SAOImage DS9 Version 6 Release Notes

    1. 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.
    2. 10.24.2009 UPDATE: fixed a problem with trying to provide support for backward compatibility.
    3. 10.24.2009 IMGSVR: fixed a problem with trying to provide support for backward compatibility
    4. 10.24.2009 GUI: sleep command arg is now optional
    5. 10.24.2009 MOSAIC: IRAF mosaics are now layed out based on the first segment load, like WCS mosaics
    6. 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
    7. 10.28.2009 REGIONS: Corrected a problem with creating templates from a VAR. Uncommented old syntax which has been superceeded
    8. 11.02.2009 GRID: fixed a problem with 'grid numlab gap2'
    9. 11.02.2009 AST: updated to version 5.3-1
    10. 11.05.2009 TILE: corrected documentation for '-tile grid layout', should be column #, row #
    11. 11.05.2009 DATACUBE: fixed a problem with '-wcs replace|reset|append'. The result WCS is now applied to all slices
    12. 11.05.2009 XPA: fixed a problem with 'xpaset wcs replace foo.wcs'
    13. 11.13.2009 RICE: updated to cfitsio 3210/tt>
    14. 11.16.2009 COMPRESS: fixed a problem with compression that extends over a page boundry of 1Gb
    15. 11.30.2009 GRID: fixed a problem with exterior numerics and zoomed images
    16. 11.30.2009 HELP: combine FAQ and ISSUES pages
    17. 12.04.2009 RGB: aux contour overlays are now displayed on a per channel basis
    18. 12.07.2009 RGB: rgb images with data cubes can now set the current slice on a per channel basis
    19. 12.07.2009 VO: fixed a problem with xpa keep-alive
    20. 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
    21. 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
    22. 12.10.2009 XPA: update to version 2.1.11
    23. 12.14.2009 RGB: fixed a problem with a incorrect WCS compass in the panner image
    24. 12.15.2009 WCS: Documented the old ALIGN command and updated for XPA and SAMP
    25. 12.15.2009 GUI: Values accepted for SKYFORMAT expanded to 'deg', 'degree', and 'degrees' for command line options, XPA, and SAMP
    26. 12.17.2009 WCS: added code to test for bad WCS alignment issues (mainly from CAR projection, or pole problems)
    27. 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
    28. 12.18.2009 CATALOGS: added USNO UCAC3 to the Optical list
    29. 12.24.2009 DATACUBE: DS9 now supports FITS images up to 10 dimensions. Happy Holidays!
    30. 12.28.2009 ANALYSIS: fixed problems with $data and $url and spaces in the tmp directory path name
    31. 12.28.2009 COMM: fixed problems with spaces in file names received as argumetns via SAMP and http
    32. 12.29.2009 REGIONS: fixed problems with XPA/SAMP and -format/-system/-sky options
    33. 12.29.2009 GUI: fixed a problem with hiding the current frame
    34. 12.30.2009 HV: at EXIT, close all opened HV windows so that tmp files may be deleted
    35. 12.30.2009 HV: fixed a problem for MIME type 'multipart/mixed', a tmp file was not deleted
    36. 12.30.2009 HV: fixed a problem for MIME type 'text/plain', a tmp file was not deleted
    37. 12.30.2009 ANALYSIS: add $filedialog(open) and $filedialog(save) macros
    38. 12.30.2009 GUI: allow filenames starting with a '-'
    39. 01.07.2009 I18N: for X11 port, look for LC_MESSAGES, LC_ALL, LANG env vars to set langage in that order
    40. 01.07.2009 I18N: update Japanese language translation
    41. 01.07.2009 CONTOUR: fix muliple problems with command line contour options. Each frame will now remember contour params between frames
    42. 01.08.2009 ANALYSIS: minor changes in output of get analysis commands. Now include parameters for web and bind commands
    43. 01.11.2009 COLORBAR: fixed a problem with the orientation of the numerics for vertical colorbar. This problem was introduced with AST-5.3
    44. 01.11.2009 RGB: fixed a memory leak for RGB frames
    45. 01.11.2009 I18N: update Japanese language translation
    46. 01.11.2009 MACOSX: fixed a problem with non-native standard file dialog boxes and error messages
    47. 01.12.2009 AST: fixed a memory leak with colorbar grid.
    48. 01.13.2009 PLOT: fixed a rare problem when the user closes a plot while in the middle of a zoom.
    49. 01.13.2009 IRAF: fixed a problem for mosaic iraf images are loaded and the bounding box is incorrectly calculated.
    50. 01.15.2010 RELEASE version 6.0