DS9 Version 2.1 Release Notes

### Version 2.1 Release Notes

#### Version 2.1

1. `04.05.2002 fixed a problem with xpa contour load.`
2. `04.22.2002 ds9 version 2.1 released to the public.`

#### Version 2.1b7

1. `04.02.2002 upgrade to XPA 2.1.0e2. This fixes a problem with xpa and linux/linuxppc.`
2. `04.03.2002 fixed a problem with AST. plot.c, line 19463, change parameter 'force' from 1 to 0 in call to 'CheckLabels'. Sometimes we were seeing adj labels that where the same. This change makes sure that the labels are 'reduced' if we have this condition.`
3. `04.03.2002 ds9 will now automatically open as a bin table fits extension named EVENTS, STDEVT, and RAYEVENT.`
4. `04.03.2002 when trying to find an image to open in relax mode (ie the use did not specify an extension), ds9 will not find a valid image if the length of either axis is 0.`
5. `04.03.2002 now check for Ghostscript version 6.50 or higher when invoking Save As.`
6. `04.03.2002 add help application preference. Users can now choose between Netscape and Mozilla as the prefered help application.`
7. `04.04.2002 ds9 version 2.1b7 released to the public.`

#### Version 2.1b6

1. `02.04.2002 upgraded to ast version 1.8.6. Modified ast to use sscanf() for all platforms except Darwin. Darwin uses astSscanf(), which works around a problem with sscanf() on MacOSX, with format strings of the following format: sscanf(str, " %s %n", foo, &nc).`
2. `02.04.2002 changed fity++ primary_/head_ header relationship. primary_ is only set if there is a primary header is available and different from head_.`
3. `02.04.2002 wsc's are init'd with both the head_ and the primary_ (if available) to handle the case where wcs keywords are spread between hdu nd primary headers in mulitiple extension files.`
4. `02.06.2002 all xpa commands are now 'catch{}' to invoke a procedure that will unwind the watch cursor stack. Hopefully, no more stuck watch cursors.`
5. `02.07.2002 add color and width parameters to contours paste command. defaults are green and 1`
6. `02.08.2002 fixed a problem with the FRAME menu. It was cutting off the last separator.`
7. `02.12.2002 AST grid still does not support ICRS properly. When a user sets the coordinate system to ICRS, the actually parameters sent to the AST grid code is FK5`
8. `02.13.2002 for XPA points array, fits, regions, and wcs (fillbuf=false), manually flush the buffer at the end to make sure no data is left`
9. `02.13.2002 ecliptic coords from wcssubs corrected by new version of wcs/wcscon.c`
10. `02.13.2002 AST grids, corrected the MDJ-OBS keyword generated to generate the correct EPOCH.`
11. `02.13.2002 adjusted the EQUINOX value for ECLIPTIC coords for ast grids to agree with wcssubs. Seems for ecliptic coords, wcssubs and ast use two slightly different interpretations of the EQUINOX value.`
12. `02.13.2002 fixed a problem with histogram equalization introduced in version 2.1b5.`
13. `02.14.2002 fixed a problem with titles in plot(stdin). We now take the first line, and starting from the end, pick off the dimension, x and y axis titles, and the remainder is taken as the plot title. It can contain spaces and special characters such as '[]'`
14. `02.14.2002 add 'Always create new plot' option to prefs`
15. `02.14.2002 add multiple analysis plots, unless prefs are unset`
16. `02.14.2002 change default annulus and panda to 1 annuli`
17. `02.14.2002 enable multiple array loads via blueplate dialog`
18. `02.14.2002 reset,append, and replace wcs now processes OBJECT keyword`
19. `02.15.2002 fixed a problem with grid format of degrees. Sometimes, the incorrect format would be used. This was corrected by up'ng the number of digits displayed to d.3`
20. `02.21.2002 upgraded to AST 1.8.7`
21. `02.21.2002 upgraded to WCS 3.0.7`
22. `02.22.2002 fixed a problem with Ascii Tables in fitsy++. The column offset is now calculated from TBCOLn if present.`
23. `02.22.2002 simplied columns in fitsy++. Now all columns have a value(char* ptr, int i) and str(char* ptr, int i) procedure.`
24. `02.22.2002 add support for HST WFPC2 mosaics`
25. `02.25.2002 fixed a problem with 'marker command'. The command STRING must be quoted by '\{' '\}' before being pasted to the Frame parser.`
26. `02.26.2002 add $ERROR/ERROR: support for analysis $plot(stdin) macro.`
27. `02.26.2002 analysis menus now support multiple levels of hierarchical menus`
28. `02.26.2002 multiple hierarchical menus may have the same label`
29. `02.26.2002 hierarchical menu label may have an imbedded spaces`
30. `02.26.2002 add endhmenu endparam to analysis file parser`
31. `02.26.2002 analysis file text maybe indented`
32. `02.26.2002 add help support to analysis file`
33. `02.27.2002 add $BEGINTEXT/$ENDTEXT to $plot(stdin) macro`
34. `02.27.2002 add xpa get fits [type|image|table] command`
35. `02.27.2002 minor tweak with the File:Save as menu`
36. `02.27.2002 clean up some minor memory leaks with FitsImage::initwcs()`
37. `02.27.2002 fixed a problem in dialog.tcl DialogWait and reseting errorInfo`
38. `03.01.2002 dss non-save file now uses internal gz`
39. `03.04.2002 plot windows can now support a second set of y and error values.`
40. `03.05.2002 add debug iis option`
41. `03.05.2002 filenames now always reflect fits extension name/number and filter.`
42. `03.05.2002 the last step in analysis commands now replaces all '][' with ',', building up readable filters.`
43. `03.06.2002 updated nan.C and nan.h to reflect erics new treatment of alpha`
44. `03.08.2002 add support for save fits gz`
45. `03.12.2002 keywords BSCALE/BZERO/BLANK are now ignored for FITS IEEE floating point data`
46. `03.12.2002 IEEE nan and inf are supported as valid FITS IEEE floating point data`
47. `03.13.2002 add fits.sh test suite which tests for bitpix = 8,16,32,-32,-64 and BLANK,BSCALE,BZERO keywords, and IEEE floating point data NaN and INF.`
48. `03.15.2002 add save resample support`
49. `03.18.2002 add support for Mosaic Fast Render. Only valid for IRAF mosaics. Basically, you track the current fitsimage til you have miss.`
50. `03.19.2002 upgrade XPA 2.1.0e`
51. `03.19.2002 upgrade FILTER 1.1.0e`
52. `03.19.2002 upgrade FITSY 1.1.0e`
53. `03.19.2002 fixed a problem when a user CUT a region that had a dialog box open. A CUT operation now calls the delete callback to remove any pending dialog boxes.`
54. `03.19.2002 fixed a problem with -print command line option for truecolor visuals. We need to make sure that the window is realized so that the colormap has been created.`
55. `03.20.2002 ds9 version 2.1b6 released to the public`

#### Version 2.1b5

1. `fixed a problem with bogus wcs data and replace wcs xpa command`
2. `add view tickmarks to grid dialog box`
3. `fixed a problem with loading a custom colormap and then printing`
4. `add command line/xpa option load colormap file`
5. `fixed problems with grid dialog box and switching between frames`
6. `add command line option pan`
7. `add command line option about`
8. `add command line option view`
9. `gzip compression is now built-in`
10. `add xpa fits [mosaic|mosaicimage]`
11. `fixed a problem with loading arrays via stdin`
12. `fixed a problem with the panda region and rotation`
13. `improved performance in plotting of large data sets`
14. `fixed a problem with xpa analysis plot stdin and ';' in the title`
15. `increased the histequ internal buffer size to 16k`
16. `enhance xpa analysis load command`
17. `add multiple preload analysis files`
18. `add hiearch analysis menus`
19. `fixed cancel support for Namesvr`
20. `fixed cancel support for DSS`
21. `add virtual observatory support`
22. `add jpeg,tiff,pgn,ppm support, via ghostscript`
23. `fix a problem with min/max and DATASEC`
24. `added 'load incr' commands`
25. `added 'load xxxxx incr' command`
26. `fixed minor memory leaks`
27. `added analysis command log`
28. `add xpa grid load/save`
29. `add command line option grid`
30. `fixed a problem with loading fits from a stream where the primary hdu contains an image`
31. `enhance xpa/command support for dss`
32. `add nameserver command line option`
33. `fix a problem with panner and magnifer preferences`
34. `fixed a issue when gz files are a few bytes short`
35. `add support for wcs mosaics`
36. `added support for wcs grids for all types of mosaics`
37. `speed up printing by factor of 5`
38. `add new grid type`
39. `updated to wcssubs 3.0.5`
40. `updated to ast 1.8.3`
41. `updated to filter 1.0b9`
42. `updated to fitsy 1.0b9`
43. `command line options -file, -mosaic, -mosaicimage, -array, -url are now modal`
44. `add -debug [options] support`
45. `fixed a problem with contours and NAN data`
46. `fixed a problem with contours and DATASEC`
47. `split the pros, saoimage, and saotng parsers`
48. `fixed a problem with text with the saotng parser`
49. `fixed a problem with saotng,saoimage, and pros regions parsers and \n terminators`
50. `add thin width contours`
51. `add thin width grids`
52. `fixed a problem with iraf mosaics`
53. `10.31.2001 Physical, Amplifier, and Detector coordinates are only displayed if keywords are present`
54. `11.1.2001 Diplay header will display primary header if requested`
55. `11.1.2001 add xpa cmap value command`
56. `11.2.2001 removed support for analysis with files with spaces cause it created a problem with filename with extensions`
57. `11.2.2001 fixed a problem with analysis regions files and special characters that was causing a problem with ellipse annlus`
58. `11.2.2001 add analysis $file[$region] macro`
59. `11.8.2001 fixed a problem with saving pixel table data`
60. `11.8.2001 add John Rolls new blueplate special stand dialog box`
61. `11.8.2001 removed 'Open Mosaic Images', since you can now do the same from the dialog box`
62. `11.8.2001 fixed a problem with printing/saving text from SimpleTextDialog`
63. `11.9.2001 load muliple files is now much faster`
64. `11.13.2001 fixed a problem with Simple List Box and windows`
65. `11.13.2001 default standard dialog box for windows is now the windows default`
66. `12.3.2001 expand update to update [now]`
67. `12.4.2001 fitsy++ now promotes all keyword finds to uppercase`
68. `12.4.2001 add 'get fits header # keyword <str>' command`
69. `12.4.2001 fix a problem with selecting projection region at high zoom factors`
70. `12.5.2001 fixed problems with length and orientation of projection region`
71. `12.6.2001 change 'get data values' syntax to include fits #`
72. `12.14.2001 fixed a problem with mosaics with linear wcs that caused a core`
73. `12.31.2001 supported added for regions and mosaics`
74. `1.2.2002 projection regions now support mosaics`
75. `1.3.2002 updated xparemote with proxy support`
76. `1.3.2002 add vo prefs`
77. `1.4.2002 add ciao pie region support`
78. `1.7.2002 fixed panda and wcs with rotation problem`
79. `1.9.2002 uprade ast to version 1.8.4`
80. `1.15.2002 enable Blt_ZoomStack for data plots`
81. `1.17.2002 fixed a problem with iraf mosaics with flipped segments and a round off problem`
82. `1.18.2002 add support for multiple aux contours`
83. `1.23.2002 fixed a problem with fits headers and the END keyword is not 8 chars`
84. `1.23.2002 fixed many problems with no fits loaded and user gui actions`
85. `1.24.2002 fixed a problem with looking for fits region extensions and a filter specified`
86. `1.24.2002 add regions file format and coord system to prefs menu`
87. `1.25.2002 get data values now spans mosaics and is in native coords`
88. `1.31.2002 ds9 version 2.1b5 released to the public`

#### Version 2.1b4

1. `fixed a problem very, very large images and int overflow`
2. `add Page Setup preferences`
3. `plot data is filtered to remove all non numeric data`
4. `fixed a problem with plotting x,y data on alpha`
5. `add manual grid layout`
6. `text regions can now be rotated`
7. `regions text now appears in the magnifier`
8. `added the PANDA region`
9. `added analysis file macro $entry`
10. `fixed a problem with multiple menu entries for analysis files with multiple file templates`
11. `default values of Analysis file parameters are now updated`
12. `fixed a problem with clear analysis commands`
13. `analysis tasks are now non-blocking`
14. `add xy regions file format`
15. `fixed problem with ps level 2 psuedocolor8 printing and inverse colormaps`
16. `in regions files, the comment char '#' comments out til a new-line char`
17. `extended $regions macro to include multiple properties and regions format`
18. `fixed a problem with loading array data on a little endian machine and the arch is not specified`
19. `fixed a problem with histogram equalization`
20. `fixed a major problem with all negative float or double data and min/max issues`
21. `fixed a problem with $regions and no wcs`
22. `fixed a problem with printing ps level 2 and fits with NAN`
23. `fixed a problem with running on a msb machine, and displaying on a lsb 24bit machine`
24. `unrolled all mosaic algorithms to cycle thru all segments for each pixel`
25. `add DATASEC for rendering and printing`
26. `upgraded to tcl/tk 8.3.3`
27. `add http and ftp macro expand to analysis`
28. `fixed a problem with contour log scale`
29. `add button 2 bindinds for panner`
30. `iraf -fifo default is now /dev/imt1`
31. `commented out error messages for bad iraf -fifo, -port, -unix`
32. `add default imtoolrc values to fb_config if no imtoolrc file is found at startup`
33. `add iis support for windows port`
34. `add command: get data coordsys x y dx dy var`
35. `add plot limits to plot tool`
36. `add PROJECTION region`
37. `add GETURL analysis macro`
38. `Fits bin table keywords TUNITx are now process if available`
39. `add $filename(root) macro`
40. `update filename on load`
41. `fixed a problem with Colormaps with a name with a single character`
42. `added iraf 'non-display' imexamine support`

#### Version 2.1b3

1. `fixed a problem with angles of regions specified in WCS`
2. `add xpa point 'regions save'`
3. `add xpa point 'regions load'`
4. `regions file format SAOIMAGE now supports annulus, ellipse annulus, and box annulus`
5. `the obsolete Ftools regions file format support has been removed`
6. `fixed many problems with IRAF regions file format`
7. `fixed many problems with CIAO regions file format`
8. `removed all support for Rosat All Sky Survey`
9. `all comments and global settings have been removed from regions output if delimiter is set to semicolon`
10. `fixed a problem with regions defined in WCS degrees and do not lie on an image`
11. `fixed a problem with ellipse annulus and box annulus regions in regions files that contain only one region`
12. `check for radius of length 0 for circle, annulus, ellipse, and ellipse annulus`
13. `Added Histogram Equalization colormap scale distribution`
14. `removed default as font option`
15. `default font is now helvetica`
16. `changed command line option -regionfile to -region`
17. `fixed a problem with command line option -region and incorrect coordinates`
18. `Change the 'Scale:User Limits...' dialog into non-modal 'Scale Parameters...'`
19. `Added 'ZMax' Scale Limits algorithm`
20. `fixed a problem with loading regions files with full pathnames with 'fits' in them`
21. `Updated Prefs, command line options, and xpa points to reflect the new way minmax and scale options are handled`
22. `Removed 'Scan On Load' prefs`
23. `Added 'Source/Background' region property`
24. `Add support for 'Source/Background' region property to SAOtng region parser`
25. `Fixed a color problem with pseudocolor 8 frames and black/white. This showed up in new Sun hardware and Solaris 8 sofware`
26. `Fixed a problem with Postscript printing in pseudocolor 8 colormode`
27. `The magnifier now updates during blinking`
28. `Added pixel table commands to command line options and xpa`
29. `Add -single command line option`
30. `Add default region shape to preferences`
31. `New Analysis File format supported, with new macros $message, $text, $plot`
32. `Add -analysis command line option`
33. `Add subcommands to xpa analysis: load,clear,message,text,plot`
34. `Add Analysis File macros $data and $image`
35. `Add autoload FITS regions option`
36. `Add load FITS Region file to command line options and xpa regions`
37. `DSS servers now have limits as to size of image downloaded`
38. `Open Array now presents a dialog box if no specs are given`
39. `Now supports compression with .ftz extension`
40. `All non-modal windows raise to top when re-invoked`
41. `Added Line Width to all regions`
42. `Comments are now retained for regions files`
43. `Add Line Width to contours`
44. `Changed xpa delim to strip yes/no`
45. `Contour methods are 'Faster' and 'Better'`
46. `Add Convert Contours to polygons`
47. `Add $xpa analysis macro`
48. `Add $param analysis macros`
49. `Fixed a problem with crosshair and rebinning`
50. `Fixed a problem with pan click and drag and fits binary tables`
51. `Add undo regions`
52. `Add cut/copy/paste regions`
53. `Changed the preferences file and startup file to be consistent across platforms`
54. `Add 'Pan then Zoom' to button 2 options`
55. `Add support for FITS 3D data cubes`
56. `Add Edit button row`
57. `Add default mode to prefs`
58. `Fixed a problem with file names starting with 'file'`
59. `Add xpa regions shape/color/width`