### SAOImageDS9 Version 8.0 Release Notes

1. `04.18.2018 GUI: fixed an issue with loading gzipped multiple extension fits files with the -multiframe option.`
2. `05.25.2018 MMT: updated Binospec template.`
3. `06.12.2018 CATALOG: GUI now uses a conesearch radius for query.`
4. `06.12.2018 SIA: GUI now uses a conesearch radius for query.`
5. `06.13.2018 FITSY++: be sure to output REAL header keywords with scientific notation with capital 'E', per FITS standard.`
6. `06.14.2018 CATALOG: add Edit menu to Symbol dialog.`
7. `06.14.2018 NRRD: fixed a problem exporting, an extra byte was being written.`
8. `06.15.2018 IIS: fixed a problem introduced in version 7.6 with the colormap.`
9. `06.15.2018 IIS: fixed a problem the values displayed on the colorbar.`
10. `06.22.2018 API: All new parser/lexer for each command, backward compatible API. Parser will detect syntax errors, and suggest options.`
11. `06.22.2018 CATALOG: updated catalog menu items for GAIA, UCAC, and SDSS.`
12. `06.25.2018 REGIONS: added support for compressed regions files.`
13. `07.06.2018 CUBE: fixed cube slice dialog slider.`
14. `07.10.2018 ANALYSIS: added current slice control to maker analysis plot 3d.`
15. `07.11.2018 BACKUP: fixed an issue when data range is NAN.`
16. `07.20.2018 BIN: fixed an issue introduced in version 7.6 where repeat bin calls incorrectly scaled markers and contours.`
17. `07.31.2018 REGION: fixed an problem introduced in version 7.6 with angles with a wcs which is flipped in X.`
18. `08.06.2018 GUI: fixed an problem introduced in version 7.6 with bracket filename options in standard dialog boxes.`
19. `08.22.2018 WCS: implemented all new wcs support based on AST. DS9 is fully compliant with FITS WCS Papers I, II, III.`
20. `08.22.2018 CUBE: plot3d current slice is coordinated with cube dialog box.`
21. `08.22.2018 BIN: fixed a problem in the case of a RGB image has a binned layer, changing bin parameters in other layers caused cursor movement.`
22. `08.22.2018 REGION: plot2d now extends across mosaic boundries.`
23. `08.28.2018 BACKUP: restore crosshair cursor.`
24. `08.31.2018 SMOOTH: fixed an issue with old backups.`
25. `09.03.2018 RELEASE version 8.0rc`
26. `09.04.2018 REGION: accept 'point' as a region shape, defaulting to 'boxcircle'.`
27. `09.04.2018 REGION: fixed a problem with plot3d, incorrectly calculating an index into the data cube.`
28. `09.04.2018 GUI: removed old keyboard doc button.`
29. `09.04.2018 DOC: cleaned up html documentation.`
30. `09.04.2018 RELEASE version 8.0rc2`
31. `09.19.2018 WCS: fix a memory ref with short axes symbols (aka 'b')`
32. `09.19.2018 WCS: fix a problem starting in crosshair mode set in prefs and infobox update with 2D frame.`
33. `09.19.2018 PREFS: fix a problem updating from 7.6 to 8.0.`
34. `09.21.2018 GUI: use unicode for deg symbol in infobox, previous char caused conflicts with Chinese Language.`
35. `09.21.2018 AST: updated to version 8.6.3.`
36. `09.21.2018 TKBLT: updated to version 3.2.11.`
37. `09.24.2018 BIN: use old style Einstein WCS keywords if present.`
38. `09.24.2018 PAN: tweak pan parser for backward compatibility.`
39. `09.25.2018 RELEASE version 8.0rc3`
40. `09.26.2018 BIN: fixed old style Einstein WCS keyword CRVAL2.`
41. `09.26.2018 RELEASE version 8.0rc4`
42. `09.27.2018 REGION: Plot2d,Plot3d,Histogram- use BUNIT keyword if available.`
43. `09.27.2018 WCS: Tweaked -TAB code to find WCS HDU extension easier.`
44. `09.30.2018 CONTOURS: fixed contour parser nlevels problem, again.`
45. `09.30.2018 CONTOURS: changed contour limits behavior. Now set mode to USER when limits are set and update dialog accordingly.`
46. `10.01.2018 API: Tweaked parsers to fix issue with XPA/SAMP error messages.`
47. `10.02.2018 RELEASE version 8.0rc5`
48. `10.08.2018 FITS: command -url: accept mime type 'text' as 'fits'.`
49. `10.16.2018 API: fixed an issue with CommReturn, so that it returns at the top level.`
50. `10.16.2018 SAMP: added -keepalive to http::geturl calls in cases of retreiveing large files from servers that use Transport-encoding: chunked.`
51. `10.17.2018 SAMP: reset http token in case of error.`
52. `10.17.2018 CUBE: fixed an issue with properly rounding slice number.`
53. `10.18.2018 RELEASE version 8.0rc6`
54. `11.03.2018 BACKUP: fixed an issue with soft links.`
55. `12.15.2018 RELEASE version 8.0`
56. `12.26.2018 VIEW: fixed view graph command.`
57. `01.03.2019 DS9: fixed a problem with MacOS Aqua and Windows unable to locate ds9 parser scripts at startup.`
58. `01.03.2019 SCALE: fixed scale command.`
59. `01.03.2019 PRINT: add backward compatible options for resolution to command.`
60. `01.03.2019 TILE: fix tile grid layout command.`
61. `01.07.2019 RELEASE version 8.0.1`