[SCM] image display tool for astronomy branch, debian, updated. 8586043a1a17d0f954201b32bd0c3094153770d2

[Ole Streicher]

The following commit has been merged in the debian branch:
commit 8586043a1a17d0f954201b32bd0c3094153770d2
Author: Ole Streicher <debian at liska.ath.cx>
Date:   Sat Jun 9 00:43:14 2012 +0200

    Update package descriptions from the web page

diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index c6d144a..8555bf5 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -40,33 +40,23 @@ Depends: libtk-img,
 Recommends: saods9-doc
 Suggests: xpa-tools
 Description: Image display tool for astronomy
- DS9 is an application for astronomical imaging and data
- visualization.
- .
- DS9 is the modern imtool used by astronomers.  It is most
- distinguished by its support for displaying images of high dynamic
- range (such as 16 bit greyscale FITS files).  Whereas many other
- tools will only read an approximation to such files, DS9 works in
- full precision, and uses various display parameters to map input data
- into 8 bit data which can be displayed on the screen.
+ SAOImage DS9 is an astronomical imaging and data visualization
+ application. DS9 supports FITS images and binary tables, multiple frame
+ buffers, region manipulation, and many scale algorithms and colormaps. It
+ provides for easy communication with external analysis tasks and is highly
+ configurable and extensible via XPA and SAMP.
  .
- Available parameters for the mapping include: brightness, contrast,
- false color, and nonlinear input mapping (such as logarithm, square
- root, square, etc.)
+ All versions and platforms support a consistent set of GUI and
+ functional capabilities. 
  .
- Although it may be useful in other fields, DS9 includes a fair number
- of features specific to astronomy.  There is an astronomical "name
- resolver" which allows a lookup of an arbitrary named object to its
- coordinates.  Given the coordinates of a field, online archive
- servers may be queried, and an image retrieved.  DS9 thusly
- implements a preliminary "Virtual Observatory".
+ DS9 supports advanced features such as 2-D, 3-D and RGB frame buffers, mosaic
+ images, tiling, blinking, geometric markers, colormap manipulation, scaling,
+ arbitrary zoom, cropping, rotation, pan, and a variety of coordinate
+ systems.
  .
- DS9 is entirely controllable from external programs ("XPA"), which
- simplifies complex tasks such as data acquisition, realtime display,
- and batch analysis.
- .
- If images include WCS (World Coordinate System) keywords, then they
- may be "blinked" to search for moving or changing objects.
+ The GUI for DS9 is user configurable. GUI elements such as the coordinate
+ display, panner, magnifier, horizontal and vertical graphs, button bar, and
+ color bar can be configured via menus or the command line.
 
 Package: saods9-blt
 Architecture: any
@@ -84,15 +74,11 @@ Architecture: all
 Section: doc
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}
 Description: Image display tool for astronomy (documentation)
- DS9 is an application for astronomical imaging and data
- visualization.
- .
- DS9 is the modern imtool used by astronomers.  It is most
- distinguished by its support for displaying images of high dynamic
- range (such as 16 bit greyscale FITS files).  Whereas many other
- tools will only read an approximation to such files, DS9 works in
- full precision, and uses various display parameters to map input data
- into 8 bit data which can be displayed on the screen.
+ SAOImage DS9 is an astronomical imaging and data visualization
+ application. DS9 supports FITS images and binary tables, multiple frame
+ buffers, region manipulation, and many scale algorithms and colormaps. It
+ provides for easy communication with external analysis tasks and is highly
+ configurable and extensible via XPA and SAMP.
  .
  This package contains the documentation and help pages.
 
@@ -100,14 +86,10 @@ Package: saods9-data
 Architecture: all
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}
 Description: Image display tool for astronomy (shared data)
- DS9 is an application for astronomical imaging and data
- visualization.
- .
- DS9 is the modern imtool used by astronomers.  It is most
- distinguished by its support for displaying images of high dynamic
- range (such as 16 bit greyscale FITS files).  Whereas many other
- tools will only read an approximation to such files, DS9 works in
- full precision, and uses various display parameters to map input data
- into 8 bit data which can be displayed on the screen.
+ SAOImage DS9 is an astronomical imaging and data visualization
+ application. DS9 supports FITS images and binary tables, multiple frame
+ buffers, region manipulation, and many scale algorithms and colormaps. It
+ provides for easy communication with external analysis tasks and is highly
+ configurable and extensible via XPA and SAMP.
  .
  This package contains the shared data.

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image display tool for astronomy