From doggett@stsci.edu Mon Jan 8 16:49:50 2001 Return-Path: Received: from bullfrog by cerberus (8.9.3+Sun/SMI-SVR4) id QAA01949; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 16:49:50 -0500 (EST) Received: by bullfrog (8.9.3+Sun/SMI-SVR4) id QAA09624; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 16:49:50 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 16:49:50 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <200101082149.QAA09624@bullfrog> From: "Jesse B. Doggett" To: apt-list@stsci.edu, apt-interested@stsci.edu Subject: Notice of Delivery of the Astronomer Proposal's Tool (APT) Content-Length: 3315 X-Lines: 75 Status: RO X-Status: $$$$ X-UID: 0000000123 The new external release of the Astronomer's Proposal Tool (APT) (Version 2.0) has been delivered and will be available to unix science cluster users by tomorrow January 9th. This release includes Version 2.0 of the Visual Target Tuner (VTT) and Version 1.0 of the Exposure Time Calculator (ETC) which only supports ACS at this time. The VTT may be invoked with the command "vtt" and the ETC may be invoked with the command "hot-etc". The APT may be downloaded from the web to install on PCs and other Unix machines from: http://www.stsci.edu/apt OPRs for each sub-system since the last external release (APT Version 1.3, August 27th) are included below. Please send email to apt-developer immediately should you encounter any problems or have any questions. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- APT Version 2.0 includes the following OPRs. APT Version 1.5 (2000-11-08) ---------------------------- 41928 Create JavaDoc Documentation tree for APT 42236 Update code for Goddard's SEA code restructuring 42254 Make Build Script Which Can Be Used in Nightly Build ETC Version 1.0 (2000-10-02) ---------------------------- 41855 Choosing Spectoscopic Mode Hangs ETC 42179 ETC Batch Mode Processing Fails 42289 Event Handling Problems On Normalize Panel 42331 HST Standard Star spectrum data file needs updating 42334 ETCs must use latest synphot graph/component tables 42347 ETCs must include Kurucz models for O7V & O9V for input spectrum ETC Version 1.0 (2001-01-08) ---------------------------- 42054 Y Axis of Spectrum/Throughput Graph 42082 Exposure Data Not Propogating To SubPanel 42335 Spectroscopic/RampFilter ETCs must support user-defined emission lines 42538 Screen layout on Unix Systems 42576 Updates to General Preferences Menu 42577 Default ranges not being used for plots. 42621 Apply/Reset On should be the default. VTT Version 1.4 (2000-11-08) ---------------------------- 41039 19. Identify icon should be removed and functionality always on (i.e. when Hand 41719 Annoying bug in aperture list 41774 Default to reading in *.fits files 41901 Label observations 42243 Save the debug messages in an accessible place 42553 VTT Fails to Load Image from VTT Version 2.0 (2001-01-08) ---------------------------- 41023 Export to Text - specified orient angle was negative. Shouldn't be. Check t 41043 VTT Export to Text Requirements 41045 Change Aperture menu to Observation menu 41554 Deliniate two uses of apertures 41725 Batch image retrieval requires write access to code tree 41959 Include documentation on extensibility again 42224 Add saving FITS file to saving session 42401 Improve the aperture shapes for ACS and WFPC2 42427 Choose a better color for the default catalog color 42430 Save session should recognize a new session 42846 Include image_retriever script when building VTT 42888 Help user avoid overlaying images in different areas of the sky 42997 Change wording of menu item