From owner-fitsbits at kochab.cv.nrao.edu Tue Dec 1 16:57:15 1998 Received: (from majordom at localhost) by kochab.cv.nrao.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8/CV-2.2) id QAA09188 for fitsbits-spinner; Tue, 1 Dec 1998 16:56:37 -0500 (EST) Received: from fits.cv.nrao.edu (dwells at fits.cv.nrao.edu [192.33.115.8]) by kochab.cv.nrao.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8/CV-2.2) with ESMTP id QAA09183 for ; Tue, 1 Dec 1998 16:56:34 -0500 (EST) Received: (from dwells at localhost) by fits.cv.nrao.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8/CV-2.2) id QAA25530 for fitsbits at majordomo.cv.nrao.edu; Tue, 1 Dec 1998 16:56:34 -0500 Received: from fits.cv.nrao.edu (root at fits.cv.nrao.edu [192.33.115.8]) by kochab.cv.nrao.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8/CV-2.2) with ESMTP id PAA19625 for ; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 15:06:42 -0500 (EST) Received: from newsfeed.cv.nrao.edu (newsfeed.cv.nrao.edu [192.33.115.17]) by fits.cv.nrao.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8/CV-2.2) with ESMTP id PAA06859 for ; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 15:06:41 -0500 Received: (from news at localhost) by newsfeed.cv.nrao.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8/CV-2.2) id PAA29172; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 15:04:52 -0500 To: fitsbits at fits.cv.nrao.edu Date: 24 Nov 98 19:57:08 GMT From: rpete at ascda3.harvard.edu (Pete Ratzlaff) Message-ID: <365b0f94.0 at cfanews.harvard.edu> Organization: Harvard University Path: newsfeed.cv.nrao.edu!newsgate.duke.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!dca1-hub1.news.digex.net!digex!news.fas.harvard.edu!mufasa.harvard.edu!cfanews.harvard.edu!ascda3!rpete Subject: ANNOUNCE: CFITSIO.pm v0.50 Newsgroups: sci.astro.fits Sender: owner-fitsbits at kochab.cv.nrao.edu Precedence: bulk A new version of the Perl interface to the CFITSIO subroutine library is now available. This version fixes a few small bugs and introduces new ways of accessing the CFITSIO API, as well as a major namespace changes. There are still some glitches on various architectures, but the majority of the library seems to be working quite well. New features: * Short function names are now available * New object-oriented API is available * Nothing exported into namespace by default, use of %EXPORT_TAGS to get the API and constants of your choice * Moderate documentation updates * Moderate example and test script changes As usual, you can find the newest version of CFITSIO.pm at http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~rpete/cfitsio For more information on the CFITSIO subroutine library, see http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/fitsio -Pete Ratzlaff From owner-fitsbits at kochab.cv.nrao.edu Mon Dec 7 15:34:25 1998 Received: (from majordom at localhost) by kochab.cv.nrao.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8/CV-2.2) id PAA22272 for fitsbits-spinner; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 15:33:22 -0500 (EST) Received: from fits.cv.nrao.edu (dwells at fits.cv.nrao.edu [192.33.115.8]) by kochab.cv.nrao.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8/CV-2.2) with ESMTP id PAA22267 for ; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 15:33:20 -0500 (EST) Received: (from dwells at localhost) by fits.cv.nrao.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8/CV-2.2) id PAA10661 for fitsbits at majordomo.cv.nrao.edu; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 15:33:19 -0500 Received: from fits.cv.nrao.edu (root at fits.cv.nrao.edu [192.33.115.8]) by kochab.cv.nrao.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8/CV-2.2) with ESMTP id PAA22226 for ; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 15:31:51 -0500 (EST) Received: from newsfeed.cv.nrao.edu (newsfeed.cv.nrao.edu [192.33.115.17]) by fits.cv.nrao.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8/CV-2.2) with ESMTP id PAA10647 for ; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 15:31:50 -0500 Received: (from news at localhost) by newsfeed.cv.nrao.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8/CV-2.2) id PAA22172; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 15:31:35 -0500 To: fitsbits at fits.cv.nrao.edu Date: 7 Dec 98 20:22:11 GMT From: rpete at ascda3.harvard.edu (Pete Ratzlaff) Message-ID: <366c38f3.0 at cfanews.harvard.edu> Organization: Harvard University Path: newsfeed.cv.nrao.edu!newsgate.duke.edu!nntprelay.mathworks.com!logbridge.uoregon.edu!news.fas.harvard.edu!mufasa.harvard.edu!cfanews.harvard.edu!ascda3!rpete Subject: ANNOUNCE: CFITSIO.pm v0.90 Newsgroups: sci.astro.fits Sender: owner-fitsbits at kochab.cv.nrao.edu Precedence: bulk A new version of the Perl interface to the CFITSIO subroutine library is now available. Features of this release: * Inclusion of Tim Jenness' fits_read_header(), a convenience routine for reading all keywords from a FITS header into a Perl hash. * Implementation of a few CFITSIO function which slipped past me earlier. * Tons of compatibility fixes, particularly regarding the use of undefs as substitute for NULL pointers. * Many, many bug fixes As usual, you can find the newest version of CFITSIO.pm at http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~rpete/cfitsio For more information on the CFITSIO subroutine library, see http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/fitsio -Pete Ratzlaff From owner-fitsbits at kochab.cv.nrao.edu Tue Dec 15 18:38:24 1998 Received: (from majordom at localhost) by kochab.cv.nrao.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8/CV-2.2) id SAA29544 for fitsbits-spinner; Tue, 15 Dec 1998 18:37:59 -0500 (EST) Received: from fits.cv.nrao.edu (dwells at fits.cv.nrao.edu [192.33.115.8]) by kochab.cv.nrao.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8/CV-2.2) with ESMTP id SAA29539 for ; Tue, 15 Dec 1998 18:37:56 -0500 (EST) Received: (from dwells at localhost) by fits.cv.nrao.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8/CV-2.2) id SAA06157 for fitsbits at majordomo.cv.nrao.edu; Tue, 15 Dec 1998 18:37:56 -0500 Received: from fits.cv.nrao.edu (root at fits.cv.nrao.edu [192.33.115.8]) by kochab.cv.nrao.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8/CV-2.2) with ESMTP id SAA29481 for ; Tue, 15 Dec 1998 18:01:29 -0500 (EST) Received: from palantir.cv.nrao.edu (tismail at palantir.cv.nrao.edu [192.33.115.254]) by fits.cv.nrao.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8/CV-2.2) with ESMTP id SAA05940 for ; Tue, 15 Dec 1998 18:01:29 -0500 Received: (from tismail at localhost) by palantir.cv.nrao.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA18101 for ; Tue, 15 Dec 1998 18:01:28 -0500 Received: from wheelo.gsfc.nasa.gov(128.183.50.20) by palantir.cv.nrao.edu via smap (V1.3) id sma018098; Tue Dec 15 18:01:27 1998 Received: from tetra.gsfc.nasa.gov (tetra.gsfc.nasa.gov [128.183.16.178]) by wheelo.gsfc.nasa.gov (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id RAA03452 for ; Tue, 15 Dec 1998 17:55:09 -0500 (EST) Received: from tetra.gsfc.nasa.gov by tetra.gsfc.nasa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id RAA09285; Tue, 15 Dec 1998 17:55:02 -0500 Message-ID: <3676E8C6.EAB06E03 at tetra.gsfc.nasa.gov> Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 17:55:02 -0500 From: William Pence Organization: HEASARC X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (X11; I; SunOS 5.6 sun4u) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FITSBITS Subject: FTOOLS v4.2 Release Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-fitsbits at kochab.cv.nrao.edu Precedence: bulk ************* FTOOLS RELEASE 4.2 READY *********************** A new release of the FTOOLS software package is now publicly available. FTOOLS is a package of about 300 data analysis programs and Perl and Tcl scripts that operate on FITS format data files (and now also on IRAF format image files). Some of these tasks are very general and may be used on any FITS format file while others are specific to various high-energy astrophysics misssions supported by the HEASARC. This software can be obtained from: http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/ftools/ or via anonymous FTP from: legacy.gsfc.nasa.gov/software/ftools/release/FTools_4.2/ or (in Europe) from the LEDAS mirror site: www.star.le.ac.uk or (in Asia) via anonymous FTP from: vega.bac.pku.edu.cn PLEASE NOTE: The Chinese mirror site in particular may take sometime before it can be updated. As was true of Ftools 4.1, both source and binary distributions are available for all supported Unix platforms. See the files INSTALL.BINARY, INSTALL.GUIS and INSTALL.SOURCE, for detailed installation information. Highlights of What's NEW in FTOOLS 4.2: ======================================= 1) A binary distribution of FTOOLS 4.2 is now available for MS Windows NT/95/98. A Windows version of FTOOLS on CDROM should be available in January. 2) Changes have been made to the directory structure, and corresponding changes were made to the installation procedure. Please make sure to read and follow the instructions in the installation guides. 3) The following is a list and brief description of some of the more general new features in FTOOLS v4.2. For more detailed information, as well as some discussion of changes to preexisting tools, please see the Release_notes_4.2 file. CFITSIO/FITSIO ============== Many new features were added, including support for handling files over the internet and filtering of files at run time. All the ftools tasks automatically inherit these new CFITSIO capabilitities. FV == New features include improvements to plotting and graphing routines. A standalone release of FV is also available which will work independently of the Ftools. FUTILS ====== New tools include: cphead -- Copy keywords from an HDU of an input file to an HDU of an output file. fcollen -- Modify the vector length of a column in a binary table extension of a fits file. fcopy -- Copy the contents of a FITS file to a new file (for use with new command-line filtering). fdiff -- Display differences between pairs of fits file. xfverify -- Verify that a FITS file conforms to the FITS Standard. (This is a faster, more capable replacement for fverify.) Notices of FTOOLS Releases ========================== Notices of the FTOOLS Releases, online HTML versions of FTOOLS documentation (like this document), the official FAQ, and other goodies are available on the World Wide Web at: http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/ftools/ This is where the most up to date FTOOLS information is available, including a frequently updated FAQ. 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