SAOImage DS9 Version 6 Release Notes
- 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.
- 10.24.2009 UPDATE: fixed a problem with trying to provide support for backward compatibility.
- 10.24.2009 IMGSVR: fixed a problem with trying to provide support for backward compatibility
- 10.24.2009 GUI: sleep command arg is now optional
- 10.24.2009 MOSAIC: IRAF mosaics are now layed out based on the first segment load, like WCS mosaics
- 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
- 10.28.2009 REGIONS: Corrected a problem with creating templates from a VAR. Uncommented old syntax which has been superceeded
- 11.02.2009 GRID: fixed a problem with 'grid numlab gap2'
- 11.02.2009 AST: updated to version 5.3-1
- 11.05.2009 TILE: corrected documentation for '-tile grid layout', should be column #, row #
- 11.05.2009 DATACUBE: fixed a problem with '-wcs replace|reset|append'. The result WCS is now applied to all slices
- 11.05.2009 XPA: fixed a problem with 'xpaset wcs replace foo.wcs'
- 11.13.2009 RICE: updated to cfitsio 3210/tt>
- 11.16.2009 COMPRESS: fixed a problem with compression that extends over a page boundry of 1Gb
- 11.30.2009 GRID: fixed a problem with exterior numerics and zoomed images
- 11.30.2009 HELP: combine FAQ and ISSUES pages
- 12.04.2009 RGB: aux contour overlays are now displayed on a per channel basis
- 12.07.2009 RGB: rgb images with data cubes can now set the current slice on a per channel basis
- 12.07.2009 VO: fixed a problem with xpa keep-alive
- 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
- 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
- 12.10.2009 XPA: update to version 2.1.11
- 12.14.2009 RGB: fixed a problem with a incorrect WCS compass in the panner image
- 12.15.2009 WCS: Documented the old ALIGN command and updated for XPA and SAMP
- 12.15.2009 GUI: Values accepted for SKYFORMAT expanded to 'deg', 'degree', and 'degrees' for command line options, XPA, and SAMP
- 12.17.2009 WCS: added code to test for bad WCS alignment issues (mainly from CAR projection, or pole problems)
- 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
- 12.18.2009 CATALOGS: added USNO UCAC3 to the Optical list
- 12.24.2009 DATACUBE: DS9 now supports FITS images up to 10 dimensions. Happy Holidays!
- 12.28.2009 ANALYSIS: fixed problems with $data and $url and spaces in the tmp directory path name
- 12.28.2009 COMM: fixed problems with spaces in file names received as argumetns via SAMP and http
- 12.29.2009 REGIONS: fixed problems with XPA/SAMP and -format/-system/-sky options
- 12.29.2009 GUI: fixed a problem with hiding the current frame
- 12.30.2009 HV: at EXIT, close all opened HV windows so that tmp files may be deleted
- 12.30.2009 HV: fixed a problem for MIME type 'multipart/mixed', a tmp file was not deleted
- 12.30.2009 HV: fixed a problem for MIME type 'text/plain', a tmp file was not deleted
- 12.30.2009 ANALYSIS: add $filedialog(open) and $filedialog(save) macros
- 12.30.2009 GUI: allow filenames starting with a '-'
- 01.07.2009 I18N: for X11 port, look for LC_MESSAGES, LC_ALL, LANG env vars to set langage in that order
- 01.07.2009 I18N: update Japanese language translation
- 01.07.2009 CONTOUR: fix muliple problems with command line contour options. Each frame will now remember contour params between frames
- 01.08.2009 ANALYSIS: minor changes in output of get analysis commands. Now include parameters for web and bind commands
- 01.11.2009 COLORBAR: fixed a problem with the orientation of the numerics for vertical colorbar. This problem was introduced with AST-5.3
- 01.11.2009 RGB: fixed a memory leak for RGB frames
- 01.11.2009 I18N: update Japanese language translation
- 01.11.2009 MACOSX: fixed a problem with non-native standard file dialog boxes and error messages
- 01.12.2009 AST: fixed a memory leak with colorbar grid.
- 01.13.2009 PLOT: fixed a rare problem when the user closes a plot while in the middle of a zoom.
- 01.13.2009 IRAF: fixed a problem for mosaic iraf images are loaded and the bounding box is incorrectly calculated.
- 01.15.2010 RELEASE version 6.0