DS9 Reference Manual
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Version 2.1 Release Notes

    Version 2.1

    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