SAOImage DS9 Version 5 Release Notes

    Version 5

    1. 07.16.2007 FITSY++: fix a problem with rice compressed images and multiple tiles.
    2. 07.17.2007 MOSAIC: fix a problem with bin table extensions at the end of a mosaic image wcs.
    3. 07.20.2007 COLORMAP: fixed a problem with loading external colormaps.
    4. 07.20.2007 COLORMAP: fixed a problem colormap menus.
    5. 07.23.2007 ARCHIVES: new url for skyview.
    6. 07.23.2007 LANGUAGE: add language support for Japanese. (many thanks to Masahiro Tsujimoto!).
    7. 07.23.2007 PIXEL TABLE: xpaget will now return the pixel table values.
    8. 07.31.2007 SOLARISx86: now supporting solarisx86.
    9. 08.15.2007 PIXELTABLE: fixed a minor problem with xpaget pixeltable.
    10. 08.15.2007 FUNTOOLS: update to version 1.4.0
    11. 08.15.2007 IIS: fixed a problem with frame number>10.
    12. 08.15.2007 EXAMINE: changed frame name to 'Frame'.
    13. 09.02.2007 CATALOGS: updated urls and menu titles.
    14. 09.20.2007 PREFS: new prefs dialog box.
    15. 09.24.2007 CATALOGS: fixed a problem with the CDS query.
    16. 09.24.2007 CATALOGS: add SDSS DR6.
    17. 09.24.2007 SKYVIEW: fixed default image size and updated url.
    18. 09.24.2007 PROJECTION: install callbacks only after Button Release.
    19. 09.25.2007 REGIONS: add xpa/command SHOW and SHOWTEXT support.
    20. 09.25.2007 CONTOURS: fixed a problem with load contours from the command line.
    21. 10.03.2007 MACOSX: MacOSX Aqua support is now fully implemented!
    22. 10.03.2007 COLORMAP: pass colormap names thru translation tables
    23. 10.03.2007 XPA: update to version 2.1.8
    24. 10.05.2007 COMPOSITE: add global properties switch.
    25. 10.05.2007 LINE: fixed a problem with initial displayed arrow checkboxes in dialog.
    26. 10.05.2007 FOV: moved FOV menu to more visible level
    27. 10.10.2007 LANGUAGE: add language support for French.
    28. 10.11.2007 CATALOGS: fixed a problem with the symbol editor dialog.
    29. 10.15.2007 RELEASE version 5.0
    30. 10.16.2007 PROJECTION: fixed a problem with the coordinates of the projection plot.
    31. 10.17.2007 RICE: fixed a problem with float and double RICE compression.
    32. 10.24.2007 RICE: fixed several problems with mosaics, cubes and RICE compression.
    33. 10.24.2007 GUI: added support for ds9 beta versions.
    34. 10.24.2007 PREFS: added OK and Cancel buttons to all tabs.
    35. 10.29.2007 CATALOGS: implemented support for new CDS catalogs search format.
    36. 10.30.2007 SAOTK: implemented reentrant parsers.
    37. 11.01.2007 SAOTK: now support any color for markers, contours, etc.
    38. 11.02.2007 MACOSX/WINDOWS: fixed a problem with native open file dialog. If bad file name had been used, (or an extention), an error would occur.
    39. 11.07.2007 TCL/TK: update to version 8.4.16.
    40. 11.08.2007 PLOT: fixed a problem with xpa/command line linear/line tokens to match documentation.
    41. 11.09.2007 PREFERENCES: fixed a problem with slower ppcs. use 'update idletasks' instead of 'update' to avoid possible race condition.
    42. 11.21.2007 XPA: update to version 2.1.9
    43. 11.21.2007 FUNTOOLS: update to version 1.4.1
    44. 11.21.2007 WCSSUBS: update to version 3.7.0
    45. 11.21.2007 TCLLIBS: update to version 1.10
    46. 11.28.2007 TCL/TK: update to version 8.4.17 beta.
    47. 11.28.2007 ANALYSIS: fix a problem with spaces in tmp file names.
    48. 12.05.2007 FLEXLEXER.Y: updated version.
    49. 12.06.2007 GUI: change key binding 'c' to 'r'. It conflicts with 'copy' on MacOSX and Windows platforms.
    50. 12.06.2007 REGIONS: fixed a problem with pasteing regions into an empty frame.
    51. 12.18.2007 ZIP: fixed a problem with the unix Makefile.
    52. 12.18.2007 FUNTOOLS: update to version 1.4.2.
    53. 12.18.2007 2MASS: limit size to 1024 arcsec.
    54. 12.21.2007 FITSY++: add support for HCOMPRESS compressed FITS.
    55. 12.28.2007 FITSY++: add support for GZIP compressed FITS.
    56. 01.03.2008 FITSY++: add support for PLIO compressed FITS.
    57. 01.04.2008 GUI: fixed a problem with X11 servers that return truecolor 32 bit when in fact the visual is truecolor 24bit.
    58. 01.15.2008 RELEASE version 5.1
    59. 01.17.2008 ANALYSIS: add the directory of any loaded analysis file to the PATH.
    60. 01.22.2008 REGIONS: fixed a problem introduced with reentrant parsers. Sexagesimal values between -00 and +00 were incorrectly parsed as +00.
    61. 01.23.2008 REGIONS: fixed a problem with parsing HMS/DMS coordinates.
    62. 01.24.2008 GUI: fixed a problem shift rotate mode.
    63. 01.24.2008 GUI: info panel 'Frame' width set to +4.
    64. 01.24.2008 GUI: add new goto frame menu.
    65. 01.24.2008 GUI: add support for move frames.
    66. 01.24.2008 ANALYSIS: for MacOSX tiger, wrap cmds with shell and PATH.
    67. 01.25.2008 CATALOG: make sure xpa and command line retrieves are syncronous.
    68. 01.28.2008 CONTOUR: fixed a problem with loading contour levels into multiple frames.
    69. 01.31.2008 WINDOWS: changed how windows come into focus.
    70. 01.31.2008 TCL/TK: update to version 8.4.17.
    71. 02.07.2008 GUI: change default directory for standard dialog to $HOME.
    72. 02.07.2008 ANALYSIS: add /sw/bin to default path for MacOSX.
    73. 02.20.2008 CATALOGS: add support for editing a catalog table and regions.
    74. 02.20.2008 TEXT: add enable rotation switch for text regions.
    75. 02.20.2008 GUI: ds9 will now start in the users home directory for MacOSX Aqua users when invoked from a double click and the default dialog box is Motif or Windows.
    76. 02.20.2008 TCL/TK: update to version 8.4.18.
    77. 02.26.2008 IIS: disable most keystroke and mouse events for iis frames.
    78. 02.28.2008 FITSY++: fixed a problem with save fits and smoothed images.
    79. 02.29.2008 WCS: fixed a problem with calculating the size and center of complex fits images in WCS.
    80. 03.05.2008 GUI: backed out change key binding 'c' to 'r'. It causes untold grief with IRAF.
    81. 03.10.2008 MACOSX: fixed a problem with printing non standard colors.
    82. 03.10.2008 CATALOGS: catalog dialogs are now tied to the frame. This allows multiple copies of the same catalog, one per frame.
    83. 03.12.2008 GRID: added support for PC001001 formated WCS keywords.
    84. 03.13.2008 IIS: make sure socket is closed on exec.
    85. 03.13.2008 WINDOWS: add support for native printing.
    86. 03.18.2008 CROSSHAIR: fix a problem with the line width for postscript.
    87. 03.18.2008 MACOSX: restore postscript printing.
    88. 03.18.2008 WINDOWS: restore postscript printing.
    89. 03.19.2008 GUI: enhancements with Find/FindNext in text dialog windows.
    90. 03.19.2008 GUI: add console support.
    91. 03.24.2008 REGIONS: apply WCS to fits regions if present.
    92. 03.25.2008 PREFS: fixed a problem with Zoom menu preferences.
    93. 03.31.2008 GUI: add support for user configured button bar.
    94. 04.03.2008 CATALOGS: add support for simbad.
    95. 04.04.2008 MASKS: fixed a problem with mask color preference.
    96. 04.07.2008 IMEXAMINE: added support for key stroke events.
    97. 04.15.2008 RELEASE version 5.2