This project is aimed to provide a python interface for some programs developed by Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory(SAO). One of the main goal is to communicate with ds9 from python shell via the XPA protocol. It provides a python wrapper for subset of XPA library and python module for ds9 based on the XPA module.
>>> import pysao
# run new instance of ds9
>>> ds9 = pysao.ds9()
>>> import numpy
>>> im = numpy.reshape(numpy.arange(100), (10, 10))
# display 2-d array
>>> ds9.view(im)
>>> import pyfits
>>> f = pyfits.open('test.fits')
# display first extension of fits file
>>> ds9.view(f[0])
# access with XPA method.
>>> ds9.set('file test.fits')
>>> ds9.get('file')
# list available xpa commands
>>> ds9.xpa_help()
# help on the specific xpa command
>>> ds9.xpa_help("tile")
Requirement
- numpy (does not support numarray or Numeric)
