 Version
1.5 Release
Notes
Version
1.5 Release
Notes
   Version 1.5
  
    -  Fixed problem with Windows style Open file dialog box
-  Now supports following coords systems:
      -  Image (was Logical)
-  CCD (was Physical)
-  Detector (was Mosaic Physical)
-  Amplifier
-  WCS
-  New version of Doug Mink's WCS libs
-  Fixed minor problems with interactive Pan Mode
-  Added "Source TCL" file support
-  Open Mosaic Image command
    Will open multiple fits files as a mosaic. 
    Supports following patterns: 
    *#.fits 
    *_#.fits 
    *.IM*.fits - Open Mosaic Segment command
-  Fixed minor problem with zscale and high energy data
-  The Magnifier now Works!
    There are two algorithms available (under Preferences) 
    Magnification can be selected via preferences
    
      -  Fast (and less Accurate)
-  More Accurate (and slower)
-  Improvements to Dialogs
-  Now supports (unoffical)FITS data size -16 (unsigned
short)
-  Support for byte swapped processors
-  Support large images > 8k x 8k
-  Loading images are now 10x faster
-  Supports BLANK Fits keyword
-   Menu Short Cuts have been added (use Alt key, such
as
Alt-f for
Frame menu)
-  Horizontal and Verticle Graphs now work in all modes (not
just Crosshair)
-  ds9 will accept fits files via STDIN (ie. $ cat foo.fits
|
ds9 -file
-  )
-  command line argument support (ie. $ds9 -? for list)
-  crosshair position is more accurate
-  added new scales: 'ln' and 'log'.
      -  ln --  SAOimage natural log based algorithm
-  log--  IRAF log base 10 algorithm
-  Support for Postscript printing (Level 1 and Level 2)
-  Blinking is now supported