SAOImageDS9 Version 8.1 Release Notes

  1. 10.29.2018 BLOCK: all supported WCSs now updated to reflect blocking.
  2. 10.30.2018 WFPC2: fixed an issue with blocking and WFPC2 images.
  3. 11.02.2018 MASK: mask now supports WCS, in addition to physical, image.
  4. 11.06.2018 SAVEIMAGE: all supported WCSs now updated to reflect current rotation, orientation, pan, and zoom.
  5. 12.07.2018 CONTOURS: merge old and new contour parsers so that regardless of file extension, the file will be correctly parsed.
  6. 12.10.2018 CONTOURS: LEVELS command now takes one numeric in addition to a string.
  7. 12.14.2018 GRID: add checks to avoid NULL pointers in cases of odd WCS defs.
  8. 12.14.2018 BINNING: bring forward any 3rd column WCS defines for binned 3d cubes.
  9. 12.14.2018 PLOT3D: verify 3D WCS, reset to IMAGE if not available.
  10. 12.19.2018 SAVEIMAGE: is now supported under Windows.
  11. 12.19.2018 MOVIE3D: is now supported under Windows.
  12. 12.27.2018 TCLIIS: update TEA to 3.13.
  13. 12.27.2018 TKSAO: update TEA to 3.13.
  14. 12.29.2018 TKMACOSX: update TEA to 3.13.
  15. 12.29.2018 TKWIN: update TEA to 3.13.
  16. 12.29.2018 TCLSIGNAL: update TEA to 3.13.
  17. 12.29.2018 TCLXML: update TEA to 3.13.
  18. 12.29.2018 TCLZVFS: update TEA to 3.13.
  19. 12.29.2018 TKBLT: update TEA to 3.13.
  20. 12.29.2018 TLS: update TEA to 3.13.
  21. 01.07.2019 TKCON: update TEA to 3.13.
  22. 01.07.2019 TKHTML1: update TEA to 3.13.
  23. 01.07.2019 TKMPEG: update TEA to 3.13.
  24. 01.07.2019 TKTABLE: update TEA to 3.13.
  25. 01.08.2019 TKIMG: updated to version 1.4.7
  26. 01.17.2019 TCLZIPFS: now using tclzipfs for unix port.
  27. 01.24.2019 SAVEIMAGE: is now supported under MacOS Aqua.
  28. 01.24.2019 MOVIE3D: is now supported under Windows.
  29. 01.24.2019 MOVIE3D: is now supported under MacOS Aqua.
  30. 02.11.2019 WCS: 1D WCS is now supported.
  31. 02.11.2019 WCS: Increase WCS params dialog to full 4 axes.
  32. 02.14.2019 BIN: fix binning physical in case of no WCS.
  33. 02.15.2019 TCLLIB: updated to version 1.19.
  34. 02.26.2019 GUI: add command "preserve scale" for backward compatibility.
  35. 02.28.2019 TKBLT: fixed postscript bounding box issue.
  36. 03.01.2019 PLOT: removed old split data sets from plot widgets.
  37. 03.02.2019 SHM: fixed type in loading shared memory segments.
  38. 03.04.2019 CATALOG: fixed issue allowing column names for size/size2/angle via parser.
  39. 03.06.2019 PLOT: update error cap documentation.
  40. 03.06.2019 PLOT: Line Plot, add 0 width option to Width Menu.
  41. 03.06.2019 PLOT: support graph background color.
  42. 03.06.2019 PLOT: add plot export to gif,png,tiff,jpeg.
  43. 03.07.2019 TKBLT: fix segv Marker Op delete.
  44. 03.18.2019 CONTOURS: contours are now threaded.
  45. 03.18.2019 CONTOURS: default contour method is now smooth.
  46. 03.19.2019 TKIMG: update to verision 1.4.9.
  47. 03.21.2019 PLOT: removed old sequence flag.
  48. 03.25.2019 MOVIE: fixed movie 3d to/from params issues.
  49. 03.25.2019 MOVIE: add support for animated gif movies.
  50. 03.28.2019 3D: add 3D mouse mode.
  51. 03.28.2019 GIF: use native Tk gif.
  52. 03.28.2019 PNG: use native Tk png.
  53. 04.16.2019 GUI: fix math::fuzzy issue with MacOS Aqua.
  54. 04.17.2019 MACOS: fix issue with analysis filedialog macro and MacOS Aqua.
  55. 04.22.2019 GUI: rotate image and change colorbar now uses full render algorithm.
  56. 04.23.2019 MASK: default systems is now WCS (similar to RGB).
  57. 04.25.2019 MASK: fixed an issue with mask and backups.
  58. 04.25.2019 BACKUP: fixed an issue with reading version 6.x backup files.
  59. 04.25.2019 CUBE: add 'get cube coordsys command'
  60. 05.02.2019 XPA: fix -xpa command issue.
  61. 05.02.2019 CUBE: fix an issue with updating the current slice via the dialog slider.
  62. 05.02.2019 REGION: fixed histogram analysis plot if region off image.
  63. 05.03.2019 REGION: fixed statistics dialog if region off image.
  64. 05.07.2019 SAMP: removed previous added -keepalive to http::geturl calls except for URL cda.harvard.edu.
  65. 05.08.2019 GUI: display 3d coordinates in infobox if available for all types of frames.
  66. 05.08.2019 DARWIN: reposition window to upper left corner if X11 and Darwin for SaveAs and Movie.
  67. 05.10.2019 AST: update to version 8.7.1.
  68. 05.13.2019 OPENSSL: DS9 now links against its own version of openssl and no longer is dependent upon system libs.
  69. 05.15.2019 RELEASE version 8.1b1
  70. 05.28.2019 URL: more tolerant of mime types when downloading via http.
  71. 06.04.2019 COLORBAR: fixed a number of issues with updating the screen with color tags active.
  72. 06.05.2019 GUI: colobar cmds load/save errors now report via Error proc.
  73. 06.19.2019 RGB: fixed an issue introduced in 8.1b1 in which a bad fits file loaded into RGB frame would not generate an error message.
  74. 06.19.2019 PREFS: screen for old pbuttons vars which may have been passed along from previous prefs files before processing the buttons.
  75. 07.01.2019 SKYBOT: fixed an issue with keyword EXPTIME/EXP_TIME if present.
  76. 07.01.2019 PLOT3D: simplify code for generating plot3d cursor.
  77. 07.03.2019 GUI: lock down geometry at startup so that unneeded configure events are not generated, a problem with recent versions of linux.
  78. 07.17.2019 PREFS: new -prefs yes/no command line option.
  79. 07.18.2019 PANDA: fix radial analysis.
  80. 07.31.2019 PLOT: add new multiple graphs per plot.
  81. 07.31.2019 PLOT: add new add/select/delete graph.
  82. 07.31.2019 PLOT: add new /select/delete dataset.
  83. 07.31.2019 PLOT: add new layout grid|row|column|strip.
  84. 07.31.2019 PARSER: update all parsers to accept british spelling of COLOUR.
  85. 08.12.2019 TCL/TK: update to version 8.6.10rc
  86. 08.12.2019 GUI: pan and crop image now uses full render algorithm.
  87. 08.12.2019 GUI: create/edit regions now uses full render algorithm.
  88. 08.13.2019 RELEASE version 8.1b2
  89. 08.14.2019 PARSER: fixed a minor issue with -bg gray command.
  90. 08.26.2019 SIA: add Hubble Legacy Archive SIA.
  91. 09.24.2019 PLOT: fixed a problem with marker analysis plots and axes titles disappearing.
  92. 09.24.2019 PLOT: fixed a problem with rotated text and postscript.
  93. 09.27.2019 TCL/TK: updated again to version 8.6.10rc
  94. 10.03.2019 GUI: add key short cut 'z' Zoom In, 'Z' Zoom Out.
  95. 10.10.2019 CUBE: dialog support for up to 9 axes.
  96. 10.25.2019 MACOS: full support for 'Dark Mode'.
  97. 10.28.2019 CATALOG: fixed highlighted marker issue.
  98. 10.25.2019 SAVEIMAGE: fixed a problem with MacOS support.
  99. 10.25.2019 CATALOG: fixed a problem with MacOS support.
  100. 10.31.2019 RELEASE version 8.1rc
  101. 11.06.2019 WCS: fixed a problem with the WCS dialog up and clicking Exit.
  102. 11.06.2019 WCS: look for WCSNAMEP=PHYSCIAL in current header, not the original header, so WCS mapping to PHYSICAL coordinates works when editing.
  103. 11.08.2019 REGION: fixed a problem with marker analysis plot3d.
  104. 11.08.2019 REGION: update marker analysis histogram plot when changing current slice.
  105. 12.17.2019 RELEASE version 8.1