fv: New Features
The latest version of fv is version 3.0 released on November
9, 2000. Here is a list of features added since version 2.6.1 released
on February 11, 2000:
fv
- New Tools: SkyView, Catalogs, Run Ftool...
- SkyView: Query SkyView
online database for images of a region of the sky
- Catalogs: Query SkyView
online database for a plottable list of objects located
in a given region of the sky
- Run Ftool: Add-on package
allowing one to select and execute an FTOOL from within
fv (Unix only)
- Scripting: added use of a default/selected extension number;
added close (files and windows), save (saveAs), and sort commands;
modified "display curve" command to allow plotting of rows/columns of
an image, not just table columns
- Allow plotting of vector columns and subsets of rows
- Add image smoothing
- Support column names with spaces
- Support opening files when symlinks
- Implemented copy/paste for ALL table views, ie added c/p to vector
and image tables
- Fixed a loss-of-precision bug when copy/pasteing real values...
Data would only be to precision of a TDISP keyword
- Added command-line options: -help, -quiet, -winmanager 1/0
- Support new WCS matrix format; added -CAR (cartesian) projection
- Included symlinks in FitsFileSelection in FTP mode
POW
- Tools: Added Ruler, Probe, and Profile tools...
- Ruler: Measures the distance between
two points on a graph
- Probe: Calculates flux and centroid
values for a region of an image
- Profile: Extracts an image
cross-section and plots its intensity.
- Scripting: added delete, remove, graph, contour, remote, wcs, init,
cursor, and "colormap add"; expanded curve command to allow setting
default parameters for curves not yet plotted/created.
- Printing: fixed printing of line plots in color; image printing on
Windows and Mac OS fixed with upgrade to tcl/tk 8.3.2; background
no longer printed (was printed as white) and UI elements no longer
obscure graph contents.
- Redesigned region file handling to support new DS9 formats.
- Added user-selectable default graph size and made this argument optional
for powCreateGraph function.
- Tick labels on graphs with celestial coordinates adjust their precision
according to current range.
Go to release notes for version 2.6.
Pages maintained by
Bryan Irby
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