Reference Manual for SLxpa Version 0.5.2

Michael S. Noble, mnoble@space.mit.edu

1. Preface

2. Introduction

• 2.1 Brief History
• 2.2 Backwards Compatibility
• 2.3 Using the XPA Module
• 2.4 A Word About Examples
• 2.5 Interactive Image Analysis with SAOds9

3. Module Overview

• 3.1 Versioning
• 3.2 Omitted Arguments
• 3.3 Error Checking
• 3.4 Contacting Multiple Servers
• 3.5 Unimplemented Functions

4. High Level XPA Interface

• 4.1 xpaset
• 4.2 xpaget
• 4.3 xpaaccess

5. Low Level XPA Interface

• 5.1 XPA_Type
• 5.2 XPAOpen
• 5.3 XPAClose
• 5.4 XPAGet
• 5.5 XPAGetB
• 5.6 XPAGetToFile
• 5.7 XPASet

6. Using DS9 from S-Lang

• 6.1 Examples
• 6.2 Point and Click Interactivity
• 6.3 Regions
• 6.4 World Coordinate Systems
• 6.5 WCS Editor GUI
• 6.6 Shutting Down
• 6.7 Optional Arguments
• 6.8 Return Values

7. DS9 Function Reference

• 7.1 ds9_launch
• 7.2 ds9_connect
• 7.3 ds9_quit
• 7.4 ds9_clear
• 7.5 ds9_center
• 7.6 ds9_get_cmap
• 7.7 ds9_set_cmap
• 7.8 ds9_get_coords
• 7.9 ds9_get_crosshair
• 7.10 ds9_put_crosshair
• 7.11 ds9_get_version
• 7.12 ds9_get_array
• 7.13 ds9_put_array
• 7.14 ds9_get_file
• 7.15 ds9_put_file
• 7.16 ds9_view
• 7.17 ds9_get_regions
• 7.18 ds9_put_regions
• 7.19 ds9_get_scale
• 7.20 ds9_set_scale
• 7.21 ds9_put_wcs
• 7.22 ds9_put_wcs_keys
• 7.23 ds9_put_wcs_struct
• 7.24 ds9_pan
• 7.25 ds9_get_zoom
• 7.26 ds9_set_zoom
• 7.27 ds9_send
• 7.28 ds9_recv
• 7.29 ds9_wcs_edit
• 7.30 ds9_new