diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 6602432..e0d04c3 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,9 +1,13 @@ -2011-10-23 Juergen Knoedlseder +2012-02-28 Juergen Knoedlseder * Version 0.4.0 released ======================== - Renamed to ctools + Add handling of observation definition XML files to ctselect, ctbin + and ctlike + No longer query output parameters first + Remove method parameter from ctlike and replace evfile and cntmap + parameters by infile parameter Add configure options for Mac OSX universal builds Remove automake dependency tracking Improve building of Python bindings diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 35086fa..0ff9fcf 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -2,12 +2,14 @@ New Features and Important Changes in ctools 00-04-00 Author(s) : Juergen Knoedlseder -October 23, 2011 +February 28, 2012 1. Introduction --------------- -This document briefly summarizes executable by executable the most important changes made since the last release of ctools. +This document briefly summarizes executable by executable the most +important changes made since the last release of ctools. + 2. Configuration ----------------- @@ -19,6 +21,7 @@ the default architecture created by the compiler. Remove automake dependency tracking as this conflicts with Mac OS X universal builds. + 3. Python interface ------------------- The Python binding building scheme from GammaLib has been adapted. @@ -26,38 +29,81 @@ This avoids double compilation during 'make' and performs a special build during 'make check' that provides a Python module which is statically linked to the ctools library. + 4. ctobssim - CTA observation simulation ---------------------------------------- None + 5. ctselect - CTA event selection --------------------------------- -None +Added handling of observation definition XML files. ctselect can now +operate on single FITS files or on observation definition XML files. + +If an observation definition XML file is used on input, selected event +list(s) will be written in the current working directory by prepending +a prefix to the filename after stripping any path information. The +event list filenames in the input XML file are replaced by the selected +event list filenames, and the result is written as XML file in the +file specified by the outfile parameter. + +The output event list or observation definition file parameter is +not queried any longer as first parameter. This gives a more logicial +parameter interface where input parameters are queried first. + 6. ctbin - CTA event binning ---------------------------- -None +Added handling of observation definition XML files. ctbin can now +operate on single FITS files or on observation definition XML files. + +If an observation definition XML file is used on input, counts map(s) +will be written in the current working directory by prepending a prefix +to the filename after stripping any path information from the event +filenames. The event list filenames in the input XML file are replaced +by the counts map filenames, and the result is written as XML file in the +file specified by the outfile parameter. + +The output counts map or observation definition file parameter is +not queried any longer as first parameter. This gives a more logicial +parameter interface where input parameters are queried first. + 7. ctlike - CTA maximum likelihood fitting ------------------------------------------ -None +Added handling of observation definition XML files. ctlike can now +operate on single FITS files or on observation definition XML files. + +The analysis method is now determined from the input file type, +and consequently, the method parameter has been removed. Furthermore, +the evfile and cntmap parameters have been combined in a single infile +parameter. + +The output model file parameter is not queried any longer as first +parameter. This gives a more logicial parameter interface where input +parameters are queried first. + 8. ctskymap - CTA sky mapping ----------------------------- New executable. + 9. Examples ----------- None + 10. Scripts ----------- None + 11. caldb --------- None + 12. models ---------- None