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- SAOimage V1.07 Information and Installation Instructions
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- Introduction:
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- SAOimage is a stand-alone FITS file viewer and display server for
- X11 originally developed by Mike VanHilst of the Harvard Smithsonian Center
- for Astrophysics. It provides interactive contrast/brightness manipulation,
- image pan/zoom, and pseudocolor display of images. In stand-alone mode disk
- FITS files can be displayed directly, SAOimage can also be used as a display
- server for the IRAF (Image Reduction and Analysis Facility) package or any
- other client software using the IIS protocol for remote I/O.
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- The current version of SAOimage is being supported by the IRAF Project
- at the National Optical Astronomy Observatories (NOAO) in association with
- the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO). The latest releases of the
- software (and pre-compiled binaries) can be obtained via anonymous FTP to
- iraf.noao.edu (140.252.1.1), questions or problems can be sent to iraf@noao.edu.
- An alternate contact for questions, especially those related use with the
- PROS software, is rsdc@cfa.harvard.edu.
-
- Additional information can be found in the original 'readme.txt'
- file in the SAOimage source directory. An (incomplete) revisions history
- for the package is kept in the 'update.txt' file also in the source directory.
- Bug fixes, enhancements or suggestions should be sent to iraf@noao.edu for
- inclusion in future versions.
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- Installation:
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- The installation of SAOimage as a stand-alone product is covered in
- the 'readme.txt' file in the source directory. Installation for use with
- IRAF is discussed in the 'readme_iraf.txt' file. On most supported systems
- the default 'makefile' will figure out the architecture and set things
- appropriately. VMS users should see the 'readme'vms' file in the vms sub-
- directory for special instructions.
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- User documentation:
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- Documentation for SAOimage can be found in the 'doc' subdirectory.
- The main source of information is the User's Manual, which is provided as
- both PostScript and the original LaTex source. The Unix-style man page is
- given as both PostScript and TROFF source. Various '.txt' files are taken
- from sections in the user's manual covering particular topics for quicker
- reference. A VMS help file is provided in the 'vms' subdirectory.
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- Acknowledgements:
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- SAOimage originated with showimg under X10. Showimg was written by
- Bill Wyatt, and has continued to be extend under X11 by Doug Mink. The user
- interface ideas for SAOimage were developed in collaboration with Richard
- Burg and Eric Mandell. Jay Travisano did the VMS port and has continued to
- support it as SAOimage evolved. John Roll has put work into the remote IO.
- Rich Burg and Jay Travisano are both with the Space Telescope
- Science Institute. The others mentioned are all with the Harvard
- Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
- Numerous others have contributed bug fixes, porting information, and
- helpful suggestions. They are credited in the source files where their
- contributions appear.
- Mike VanHilst may be contacted at vanhilst@cs.washington.edu or
- mvh@cfa.harvard.edu.
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- Copyright:
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- SAOimage is copyrighted by the Smithsonian Institution. It is
- available without charge, as is, to anyone who wishes to use it. The
- Smithsonian takes no responsibility for the appropriateness of the code for
- any application, the timeliness of bug fixes, or the continued
- compatablility of future versions with any code linked to this program.
- Others are free to use, distribute, add to, or change the code. In
- fact fixes, extensions, and improvements are encouraged. We would
- appreciate donations of such code for inclusion in the generally available
- version.
- You may identify yourself with your added code and offer it under
- whatever arrangement you choose. But you must keep the Smithsonian's
- copyright on original source code. You may not represent this program as
- anything other than freely available code made available by the Smithsonian
- Astrophysical Observatory.
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