This is a reverse chronological list of changes to all library routines since the switch-over from the previous version of IDL.
destat: 2004/08/31, MWB, added code to handle "crud" objects
destat: 2004/08/24, MWB, incorporated into library.
saltdes: 2004/08/13, MWB, fixed bug with imsalt call on x2+ extensions
psfgen: 2004/08/13, MWB, fixed bug with psfdir non-default operation
postfiltcl: 2004/07/29, MWB, changed Centaur/MBO inner exclusion elongation from 97 to 85
destat: 04/07/27,Written by Maureen Teyssier, REU at Lowell Obs.
astlist: 2004/07/24, MWB, added DESOBJ keyword
astcol: 2004/07/24, MWB, added the DES flag
ast2ted: 2004/07/24, MWB, added DESOBJ keyword
desalt: 2004/07/22, MWB, final debug
cloneast: 2004/07/21, MWB, added creation of symbolic links for srd and psf files
saltdes2: 2004/07/20, Written by Marc W. Buie, Lowell Observatory
objast: 2004/07/20, MWB, added support for implanted fake objects in obj files.
num_rate: 2004/07/18, MWB, changed to a more realistic function based on real data.
looker: 2004/07/18, MWB, changed all Findfile calls to file_search
desalt: 2004/07/18, JFK, added support for multiple files
saltdes: 2004/07/17, MWB, added OVERWRITE keyword
saltdes: 2004/07/16, MWB, incorporated into library.
psfgen: 2004/07/16, MWB, incorporated into the master library
smplprb: 2004/07/15, MWB, incorporated into library.
num_rate: 2004/07/15, MWB, incorporated into library.
num_mag: 2004/07/15, MWB, incorporated into library.
imsalt: 2004/07/15, MWB, incorporated into library.
fitsedit: 2004/07/15, MWB, Added new tools to repair a busted keyword
findsrc: 2004/07/15, MWB, extracted the collapse function to an external routine
fileline: 2004/07/15, MWB, incorporated into library.
basphote: 2004/07/15, MWB, changed loop variables to LONG.
saltdes: 2004/07/14, Written by Maureen Teyssier, REU Lowell Observatory
imsalt: 2004/07/14, Written by Maureen Teyssier, REU Lowell Observatory
collapse: Written by Marc W. Buie, Lowell Observatory, 2004/07/14 This routine was extracted from within findsrc.pro
smplprb: 2004/07/13, Written by Maureen Teyssier, REU Lowell Observatory
psfgen: 2004/07/13, Written by Maureen Teyssier, REU Lowell Observatory
num_rate: 2004/07/13, Written by Maureen Teyssier, REU Lowell Observatory
num_mag: 2004/07/13, Written by Maureen Teyssier, REU Lowell Observatory
fileline: 2004/07/13, Written by Maureen Teyssier, REU Lowell Observatory
desalt: 2004/07/12, Written by Julie Kane, MIT
looker: 2004/07/09, MWB, added support/protection regarding salted(fake) objects.
robosvd: Written by Marc W. Buie, Lowell Observatory, 2004/07/07
skyim: Written by Marc W. Buie, Lowell Observatory, 2004/07/06
seeing: Written by Marc W. Buie, Lowell Observatory, 2004/07/03
skyfit: Written by Marc W. Buie, Lowell Observatory, 2004/07/02
ccdcal: 2004/06/26, MWB, added new string array input for root input argument. Also added KEYREQUIRED and NOFLOAT keywords.
linkobj2: 2004/06/24, MWB, added MAXMAGDIFF keyword
bidr2: 2004/06/24, MWB, fixed bug in imue equation, error in calculated value happened to be small but was a real computational error. Thanks to Frank Seelos, EPRSL, Washington University in St. Louis
ss_group: Written by Marc W. Buie, Lowell Observatory, 2004/06/14
ss_extin: Written by Marc W. Buie, Lowell Observatory, 2004/06/14
ss_et: 2004/06/13 - Written by Marc W. Buie, Lowell Observatory
markdata: 2004/06/13, MWB, added support for UINT, ULONG, LONG64, ULONG64
backsub: 2004/06/13, MWB, added support for UINT, ULONG, LONG64, ULONG64
itool__define: 2004/05/28, DWL. Added a 'Save Image to FITS' button to the File Menu. Added a 'Save Thumbnail Window to JPEG' button to the File Menu. Added a 'Save Work Window to JPEG' button to the File Menu. Added a 'Save Zoom Window to JPEG' button to the File Menu.
loadkeys: 2004/05/24, MWB, added FOUNDIT keyword
itool: 2004/05/15 - DWL, Added the BLOCK keyword. See description for details.
exporter: 2004/05/06, MWB, now copies standard calib directory if found
ccdcal: 2004/05/06, MWB, now creates output directory if not present
mkflat: 2004/05/05, MWB, fixed SCALE keyword default action. It was not working right at all and the region selected was much too large.
ccdgain: 2004/05/05, MWB, added some documentation and changed the plot axes to conform to standard practice. Also, changed the action of the SECTION keyword to match the similar action with SCALE keyword in mkflat.pro
itool__define: 2004/04/15, DWL, Major overhaul of the entire program.
itool: 2004/04/15 - Doug Loucks, Consultant for Lowell Observatory. Overhauled to work with the new object-oriented version of itool (itool__define).
lstlim: 2004/04/13 - Marc W. Buie, Lowell Observatory, first very rough version.
qinput: 2004/04/12, Doug Loucks, Cleaned up event handling. Added code that uses pointer variables. Added a 'Cancel' button.
qannounc: 2004/04/09, DWL. Major overhaul, to standards of recent releases of IDL. The overhaul is transparent and does not affect IDL applications using this tool. A new feature was added, allowing for a single button to be displayed, such as "Dismiss."
sc_nearest: 2004/03/30, Marc W. Buie, Lowell Observatory, added spectral class return
sc_bcheck: 2004/03/30, Marc W. Buie, Lowell Observatory, fix sense of mag check
findsrc: 2004/03/04, MWB, added option for array input
astcol: 2004/02/27, MWB, changed the codetag algorithm to extend the sequence
hstpsf: 2004/02/18, MWB, changed handling of Z4 and removed all chmod calls.
des_sum: 04/02/18, SDK - added new data path, update KBOPATH, ASTPATH
hstpsf: 2004/02/17, DWL, changed file handling to put temporary files in the the main psf directory rather than in the current directory.
hstpsf: 2004/02/11, DWL, added keyword Z4, which specifies a value for the fourth Zernike term.
xdesig: 2004/02/09, MWB, change path to oblist.dat file.
transf: 2004/02/09, MWB, changed path to transf files.
starproc: 2004/02/09, MWB, changed default for PATH
savestar: 2004/02/09, MWB, changed path to starcat.dat file
reductor: 2004/02/09, MWB, changed fixed paths to data files and reduction areas
rdobjdes: 2004/02/09, MWB, changed default for ASTPATH
rdland2: 2004/02/09, MWB, changed path to default catalog
rdland: 2004/02/09, MWB, changed default path to catalog
loadstar: 2004/02/09, MWB, changed path to starcat.dat file.
kbompck: 2004/02/09, MWB, changed defaults for ASTDIR and KBODIR
kbolist: 2004/02/09, MWB, changed default for ASTPATH
gettran: 2004/02/09, MWB, changed path to transf files.
getstars: 2004/02/09, MWB, changed path to starcat.dat file.
astcol: 2004/02/09, MWB, changed SAVEDIR default path
addstars: 2004/02/09, MWB, changed path to starcat.dat file.
des_sum: 04/01/19, SDK - modified magnitude input to come from .ast file rather than .info file, values in all locations now for the most part
ccdsat: 2003/11/13, MWB, added code for simple images (no extensions)
autocal: 2003/11/05, MWB, changed file search pattern to get YYMMDD*.??? (the * is new)
astsolve: 2003/10/27, MWB, fixed subtle bug during bad point cleanup. The test was done on O-C against the std deviation of a robust mean. The test needs to remove the mean of the surviving sample.
getsalb2: Written 2003/10/23, by Marc W. Buie, Lowell Observatory, cloned from getsalb.pro
sincfltr: 2003/10/20, MWB, fixed error with convpts, now code forces convpts to be odd. Previously, if it came up even then the output data was shifted by one point.
xdspec: 2003/10/01, MWB, converted to IDL file_mkdir calls
xdesig: 2003/10/01, MWB, converted my Filecopy call to system file_copy routine
reductor: 2003/10/01, MWB, converted my Delfile call to system file_delete routine converted my Mkdir calls to IDL file_mkdir calls
objstars: 2003/10/01, MWB, converted my Delfile call to system file_delete routine
objast: 2003/10/01, MWB, converted my Delfile call to system file_delete routine
objappul: 2003/10/01, MWB, converted my Delfile call to system file_delete routine
nobsupdt: 2003/10/01, MWB, converted my Filemove call to system file_move routine
mkcalib: 2003/10/01, MWB, converted my Filecopy call to system file_copy routine converted my Filemove call to system file_move routine converted my Mkdir calls to IDL file_mkdir calls
logmanip: 2003/10/01, MWB, converted my Delfile call to system file_delete routine
linkobj2: 2003/10/01, MWB, converted my Delfile call to system file_delete routine
kbompck: 2003/10/01, MWB, converted my Delfile call to system file_delete routine
hardcopy: 2003/10/01, MWB, converted my Delfile call to system file_delete routine
fitsedit: 2003/10/01, MWB, converted my Filemove call to system file_move routine
fitsbin: 2003/10/01, MWB, converted to IDL file_mkdir calls
exporter: 2003/10/01, MWB, converted my Filecopy call to system file_copy routine converted my Mkdir calls to IDL file_mkdir calls
autocal: 2003/10/01, MWB, converted my Filemove call to system file_move routine converted my Mkdir calls to IDL file_mkdir calls
astrom: 2003/10/01, MWB, converted my Mkdir calls to IDL file_mkdir calls
kboplot: 2003/09/29, MWB, added postscript plot save feature.
initvc: 2003/09/18, MWB, added rectangular map option code
blurmap: Written by Marc W. Buie, Lowell Observatory, 2003/09/18
ccdsat: 2003/09/10, MWB, added PEAKS keyword, additional cleanup of code
kboplot: 2003/08/31, MWB, added snap to jpeg tool.
ccdsat: Written by Marc W. Buie, Lowell Observatory, 2003/08/30
mkhtmlog: 03/08/23, MWB, fixed CTIO date handling
xdesig: 2003/08/15, MWB, added NODB keyword and database storage to des.newobj
astcol: 2003/08/15, MWB, added NODB keyword and database storage to des.newobj
quote: Written by Marc W. Buie, Lowell Observatory, 2003/08/12
mpcdcvt: 2003/08/12, MWB, fixed a bug when converting 2000-2029 designations to packed format.