.txt for any reason.`
397. `07.14.2015 FITSY++: fixed a problem with RICE compression and 4 byte INT to FLOAT conversions.`
398. `07.15.2015 FITSY++: fixed a problem with GZIP lossless compression.`
399. `07.15.2015 FITSY++: Add support for GZIP_2 FITS compression.`
400. `07.20.2015 RELEASE version 7.4b5`
401. `07.23.2015 FITSY++: fixed a problem with SAVE FITS and writing NAXIS3=1 into the header.`
402. `07.23.2015 FITSY++: added check for fits table in SAVE FITS TABLE.`
403. `07.24.2015 RELEASE version 7.4b6`
404. `08.13.2015 REGIONS: fixed a problem with FITS CIAO PIE region.`
405. `08.13.2015 REGIONS: fixed a problem with FITS CIAO ANNULUS region.`
406. `08.13.2015 REGIONS: added support for FITS CIAO SECTOR and ELLIPTANNULS regions.`
407. `08.16.2015 WCS: fixed a problem with reorder 3D cubes.`
408. `08.25.2015 COLORBAR: added MathLab colormaps.`
409. `08.25.2015 COLORBAR: added MatPlotLib colormaps.`
410. `08.26.2015 COLORBAR: added H5utils colormaps.`
411. `08.26.2015 COLORBAR: added GIST colormaps.`
412. `08.26.2015 COLORBAR: added Topographic colormaps.`
413. `08.28.2015 MOSAIC: fixed a problem introduced in 7.4b1 which failed to ignore generic tables in extensions when loading multiple extension fits.`
414. `09.03.2015 PAN: fixed a problem with pan then zoom mode.`
415. `09.17.2015 IIS: fixed a problem with imexam introduced in an earlier beta version.`
416. `09.17.2015 IIS: fixed a problem with imexam when a former imexam frame has been delete.`
417. `09.17.2015 MOSAIC: add IRAF DETSEC Align option.`
418. `09.18.2015 RELEASE version 7.4b7`
419. `09.21.2015 WCS: Look for old RADECSYS keyword if present.`
420. `09.22.2015 CROSSHAIR: add crosshair parameters dialog.`
421. `09.30.2015 TEMPLATES: fixed a problem with WCS introduced in an earlier beta version.`
422. `10.02.2015 SMOOTH: smooth on load now threaded.`
423. `10.02.2015 REGIONS: PLOT3D is disabled by default.`
424. `10.13.2015 SAMP: fixed a issue with case of meta-data in xmlrpc.`
425. `10.14.2015 GUI : fixed an issue where not all header options were offered in the case of compressed fits images.`
426. `10.14.2015 BACKUP : fixed a problem when creating a backup with a file that has been compressed.`
427. `10.15.2015 SAMP: fixed a issue with results with empty elements.`
428. `10.16.2015 LINUX: For all key press events, calculate the current cursor position, as Ubuntu and MacOSX Aqua returns bad x,y values.`
429. `10.21.2015 CATALOG: fixed a problem where a catalog had a column of the same name as a variable.`
430. `10.26.2015 GUI: fixed a problem remembering the previous filename loaded for standard dialogs.`
431. `10.30.2015 SAMP: fixed a issue with incorrect body length in xmlrpc messages.`
432. `11.03.2015 3D: fixed a major issue introduced in the beta 7.4 series which caused a redraw everytime the current slice was changed.`
433. `11.03.2015 SCALE: Default scope is back to LOCAL.`
434. `11.04.2015 CONTOUR: Fixed lots of issues with interaction with contours and bin/block/smooth.`
435. `11.04.2015 SCALE: remove old AUTOSCAN and SAMPLE code.`
436. `11.09.2015 FITS: fixed issues with data all NAN or INF.`
437. `11.09.2015 CUBE: fixed issues with selecting current slice and updating other dialog boxes while in local mode.`
438. `11.11.2015 RELEASE version 7.4b8`
439. `11.11.2015 FITS: fixed another issue when calculating MIN and MAX and one pixel images.`
440. `11.17.2015 WCS: fixed problem with infobox/grid with xLN/xLT WCS.`
441. `11.18.2015 RELEASE version 7.4b9`
442. `11.30.2015 CATALOG: update CDS catalog search parameters.`
443. `12.02.2015 BACKUP: fixed a problem with backup save sets generated with beta versions.`
444. `12.03.2015 PREFS: fixed a problem with prefs generated with beta versions.`
445. `12.07.2015 WCS: fixed a problem with replacement WCS.`
446. `12.08.2015 WCS: cubes now share WCS structures (very fast).`
447. `12.08.2015 ANALYSIS: fixed a problem with $z macro.`
448. `12.10.2015 RELEASE version 7.4b10`
449. `12.11.2015 SAVEIMAGE: fixed a problem with the colorbar not updating when used with -exit.`
450. `12.17.2015 FITS: 3D displayed z coord off by .5.`
451. `12.21.2015 RELEASE version 7.4`
452. `01.05.2016 XPA: update to version 2.1.17.`
453. `01.05.2016 FUNTOOLS: update to version 2.1.6.`
454. `01.21.2016 WCS: fixed a problem with PC3_3 being ignored.`
455. `01.21.2016 WCS: add 3d axis params to WCS dialog.`
456. `01.25.2016 MACOSX: fixed a problem init Tkblt.`
457. `02.10.2016 MACOSX: fixed again the problem with font sizes and screen dpi.`
458. `02.11.2016 WCS: fixed a problem with WCS replace and files without linefeed termination.`
459. `03.07.2016 XPA: "tcl","source","print" commands only enabled for local.`
460. `03.07.2016 XPA: new xpa command.`
461. `03.07.2016 GUI: "tcl" command enabled from commandline.`
462. `03.07.2016 PREFS: for security reasons, will only look for the prefs file in the $HOME directory, and must be group/world readonly.`
463. `03.07.2016 INIT FILE: will only look for any init file(s) in the $HOME, /usr/local/lib, /opt/local/lib directories.`
464. `03.07.2016 INIT FILE: only read-only files will be sourced.`
465. `03.08.2016 SAMP: new samp command.`
466. `03.08.2016 SAMP: new ds9.restricted-get command.`
467. `03.08.2016 SAMP: new ds9.restricted-set command.`
468. `03.08.2016 HV: xpa-set is now in safe mode.`
469. `03.18.2016 GUI: Hard code font size. Give up on trying to correct for screen resolution.`
470. `03.18.2016 REGION: fixed title issue with radial plot.`
471. `03.18.2016 REGION: fixed title issue with 2d plot.`
472. `03.28.2016 FITSY++: cube update clip is now threaded.`
473. `03.30.2016 GUI: cleaned up initialization and event loop code.`
474. `03.30.2016 WCSSUBS: updated to version 3.9.0.`
475. `04.01.2016 GUI: default number of threads is now detected based on OS.`
476. `04.01.2016 WCS: fixed a problem with region templates, lengths were incorrect.`
477. `04.05.2016 GUI: added coordinates of min/max to infobox.`
478. `04.05.2016 GUI: limit dialog status lines to 80 chars, so the window will not expand off the screen.`
479. `04.06.2016 WCS: use getWCSOrientation() instead of wcs->imflip for calcAlign and mapAngleTo/FromRef.`
480. `04.14.2016 SCALE: fixed minmax mode SAMPLE.`
481. `04.14.2016 CUBE: update histogram and histequ when changing current slice.`
482. `04.20.2016 MINMAX: reimplemented "-minmax sample" commandline option for loading very large images..`
483. `04.21.2016 3D: fixed a problem with rendering the bbox when endpoints are way off screen. Now clip against frame.`
484. `04.22.2016 3D: rendering speed improvements.`
485. `04.26.2016 3D: panner images are now cached.`
486. `04.27.2016 GUI: fixed a minor problem with header choice box and no filename given for xpaset stdin commands.`
487. `04.27.2016 3D: dramatic improvements in render speed for certain data sets.`
488. `04.27.2016 3D: fixed a problem with backup and 3D pan.`
489. `05.04.2016 BIN: added keywords EQUINOX, MJD-OBS, and RADESYS if present.`
490. `05.06.2016 RELEASE version 7.5b1`
491. `05.11.2016 SCALE: fixed a problem where histequ colorbar numerics displayed were incorrect.`
492. `05.18.2016 GUI: fixed a very minor problem where catalog tools is invoked back to back via command line.`
493. `05.19.2016 REGIONS: many important changes to Ciao Region parser to support current syntax. In particular, changes to BOX, ROTBOX, RECTANGLE. SECTOR, FIELD, and REGION are now no-ops.`
494. `05.23.2016 TKCON: updated to version 2.7 proper.`
495. `05.24.2016 PREFS: check file permissions and set accordingly.`
496. `05.24.2016 PREFS: new prefs file directory implemented.`
497. `05.07.2016 STARTUP: for security reasons, will only look for the startup file in the $HOME directory, and must be group/world readonly.`
498. `05.31.2016 TKBLT: updated to version 3.1.`
499. `06.01.2016 TKBLT: updated to version 3.1.1.`
500. `06.20.2016 TKBLT: updated to version 3.1.2.`
501. `06.20.2016 FITSY++: fixed a problem where BZERO/BSCALE was not applied to MIN/MAX for BITPIX=-32,-64.`
502. `06.27.2016 REGIONS: default regions coordinate system is set to PHYSICAL if no WCS present.`
503. `06.28.2016 3D: fixed yet another problem with rendering speed.`
504. `07.01.2016 FITSY++: look for MJD_OBS if MJD-OBS is not present.`
505. `07.05.2016 IMGSRV: simplify code.`
506. `07.11.2016 IMGSRV: add support for VLSS.`
507. `07.12.2016 SIA: simple image access protocal implemented.`
508. `07.13.2016 RELEASE version 7.5b2`
509. `07.13.2016 SKYVIEW: updated survey options.`
510. `07.14.2016 IIS: fixed segv issue.`
511. `07.15.2016 RELEASE version 7.5b3`
512. `07.15.2016 TKBLT: upgrade to version 3.2.2.`
513. `07.15.2016 GUI: fixed an issue with sourcing init files and 'global ds9'.`
514. `07.15.2016 RELEASE version 7.5b4`
515. `07.21.2016 PRINT: scaling now implement without mods to Tk source code.`
516. `07.21.2016 PRINT: give up on postscript scaling to screen resolution. Print resolution of 72 equals screen resolution.`
517. `07.25.2016 TKHTML: updated to version 1.0.3, fixed an issues with corrupted screens under MacOSX.`
518. `07.26.2016 TCL/TK: update to version 8.6.5.`
519. `07.26.2016 BACKUP: fixed an issue with missing RGB channels.`
520. `07.27.2016 TCLLIB: update to version 1.15.`
521. `07.29.2016 PREFS: fixed a problem with name server.`
522. `08.12.2016 REGIONS: Sky Coordinates are now formated for precision of 1/1000 of arcsec.`
523. `08.16.2016 PLOT: fixed an issue with incorrect color for bar chart.`
524. `08.18.2016 BIN: pass all keywords except manitory and reserved.`
525. `09.02.2016 CONTOUR: new contour file format. DS9 can read/write the new contour file format while continue support for read the old contour file format.`
526. `09.06.2016 CONTOUR: can read contour levels from new format while continue support for read and write old contour levels format.`
527. `09.09.2016 REGION: fixed a problem where RULER was not using the default length format.`
528. `09.14.2016 POSTSCRIPT: fixed a problem with PS level 3 images.`
529. `09.16.2016 RELEASE version 7.5rc`
530. `09.16.2016 MACOSX: add NSHighResolutionCapable attribute to info.plist to support Retina displays.`
531. `10.05.2016 REGION: fixed a problem when contour "Convert to Polygons" created polygon regions. Saving or listing the regions caused a Segv.`
532. `10.05.2016 REGION: fixed a problem saving or listing regions in WCS when no WCS is defined for the FITS image. The regions file was corrupted.`
533. `10.05.2016 REGION: fixed a problem with Composite Regions not properly updating when created. The region was not displayed properly.`
534. `11.10.2016 MAGNIFIER: added check to prevent a SEGV in rare cases.`
535. `11.15.2016 GUI: added check for bad "tk scaling" command results, which can occur with high resolution monitors.`
536. `12.15.2016 RELEASE version 7.5`