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NAME

       PDL::Graphics::IIS - Display PDL images on IIS devices (saoimage/ximtool)

SYNOPSIS

        use PDL::Graphics::IIS;
        saoimage ( -geometry => '800x800' );
        iis rvals(100,100);

DESCRIPTION

       This module provides an interface to any image display 'device' which support the 'IIS
       protocol' - viz the SAOimage and Ximtool X-windows programs, the old SunView imtool
       program and presumably even the original IIS CRT itself if they aren't all in museums!

       These programs should be familiar to astronomer's - they are used by the common IRAF
       system. The programs and their HTML documentation can be obtained from the following URLs:

        SAOimage: http://tdc-www.harvard.edu/software/saoimage.html
        Ximtool:  http://iraf.noao.edu/iraf/web/projects/x11iraf/x11iraf.html

       Non-astronomer's may find they quite nifty for displaying 2D data.

       The Perl variable $stdimage is exported from the module and controls the frame buffer
       configuration currently in use. The default value is "imt1024" which specifies a
       "1024x1024" frame buffer. Other values supported by the module are:

        imt512, imt800, imt1024, imt1600, imt2048, and imt4096.

       If you have a $HOME/.imtoolrc you can use it to specify other frame buffer names and
       configurations in exactly the same way you can in IRAF. Here is a sample file:

        -------------------snip-------------------------
        # Format:  configno nframes width height
         1  2  512  512         # imt1|imt512
         2  2  800  800         # imt2|imt800
         3  2 1024 1024         # imt3|imt1024
         4  1 1600 1600         # imt4|imt1600
         5  1 2048 2048         # imt5|imt2048
         6  1 4096 4096         # imt6|imt4096
         7  1 8192 8192         # imt7|imt8192
         8  1 1024 4096         # imt8|imt1x4
         9  2 1144  880         # imt9|imtfs    full screen (1152x900 minus frame)
        10  2 1144  764         # imt10|imtfs35 full screen at 35mm film aspect ratio

        -------------------snip-------------------------
       (Note: some versions of SAOimage may not even work if this file is not present. If you get
       funny error messages about 'imtoolrc' try copying the above to $HOME/.imtoolrc or
       /usr/local/lib/imtoolrc)

       The Perl variable $iisframe is also exported from the module and controls which display
       frame number to use in programs such as Ximtool which supports multiple frames. This
       allows you to do useful things such as blink between images.

       The module communicates with the IIS device down FIFO pipes (special UNIX files) - unlike
       IRAF this module does a pretty decent job of intelligently guessing which file names to
       use for the pipes and will prompt for their creating if absent. Also if SAOimage or
       Ximtool are started from within Perl using the module this will guarantee correct file
       names!

FUNCTIONS

   iis
       Displays an image on a IIS device (e.g. SAOimage/Ximtool)

        iis $image, [ { MIN => $min, MAX => $max,
                        TITLE => 'pretty picture',
                        FRAME => 2 } ]
        iis $image, [$min,$max]

        (image(m,n),[\%options]) or (image(m,n),[min(),max()])

       Displays image on a IIS device. If "min()" or "max()" are omitted they are autoscaled. A
       good demonstration of PDL threading can be had by giving "iis()" a data *cube* - "iis()"
       will be repeatedly called for each plane of the cube resulting in a poor man's movie!

       If supplied, "TITLE" is used to label the frame, if no title is supplied, either the
       "OBJECT" value stored in the image header or a default string is used (the title is
       restricted to a maximum length of 32 characters).

       To specify which frame to draw to, either use the package variable $iisframe, or the
       "FRAME" option.

   iiscur
       Return cursor position from an IIS device (e.g. SAOimage/Ximtool)

        ($x,$y) = iiscur($ch)

       This function puts up an interactive cursor on the IIS device and returns the "($x,$y)"
       position and the character typed ($ch) by the user.

   iiscirc
       Draws a circle on a IIS device (e.g. SAOimage/Ximtool)

        (x(),y(),radius(),colour())

        iiscirc $x, $y, [$radius, $colour]

       Draws circles on the IIS device with specied points and colours. Because this module uses
       PDL::PP threading you can supply lists of points via 1D arrays, etc.

       An amusing PDL idiom is:

        pdl> iiscirc iiscur

       Note the colours are the same as IRAF, viz:

        201 = cursor color (white)
        202 = black
        203 = white
        204 = red
        205 = green
        206 = blue
        207 = yellow
        208 = cyan
        209 = magenta
        210 = coral
        211 = maroon
        212 = orange
        213 = khaki
        214 = orchid
        215 = turquoise
        216 = violet
        217 = wheat

   saoimage
       Starts the SAOimage external program

        saoimage[(command line options)]

       Starts up the SAOimage external program. Default FIFO devices are chosen so as to be
       compatible with other IIS module functions. If no suitable FIFOs are found it will offer
       to create them.

       e.g.:

        pdl> saoimage
        pdl> saoimage( -geometry => '800x800' )

   ximtool
       Starts the Ximtool external program

        ximtool[(command line options)]

       Starts up the Ximtool external program. Default FIFO devices are chosen so as to be
       compatible with other IIS module functions. If no suitable FIFOs are found it will offer
       to create them.

       e.g.

        pdl> ximtool
        pdl> ximtool (-maxColors => 64)

BUGS

       None known

AUTHOR

       Copyright (C) Karl Glazebrook 1997.  All rights reserved. There is no warranty. You are
       allowed to redistribute this software / documentation under certain conditions. For
       details, see the file COPYING in the PDL distribution. If this file is separated from the
       PDL distribution, the copyright notice should be included in the file.