Changeset 3302 in Sophya for trunk/SophyaLib/Manual

Timestamp:

Aug 17, 2007, 6:01:16 PM (18 years ago)

Author:

ansari

Message:

Debut de la section I/O ds piapp.tex , Reza 17/08/2007

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• trunk/SophyaLib/Manual/piapp.tex (modified) (2 diffs)

trunk/SophyaLib/Manual/piapp.tex

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 \vspace{1cm}
 \begin{center}
-{\bf \Large piapp Version: 4.0 (V\_Sep2006) } 
+{\bf \Large piapp Version: 4.1 (V\_Aug2007) } 
 \end{center}
 \titrebp{5}
@@ -778 +778 @@
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Section 4 :   I/O
 \newpage
-\section{Data formats and I/O}
+\section{Data formats and input-output (I/O)}
+The data file formats recognized by piapp are the ones supported by the 
+SOPHYA library or its extension.
 \begin{itemize}
-\item[\bul] ASCII files (see {\tt ntfrascii} \myppageref{ntfrascii} and 
+\item[\bul] ASCII files - Data can be imported from ascii (text) files as
+datatables or arrays. These objects can also be exported as text files.
+\item[\bul] FITS files - FITS is a popular format used in particular in astronomy. 
+\href{http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/software/fitsio/fitsio.html}
+Data is usually read from FITS files as vectors, images, cubes or tables. 
+A subset of SOPHYA objects can be exported in FITS format. 
+\item[\bul] PPF (Portable Persistence file Format) is the native SOPHYA 
+data format.
+\item[\bul] PostScript - All graphic output produced by piapp can be exported
+as postscript (.ps) or encapsulated postscript (.eps) files.
+\end{itemize}
+
+\subsection{text files}
+ASCII files (see {\tt ntfrascii} \myppageref{ntfrascii} and 
 {\tt newnt} \myppageref{newnt} command)
-\item[\bul] FITS format files, through \menubar{File/Open-Fits}. 
+\subsection{FITS and PPF}
+FITS format files, through \menubar{File/Open-Fits}. 
 (see also (see {\tt openfits} \myppageref{openfits}) command.
-\item[\bul] PPF (Portable Persistence file Format) files through 
+PPF (Portable Persistence file Format) files through 
 menu \menubar{File/Open-PPF}. PPF files are the native persistence 
-format in Sophya (or PEIDA++). 
-\end{itemize}
+format in Sophya 
+\subsection{Graphic export in postscript}
+See the menu under \menubar{PostScript}
 
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Section 5 :   analyse a la paw