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diff --git a/astro/saoimage/pkg-descr b/astro/saoimage/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..d5c49e0ae6f6 --- /dev/null +++ b/astro/saoimage/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +SAOimage (pronounced S-A-0-image) displays astronomical images in the X11 +window environment. It was written by Mike Van Hilst while he was at the +Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) in 1990 and is now maintained by +Doug Mink also at the SAO. Online documentation is available at +http://tdc-www.harvard.edu/software/saoimage.html + +Online help is available at +http://tdc-www.harvard.edu/software/saoimage.html. + +Image files can be read directly, or image data may be passed through a +named pipe (Unix) or a mailbox (VMS) from IRAF display tasks. SAOimage +provides a large selection of options for zooming, panning, scaling, +coloring, pixel readback, display blinking, and region specification. User +interactions are generally performed with the mouse, but keyboard +alternatives are often available. + +The SAOimage desktop includes, a main image display window, a button menu +panel, a display magnifier, a pan and zoom reference image, and a color bar. +A color table graph window can be brought up by clicking on the color bar. + +Bugs or problems should be reported to Doug Mink at dmink@cfa.harvard.edu. |