SAOImageDS9 Version 8.5 Release Notes

  1. 01.06.2023 TCL/TK: upgrade to version 8.6.13
  2. 01.06.2023 UNIX: upgrade to version 8.6.13
  3. 01.06.2023 MACOS: upgrade to version 8.6.13
  4. 01.10.2023 MACOS: clean up mouse cursor code.
  5. 02.01.2023 IIS: move tcliis into tksao.
  6. 02.04.2023 ANALYSIS: close param dialog will not invoke task.
  7. 02.15.2023 RELEASE version 8.5b1
  8. 05.01.2023 SAMPHUB: internal SAMP HUB fully functionable.
  9. 05.01.2023 SAMP: many improvements to SAMP CLIENT.
  10. 05.03.2023 GUI: fixed minor issue get tile grid layout.
  11. 05.05.2023 POSTSCRIPT: in parser, set resolution to 96 for old SCREEN value.
  12. 05.09.2023 XPA: clairified XPA command for both startup and during operateion.
  13. 05.09.2023 FITS: add GET FITS COUNT.
  14. 05.10.2023 DSSSTSCI: fixed survey parser titles.
  15. 05.10.2023 EXPORT: clean up export parser.
  16. 05.10.2023 CATALOG: update catalog server list.
  17. 05.10.2023 NSVR: update server list.
  18. 05.17.2023 OPENSSL: fixed an issue with ARM64 and openssl optimized compiler setting.
  19. 05.17.2023 SAMP: allow print commands via SAMP.
  20. 06.26.2023 REGION: fixed an issue in the case of saving selected regions, and the first region is not in the selection.
  21. 07.05.2023 SAMPHUB: fix issues with encoding messages.
  22. 07.06.2023 COLORBAR: add cmaps from Scientific Colour Maps.
  23. 07.07.2023 GUI: update credits.
  24. 07.14.2023 IIS: Corrects previous bug fix in 8.4. For IMEXAM, IRAF wants IMAGE coords. Need to send PHYSICAL when loaded from IRAF, IMAGE direct load.
  25. 07.17.2023 REGION: Cntl-click on non-selected region will create a new region.
  26. 07.19.2023 JPEG: quality compression option restricted to integer value between 1 - 100.
  27. 08.01.2023 SAMPWEBHUB: fully implemented.
  28. 08.01.2023 PLOT: add shape size (default 5).
  29. 08.03.2023 GUI: Advanced layout- illustrate icon added.
  30. 08.04.2023 3D: sync frames when generating movie.
  31. 08.05.2023 ILLUSTRATE: add resize images.
  32. 08.07.2023 PANNER: fixed an issue which could cause an X11 XCopyArea error.
  33. 08.07.2023 MAGNIFIER: fixed an issue which could cause an X11 XCopyArea error.
  34. 08.09.2023 RELEASE version 8.5b2
  35. 08.11.2023 GRAPH: fixed issue with limits of Y axis. Now tracks current scale limits per frame.
  36. 08.11.2023 ILLUSTRATE: fixed issue resizing images with transparency.
  37. 08.11.2023 ILLUSTRATE: resizing image, shift-click will maintain ratio.
  38. 09.01.2023 RELEASE version 8.5