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Contents
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Introduction
How to use the MIDAS Manual
New Users
Site Specific Features
General Concept of MIDAS
Distribution Policy
Support
Requirements for Running MIDAS
Hardware
Software
Other Relevant Documents
Cook-Book
Terminology
Commands
Getting Started
Simple MIDAS Session
Exit and Logout
Executing System Commands
Monitor and Command Language
Starting the MIDAS Monitor
MIDAS And the Host Operating System
MIDAS Data Structures
Specifying a Descriptor
Specifying Keywords
Specifying Elements in a Table
Specifying Pixels in an Image
Specifying Sub-Image
Command Syntax
Command Recalling
Command Line Editing
Command Line Suspension
On-Line Help
Input/Output Redirection in Midas
Execution of Commands
MIDAS Command Language
Passing Parameters in MIDAS Procedures
Symbol Substitution in Command Procedures
DO Loops
Local Keywords
Conditional Statements, Branching
Special Functions
Interrupting Procedures
Entry points
Context Levels
Running a Program within MIDAS
Debugging of Procedures and Modules
Catalogs in MIDAS
Using Catalogs in MIDAS Procedures
Adapting MIDAS to your personal needs
MIDAS User Levels
Data Structures
Table File System
Tables in Image Processing
Structure of Tables
Input/Output of Tables
Management of Tables
Definition of Tables
Displaying Tables
Modification of Tables
Interactive Editing of Tables
Operations on Tables
Command Overview
List of Commands
Table Format Files
Example
Graphic and Image Display
Graphic Facilities
Introduction
Graphic Devices
General Commands
SET/GRAPHIC
and
SHOW/GRAPHIC
ASSIGN/GRAPHIC
and
COPY/GRAPHIC
Plot Commands
Plotting and overplotting axes
PLOT
and
OVERPLOT
commands for plotting data
Plotting text, symbols, and lines
Graphic Cursor Commands
Handling of Plotfiles
Encapsulated PostScript Files
Graphic and Image Display
Graphic Facilities
Introduction
Graphic Devices
General Commands
SET/GRAPHIC
and
SHOW/GRAPHIC
ASSIGN/GRAPHIC
and
COPY/GRAPHIC
Plot Commands
Plotting and overplotting axes
PLOT
and
OVERPLOT
commands for plotting data
Plotting text, symbols, and lines
Graphic Cursor Commands
Handling of Plotfiles
Encapsulated PostScript Files
Examples
Command Summary
Image Displays
XWindow display
Using Image Channels
Using the Cursors
Look-Up Tables
Intensity Transformation Tables
Graphics
Alpha Memory
Graphical User Interface - XDisplay
Image Hardcopy
Data Exchange Format
FITS Format
Structure of FITS files
FITS data-types and extensions
FITS keywords
Standard keywords
Non-standard keywords
Hierarchical keywords
Restrictions
IHAP Format
Translation of IHAP header
Restrictions
Conversion between FITS and internal format
Devices
File naming
Reading FITS
Writing FITS
Bibliography
Fitting of Data
Outline of the Available Methods
The Newton-Raphson Method.
The Modified Gauss-Newton Method.
The Quasi-Newton Method.
The Corrected Gauss-Newton No Derivatives.
Function Specification
External Functions
The Fitting Process.
Outputs
Tutorial
Command Summary
Basic Functions
Polynomials (1D and 2D)
Logarithmic and Exponential Function
Trigonometric Functions
Sinc and Sinc Square
Distributions
References
Bibliography
Command Summary
Core Commands
Application Commands
Standard Reduction Commands
ccdred
ccdtest
do
echelle
irac2
irspec
long
optopus
pisco
spec
Contributed Commands
astromet
cloud
daophot
esolv
geotest
invent
mva
pepsys
romafot
surfphot
tsa
Procedure Control Commands
Commands Grouped by Subject
MIDAS System Control
Help and Information
Tape Input and Output
Image Directory and Header
Image Display
Graphics Display
Image Coordinates
Coordinate Transformation of Images
Image Arithmetic
Filtering
Image Creation and Extraction
Transformations on Pixel Values
Numerical Values of Image Pixels
Spectral Analysis
Least Squares Fitting
Table File Operations
Acknowledgements
General
Packages and Commands
Libraries
AGL
IDI
Manual
Site Specific Implementation
Hardware Setup
UNIX Workstations
Printer and Plotter Queues
X11 Window systems
Film Hardcopy
Film print queues
Processing of Film Hardcopies
Tape I/O
Operating Systems
Login Procedures
Data Format Compatibility
Release Notes
Current Status
Installation
Software Modifications
Manual Updates
Use of NAG Library
Index
About this document ...
Petra Nass
1999-06-09
