11-Nov-2008  FIND - Now has /MONITOR keyword to control whether to display each
                    individual star
             READCOL - Now has NLINES output keyword 		    

29-Sep-2008: EULER - Now has /RADIAN keyword

06-Sep-2008  FITS_WRITE - Delete BSCALE/BZERO before writing file
             PLOTHIST - Check whether all values are NaN

28-Aug-2008: IMCONTOUR - Work when RA crosses 0 hours
             TICLABELS - Use 0h labeling instead of 24h

19-Aug-2008: ADSTRING() - Fix roundoff error when -1 < dec < 0 , add PRECISION
                          keyword

15-Aug-2008: READCOL - COUNT output keyword added giving number of valid lines
             EXTAST - Now use the *last* values if duplicate astrometry 
	               keywords are present in the FITS header

08-Aug-2008: MRDFITS() - Added OUTALIAS keyword, use vector form of VALID_NUM()

07-Aug-2008: VALID_NUM() - Major rewrite to use STREGEX, accept vector input
             SXPAR() - Use vectorized form of VALID_NUM

05-Aug-2008: QUERYVIZIER() - Use STRCOMRPESS2 for more robust searches using 
	            Constraint string
	            		   
04-Aug-2008: STRCOMPRESS2() - Remove blanks around specified chars in a string

01-Aug-2008: DBCREATE - Fix bug introduced May 2008 when not in ZDBASE dir
             DBGET()  - Fix possible bug when sublist supplied

30-Jul-2008: MODFITS - Now has EXTNAME input keyword
             JDCNV - Now checks for valid day, month ranges
	     CT2LST - Change sign of time zone parameter to match standard
	             Positive East of Greenwich (ahead of GMT).
             QUERYVIZIER() - Allow for possible lower-case returned formats	       

19-Jul-2008: OBSERVATORY - Fix error message for unknown observatory
             MODFITS - Fix bug when adding CHECKSUM changed header size
	     FITS_ADD_CHECKSUM - Don't update DATASUM if not already present
	          and no data array supplied.

             RXTE Software in  contrib/rxte directory updated to Version 1.1

27-Jun-2008: EULER - Use less virtual memory for large arrays

24-Jun-2008: MRDFITS() - More informative error message when EOF encountered.

18-Jun-2008: GAL_UVW - Fix overflow for >32767 elements and update Sun velocity

12-Jun-2008: FITS_ADD_CHECKSUM - Fix error when CHECKSUM is an empty string

07-Jun-2008: QUERYVIZIER - Now recognize 'D' format specification

13-May-2008: FITS_ADD_CHECKSUM - Fix problem with images with multiples of 
                 2880 bytes.

10-May-2008: READFITS() - Now always reset BSCALE/BZERO after applying even for 
                   unsigned integers

03-Apr-2008: HEXTRACT - Added ALT keyword to specify alternate astrometry
             UPDATE_DISTORT - Update SIP nonlinear transformation astrometry
	                 coefficient for a linear transformation

27-Mar-2008: SIZE_STRUCT() - Moved to /obsolete directory becuase it is 
                superceded by LENGTH and DATA_LENGTH keywords to N_TAGS

21-Mar-2008: FIND - Now computes centroids using marginal Gaussian fits
             GCNTRD - Modified centroid algorithm to match IRAF/DAOFIND &
	       allow shifts of more than 1 pixel from initial guess.
	       

19-Mar=2008: FXBREADM, FXBWRITM - Read/write 64 bit integer columns

18-Mar-2008: FITS_INFO, FXBOPEN, FXBPARSE, FXFINDEND, FXBFINDLUN - Update
             integers to LONG64 to deal with very large files.

             HREBIN, HCONGRID - Don't update BSCALE/BZERO for unsigned integer

13-Mar-2008: APER - Allow output of negative fluxes (if /FLUX is set)

10-Mar-2008: READFITS() - Avoid 32bit overflow when using NSLICE keyword

03-Mar-2008: QUERYVIZIER - Update Strasbourg Web address to work correctly

01-Mar-2008: DBCREATE - No longer requires user to be on a ZDBASE directory
             FIND - /SILENT now suppresses *all* output

18-Feb-2008: WRITEFITS - EXTEND keyword is no longer required in the primary
               header of a FITS file with extensions as in proposed new
	       FITS guideline

14-Feb-2008: RESISTANT_MEAN - Use double precision internally
             IMCONTOUR - Make use of the OVERLAY keyword always optional

29-Jan-2008: SKY - Avoid possible out of bounds if /NaN set.

17-Jan-2008: CONS_RA() - Ensure that returned declination is between -90 and 90
             IMCONTOUR - Added OVERLAY keyword to ensure accuracy ot 1 pixel
	            when overlaying an image.   Use FORMAT_AXIS_VALUES()
		    
	     New /contrib/rxte directory contains "IDL Extractor" programs 
	     to extract light curves, spectra and power spectra from RXTE data 
	     (and also Swift and Chandra data).

14-Jan-2008: FXWRITE - Now has /APPEND keyword to append to existing FITS files
             FXHMAKE - Now has /XTENSION keyword to specify header is for an
	               image extension.
	     FXBWRITM - Now allows output table to have TSCAL/TZERO keyword 
	               values, unless new /NOSCALE keyword is set	
             FXBREADM - Now recognizes unsigned integer scalings, and scalings
	               can be either float or double precision.		              

08-Jan-2008: ADD_DISTORT -- Add a SIP distortion astrometry structure into a 
                       FITS header
             HREBIN, HCONGRID  - will now update SIP distortion coefficients
	              when expanding or compressing an image
              MMM - make sure that program never aborts but returns gracefully		      		       

24-Dec-2007  TRANSFORM_COEFF - Compute new polynomial coefficients under a 
                  linear transformation

19-Dec-2007: FITS_INFO - Now has out keyword EXTNAME to return extension names
             QUERYGSC() - Updated Webserver name (sigh)

13-Dec-2007: MODFITS - Ensure that supplied header contains 80 byte lines

11-Dec-2007: QUERYVIZIER(), CREATE_STRUCT() - Use vector form of IDL_VALIDNAME
                   if IDL V6.4 or later

4-Dec-2007:  FXMOVE() - Fix data size calculation for very large files
             FXPOSIT() - Added LUNIT keyword for user-supplied unit number

2-Dec-2007;  QUERYGSC() - major rewrite to use new STScI server & GSC 2.3.2

             QUERYUSNO (to query USNO-A2 catalog) has been removed since the 
	     newer USNO-B1 catalog can be queried with QUERYIVIZIER, e.g.  
             IDL> info = queryvizier('usno-b1','m13',5)

25-Nov-2007: Minimum IDL version is now IDL V5.6
             Updated procedures include RDFLOAT, BLKSHIFT, MEDARR, DBDELETE, 
	     FTAB_DELROW, GETPRO, WEBGET, READCOL, READFMT, READFITS, MRDFITS

             PRODUCT() - removed since intrinsic PRODUCT() is in V5.6

             PLOTHIST - Added AXISCOLOR keyword, fix color problem when 
                 overplotting

20-Nov-2007: ABSCAL() - Moved to /obsolete directory

14-Nov-2007: FXFINDEND, FXMOVE, FXBOPEN, FXREAD,  FXWRITE, FXHMODIFY - Now 
             account for possibility 64bit integers needed for # of bytes.

13-Nov-2007:  CORREL_IMAGES - Always REBIN() using floating pt. arithmetic

27-Oct-2007:  WCSXY2SPH, WCSSPH2XY - Now supports the HEALPIX projection

12-Oct-2007: WRITEFITS - By default, update CHECKSUM keywords if already present

26-Sep-2007: FIND - Fix error message when no local maxima found

13-Sep-2007: HOR2EQ - Avoid integer overflow for more than 32767 points

31-Aug-2007: MODFITS - Fix problem when data size must be extended
             MULTIPLOT - Added /SQUARE keyword, overall (x)(y)title keyword.
             Can now control gaps between plots and overall tick format.

22-Aug-2007: MRDFITS() - Fix problem when both /FSCALE and /UNSIGNED set

8-Aug-2007:  READFITS() - Fix bug introduced Mar 2006 in applying Bzero

6-Aug-2007:  MATCH2 - New procedure to find every matching element in 2 arrays

3-Aug-2007:  LEGEND - 13-Jul update introduced a bug for /NORMAL coords
             FXADDPAR - Bug fix for long string convention
	     OBSERVATORY - Added info for Mount Graham observatory
	     WCSSPH2XY, WCSXY2SPH - Correct treatment of PVi_j parameters

13-Jul-2007: WEBGET() - Partially upgrade to support HTTP 1.1
             LEGEND - Don't modify position keyword
	     DATE_CONV() - Add Julian date capabilities

06-Jul-2007: HPRECESS - Fix for case where CROTA2 is in the FITS header
             PUTAST - Allow PC matrix to updated when CD matrix is supplied

02-Jul-2007: QUERYSIMBAD - Update for parsing new /NED format

24-Jun-2007: WEBGET() - Now has a POST keyword for POST rather than GET queries

22-Jun-2007: FITS_READ - Added /PDU keyword to always inherit primary header 
                      even if INHERIT=T is not present (pre-April 2007 behavior)
             MRDFITS() - Fix for variable length arrays when used with the 
	              virtual machine.

29-May-2007: LINMIX_ERR, MLINMIX_ERR - Improved Bayesian prior for more reliable
   results

25-May-2007: CHECK_FITS - Work again for a null array

17-May-2007: New procedures supplied by Brandon Kelly (Steward U.)

   LINMIX_ERR : Bayesian approach to linear regression with errors in both X 
      and Y
   MLINMIX_ERR : Bayesian approach to  multiple linear regression with errors in
      both X and Y 
   MRANDOMN : Generate random vectors from a multivariate normal density. 
   MULTINOM : Genereate random vectors from a multinomial distribution.
   RANDOMCHI : Generate random numbers from a chi-square density.
   RANDOMDIR : Generate random vectors from a Dirichlet density.
   RANDOMGAM : Generate random numbers from a gamma distribution.
  RANDOMWISH : Generate random matrices from a Wishart density.

15-May-2007: FITS_READ, READFITS(), WRITEFITS - Set data variable to LONG64 
                 for handling very large files

08-May-2007: MEDARR - Added /DOUBLE keyword to force double precision

07-May-2007: PSF_GAUSSIAN() - Do not modify NPIXEL input keyword 

24-Apr-2007: REM_DUP() - Use faster algorithm when flag parameter not given
             FORPRINT - Fix error message when variable is undefined

23-Apr-2007: FXADDPAR - Now has an ERRMSG output keyword to capture error 
                        messages.

14-Apr-2007: FITS_OPEN - Warn user that compressed files cannot be updated

13-Apr-2007: WEBGET - Friendlier error recovery

12-Apr-2007: FITS_READ - Don't inherit the primary header unless INHERIT = T

9-Apr-2007:  GCIRC - Use internal double precision for U=0 mode as advertised
             EXTAST, MAKE_ASTR - .CRPIX tag now double instead of float

6-Apr-2007:  MRDFITS - Convert ASCII table array output to DOUBLE if needed to 
                       preserve precision 

28-Mar-2007: HEXTRACT - Work for dimensions larger than 32767

21-Mar-2007: TBINFO - Now has a /NOSCALE keyword to skip TSCAL, TZERO 
             TBPRINT, TBGET() - Avoid pointer leaks due to TBINFO call
	     TBDELCOL - Use /NOSCALE in call to TBINFO

13-Mar-2007: MODFITS - Update the file control block (FCB) structure if the
                        file size changes

09-Mar-2007: AD2XY, XY2AD - Use CRVAL ref. point for non-WCS transformations

08-Mar-2007: DBDELETE - Fix problem when deleting final entry
             FXMOVE - Use a case-independent search for EXTNAME

06-Mar-2007: QUERYSIMBAD - Update NED query to account for new IPAC format 

05-Mar-2007: SKY - Fix problem for very large (>5000 x 5000) images
             
02-Mar-2007: MWRFITS - fix problem where strings were being right-justified 
                       instead of being written exactly as supplied.

21-Feb-2007: TVELLIPSE - Added /MAJOR, /MINOR keywords to add major, minor axes

16-Feb-2007: FTAB_PRINT - Check for empty extension

15-Feb-2007: LIST_WITH_PATH - Restore pre-Sep 2006 behavior of not searching
                     subdirectories 

12-Feb-2007: PCA - fix bug in computation of attribute projections 

9-Feb-2007:  DBMATCH - Fixed bug where /FULLSTRING was always being set

8-Feb-2007:  CREATE_STRUCT - Added a descriptor type 'K' for LONG64 data

7-Feb-2007:  REMCHAR - Work for string arrays with more than 32767 elements

6-Feb-2007:  QUERYSIMBAD - Now use the more reliable Simbad Sesame name server,
                   added /VERBOSE,/CADC  keywords

20-Jan-2007: TEXTOPEN - Make sure output keyword MORE_SET is always defined 

             EXTAST - Now includes .NAXIS tag in output astrometry structure
	     PUTAST - New /NAXIS keyword to write .NAXIS values to FITS header

09-Jan-2007: DBPRINT, DBEXT_DBF - Remove use of EXECUTE() statements

03-Jan-2007: READCOL - Now has /PRESERVE_NULL keyword.   This was formerly set
                        as the default

28-Dec-2006: DBEXT, WFPC2_READ, FTAB_EXT - Avoid EXECUTE()  for V6.1 or later

26-Dec-2006: DBINDEX- Automatically enlarge index (.dbx) file if necessary
                      Fix serious bug introduced 18-Dec

19-Dec-2006: CONVOLVE() - Avoid unnecessary recomputation for double complex

             TVCIRCLE - Make default integers LONG so largest postscript circles
	                display properly.

18-Dec-2006: DBSORT, DBINDEX - Avoid use of EXECUTE() for V6.1 or later 

16-Dec-2006: MRDFITS(), HEADFITS() - Can now specify FITS extension by name (in
                 the EXTNAME keyword) 
	      FXMOVE(), FXPOSIT() - Added EXT_NO, ERRMSG keywords 	 

13-Dec-2006: MRD_SKIP - Restored check to avoid POINT_LUN with compressed files

8-Dec-2006:  WEBGET - Added case for reading FITS images from FIRST survey

1-Dec-2006: EXTGRP - Restored to Library (needed by WFPC2_READ)

24-Nov-2006:FITEXY - normalize input data before processing 

22-Nov-2006: CHECK_FITS - Fix dimension error introduced 14-Nov

20-Nov-2006: RDPLOT - Major upgrade, added BACKGROUND, /ACCUMULATE keywords
                 fixed full cursor display for different setups

15-Nov-2006: EXTAST - Use GSSS astrometry if WCNAME = "DSS" (as in 
                recent DSS images from the STScI server)

14-Nov-2006: CHECK_FITS - Removed support for STSDAS headers

2-Nov-2006: APER - All additional keywords to be passed to MEANCLIP

1-Nov-2006: ONE_RAY, ONE_ARROW - Now accept /DATA and /NORMAL keywords

25-Oct-2006: FITS_READ - Fix bug when using /DATA_ONLY keyword

20-Oct-2006: QUERYVIZIER - Set target='NONE' for an all-sky search, accept
                            '+/-' constraints 

17-Oct-2006: TBINFO - treat Logical type as character 'T' or 'F'

13-Oct-2006:GCIRC - Option (U=2) to supply input longitude, latitude in Degrees

3-Oct-2006: TVELLIPSE - Now uses _EXTRA to pass optional keywords to PLOTS

2-Oct-2006: MRD_SKIP - now uses POINT_LUN for compressed files since it is as 
                   fast as any other method
            READFITS() - Now calls MRD_SKIP to select fastest possible method
	           of skipping bytes

26-Sep-2006: FITS_OPEN, FITS_READ, FITS_WRITE, MODFITS - now use 
             /SWAP_IF_LITTLE_ENDIAN keyword to OPEN

25-Sep-2006: Library now requires V5.5 or later.    VMS support has been removed
             from most procedures
	     
	     The following "stale" procedures have been removed from the Library
	     They can still be obtained from 
	     http://idlastro.gsfc.nasa.gov/ftp/obsolete/
	     
	     afhread - Used for mostly obsolete WFPC1 data 
             astrmfix = Used for mostly obsolete FOC data
             conv_stsdas - Mainly for converting between VAX and unix
             conv_vax_unix() - Vaxes rarely used
             conv_unix_vax - Vaxes rarely used
             datatype() - JHUAPL routine
             dbcompress - TRUNCATE_ON_CLOSE makes it unnecessary
             def_dirlist -- Mainly for VMS
             extgrp - mainly for old WFPC1/FOC data
             getfiles -- Use dialog_pickfile instead 
	     getlog.pro -- mainly for VMS
             imgread      -- for mostly obsolete WFPC1/FOC data
             mid_*.pro  -- Midas I/O routines, no evidence that they are used
             osfcnvrt.pro -- mainly for VMS
             strd - only worked for small set of (mostly obsolete) GEIS files
              stsub, stsubim - only worked for small set of (mostly obsolete) 
	            GEIS files
            spline_smooth  -- Never worked properly
            redshift -- 1970's cosmology, from JHUAPL library
            sxhedit -- just use a regular editor
            table_conv.pro - mainly for vax/unix conversion
            wfpcread -- WFPC1 data rarely used


12-Sep-2006: FITS_OPEN - Support very large files by using 64 bit variables

9-Sep-2006: DBDELETE -Use TRUNCATE_LUN (if V5.6 or later) to compress the .dbf
                       file after deleting entries.    DBCOMPRESS moved to
		       obsolete directory.

1-Sep-2006: READCOL, STRNUMBER() now have a /NAN keyword to specify that
                   empty strings should be interpreted as NAN values

30-Aug-2006: STRNUMBER() - An empty string is a valid number (=0.0)

25-Aug-2006: HASTROM - Account for half-pixel shift when using nearest neighbor

23-Aug-2006: FORPRINT - Warn if supplied vectors are not all the same size

11-Aug-2006: TBPRINT - Fixed check for multiple values

08-Aug-2006: MWRFITS - Allow logical columns to be specified as bytes

04-Aug-2006: PLOTHIST - fix possible color problem introduced May 2006

26-Jul-2006: TBINFO - Added ERRMSG keyword, Treat repeat count for strings as 
                 specifying string length, not number of elements

25-Jul-2006: FITS_OPEN - FCB.Filename  now expands any wildcards

21-Jul-2006: DBFPARSE - Don't convert DATE/TIME to numeric for string items

14-Jul-2006: DBCREATE - New MAXENTRY keyword to override hardcoded #maxentries

12-Jul-2006: QUERYVIZIER - Removed V6.0 notation to restore V5.4 compatibility

06-Jul-2006: MWRFITS - Make 29-Jun-2006 fix work for pre V6.0 versions

29-Jun-2006: MWRFITS - Fix problem introduced May 2006 with multi-dimensional 
                       strings
		       
             MRDFITS - Better error catching for gzip files, fix handling 
	               of unsigned integers when BSCALE not present

27-Jun-2006: PLOTHIST - Now supports logarithmic axes (/XLOG, /YLOG)

26-Jun-2006: DBCREATE - Fix problem introduced May 2006 when default integer
               types were change to LONG

23-Jun-2006: MWRFITS - Use /SWAP_IF_LITTLE_ENDIAN keyword  to OPEN for 
                       improved speed.  

8-Jun-2006: TBPRINT - Use case-insensitive match of column names with TTYPES

7-Jun-2006: FITS_OPEN - Call XDISPSTR if /HPRINT is set on a GUI terminal
            HPRINT - Call XDISPSTR if on a GUI terminal

5-Jun-2006: XDISPSTR - Widget display of text with a simple search capability

2-Jun-2006: GETPRO - Now uses FILE_WHICH() function for improved speed
            FINDPRO - Use FILE_SEARCH instead of FINDFILE for V5.5 or later

26-May-2006: PLOTHIST - Add /BOXPLOT keyword, use exact XRANGE as default

16-May-2006: FDECOMP - Include final delimiter in directory name under
                   Windows, as advertised
             QUERYVIZIER() - New /ALLCOLUMNS keyword to return all catalog 
	            columns.    Also, QUERYVIZIER() **now returns an 
		    anonymous rather than a named structure**		   

1-May-2006:  DBCREATE - Make sure to use lowercase file names on Unix
             HROT - Work with a 1 element floating point angle 

28-Apr-2006: MRDFITS(), TBGET() - Use faster byteswapping keywords to BYTEORDER

25-Apr-2006: DBEDIT - Now use DIALOG_MESSAGE for error messages

             A_b() - Moved to obsolete directory 

24-Apr-2006: AITOFF_GRID, ARCBAR, HISTOGAUSS, SUNSYMBOL(), TICLABELS - 
                 Now have a FONT keyword to specify font (-1, 0 or 1)  
		 
	     HOST_TO_IEEE, IEEE_TO_HOST - use new keywords to BYTEORDER	             
                   for improved performance

21-Apr-2006: FITS_WRITE - Fix problem when number of bytes exceeds 32 bit word
             N_BYTES() - Now returns a long64 integer
             QUERYVIZIER() - Recognize 'E' format (same as 'F'format)

14-Apr-2006: Library now requires V5.4 or later, v53 directory contains 
                frozen version, V5.4 related changes include: 
	     GET_DATE - Removed LOCAL_DIFF keyword	
             FSTRING() - moved to obsolete directory
	     ADSTRING(), TO_HEX(), FTPUT - removed call to FSTRING()
	     BOXAVE() - allow 64bit integers		
             GETTOK(), MATCH, FM_UNRED - use COMPLEMENT keyword to WHERE 
	     HPRINT, FTDELCOL - Use BREAK instead of GOTO
	     MRD_SKIP, FITS_OPEN, FITS_INFO  - Use fstat.compress
	     GET_JULDATE - Use /UTC keyword to SYSTIME()
	     DB_ITEM, FITSDIR, NUMLINES(), IRAFRD - Use FILE_EXPAND_PATH

13-Apr-2006: DATE_CONV() - removed RETALL from error messages
             MMM - Now has NaN keyword to check for not-a-number values

05-Apr-2006: HPRECESS - Fix algorithm when CROTA2 in FITS header
             XYAD - Include equinox when displaying coordinates

03-Apr-2006: DATE_CONV() - Don't include space in output FITS date

01-Apr-2006: FITS_READ, READFITS() - Do not modify BSCALE/BZERO in FITS header
                  if reading unsigned integers

31-Mar-2006: MODFITS - Make sure last line of input FITS header is END
             DBPRINT - Fix display on GUI terminals

27-Mar-2006: POLY_SMOOTH() - Add /EDGE_TRUNCATE to CONVOL call

22-Mar-2006: QUERYVIZIER - 22 Feb update was not properly returning the first
                    object found.                       

17-Mar-2006: FXHMODIFY - Fixed problem when needing to extend size of primary
                         header with a call to BLKSHIFT

14-Mar-2006: DBEDIT - Added /BYTENUM keyword to treat bytes as numbers rather
                      than characters

1-Mar-2006:  SIXTY() - Added /TrailSign keyword to always place minus sign
                      on first element, rather than first nonzero element.

28-Feb-2006: CONVOLVE() - Match output precision type to that of input

24-Feb-2006: NUMLINES() -- Handle Unix files with spaces prior to IDL V5.6

23-Feb-2006: FXBADDCOL, FXBTFORM -- Added support for 64 bit integers
             MWRFITS - Removed warning about 64bit integers now that they are
	               standard FITS (as of December 2005)

22-Feb-2006: QUERYVIZIER - Updated for a change in the VIZIER output

6-Feb-2006:  FXPOSIT - Remove leading spaces in filename when FINDFILE used

20-Jan-2006: RESISTANT_MEAN - Fix calculation of SIGMA_MEAN
             MMM - Fixed error introduced June 2004 removing outliers when
	           READNOISE not set

29-Dec-2005: WCSSPH2XY, WCSXY2SPH - Fixed AIRY projection when centered at
                       90 degree latitude

21-Dec-2005: CO_REFRACT() - Fix problem with vector input when /TO_OBSERVED set

15-Dec-2005: JPLEPHINTERP - Fix highest order term in velocity computation

05-Dec-2005: TEN(), TENV() - Now recognize -0.0 as a negative value

23-Nov-2005: APER - Added MEANBACK keyword to use sigma-clipped mean instead
                       of calling mmm.pro
             MMM - Added /SILENT keyword to suppress error messages		       

17-Nov-2005: TBPRINT - Better display formatting (space between columns)

16-Nov-2005: MEANCLIP - Added /DOUBLE keyword

09-Nov-2005: PRINT_STRUCT - Avoid overflow when displaying more than 10000 
             elements

27-Oct-2005: SXADDPAR - Work again with empty string input
             MMM - Fewer aborts for strange sky histograms

15-Sep-2005: LEGEND - Added FONT keyword [-1,0 or 1} to pass to XYOUTS commands.

09-Sep-2005: TBHELP - Fixed bug introduced 31-Aug-2005 to not display TFORM

02-Sep-2005: TVBOX - Don't round coordinates when /DATA is set

31-Aug-2005: FTAB_HELP - Now defaults to display all extensions
             TBHELP, FTHELP - Slightly more compact display formats

26-Aug-2005: QUERYVIZIER - Make dis (3rd parameter) optional (as advertised)

17-Aug-2005: HEULER - Use double precision to compute new North Pole

21-Jul-2005: FITS_INFO - Now work for FITS files with SIMPLE=F

18-Jul-2005: WCSSPH2XY - Return unprojectable points as NaN values
             PLOTHIST - Added /AUTOBIN keyword to set the number of bins to
                        the square root of the number of samples 

05-Jul-2005: READCOL - added "compile_opt idl2" to ensure pre-V6.1 compatibility

22-Jun-2005: MRD_STRUCT - Fix problem when both NO_EXECUTE and STRUCTYPE set
             QUERYVIZIER - Eliminate use of EXECUTE() statement
             READCOL - Eliminate use of EXECUTE() for V6.1 or later; accept 
                       null strings separated by delimiter ,e.g. ',,,'

18-May-2005: SXADDPAR - Fix SAVECOMMENT error with non-string values

17-May-2005: PUTAST - Don't use CROTA2 keyword if skew is present in the input
                      astrometry
             GETROT - Added ALT keyword

12-May-2005: HREBIN, HCONGRID - Fixed problem in output astrometry if CROTA2 or
                     PC matrix used.   Added ALT keyword.

05-May-2005: ADXY - Still work if no WCS coordinates are present

02-May-2005: FXBWRITM - Remove call to EXECUTE() when using POINTERS keyword

25-Apr-2005: KSONE -  Allow passing keywords to func_name via _EXTRA facility

20-Apr-2005: TICPOS - Fix cases where tic increment is at degree/minute or
                       minute/arcsec boundary

19-Apr-2005: IMDBASE - Now accepts ALT keyword for alternate astrometry

11-Apr-2005: FXBGROW - Fixed bug in the zeroing of the output file

06-Apr-2005: JPLEPHINTERP - Handle custom-built ephemerides

30-Mar-2005: PARTVELVEC - Now has a VecColors keyword to set arrow colors

08-Mar-2005: FXREAD - Can now be used to read image extensions

25-Feb-2005: READFITS() - Fix problem with unsigned integers introduced Sep 2004
             HASTROM - Check for distortion parameters in headers, add more 
                       FITS HISTORY records

24-Feb-2005: MINMAX() - Work again for versions prior to V5.5

07-Feb-2005: MRDFITS() - Fix problem when /USE_COLNUM is set

03-Feb-2005: MRDFITS() - Fix problem with string variable binary tables, 
              possible  math overflow on non-IEEE machines 

01-Feb-2005: FITS_HELP - Don't truncate displayed EXTNAME values at 10 chars

31-Jan-2005: BLKSHIFT - Call TRUNCATE_LUN when shifting data forward from the
                  end of the file.

20-Jan-2005: MOONPOS, NUTATE - Avoid possible integer overflow

12-Jan-2005: MRDFITS() - Fixed problem reading zero width arrays in binary 
                 tables on non-IEEE (e.g. Linux) machines

10-Jan-2005: MINMAX() - Added SUBSCRIPT_MIN and SUBSCRIPT_MAX output keywords

03-Jan-2005: MWRFITS - Fix writing of empty strings to a binary table

31-Dec-2004: MODFITS - More robust error reporting 

16-Dec-2004: MRDFITS() - Propragate /SILENT to MRD_HREAD, more LONG64 casting
             APER - Fixed bug introduced 11/04 when there are no bad pixels

15-Dec-2004: RDFITS_STRUCT - Don't copy primary header into extension headers

14-Dec-2004: FITS_INFO - Check entire header for EXTNAME keyword
             SXPAR() - Make sure ABORT parameter always defined

10-Dec-2004: CHECKSUM32 - Sep. 2004 update introduced byte-ordering error for
                   Linux boxes


24-Nov-2004: HROTATE - If GSSS astrometry is present, then convert to standard
                   world coordinate system (WCS) astrometry
  
22-Nov-2004: WRITEFITS - Fixed problem when CHECKSUM set, and a heap array given

02-Nov-2004: APER - Now has /NAN keyword to signal a check for NaN pixels

29-Oct-2004: MMM - Improved numerical precision

25-Oct-2004: MRDFITS() - Check if extra degenerate NAXISi keywords are present

19-Oct-2004: WRITEFITS - Added ability to write to heap area 
             CURVAL - Now has "ALT" keyword to select alternate astrometry

18-Oct-2004: HPRINT - Fixed 1 line offset on terminal that don't support /MORE

15-Oct-2004: XYAD, XY2AD, AD2XY - Now work for FITS headers with WCS keywords
               (CRPIX, CRVAL, CDELT) but no astronomical projection.

12-Oct-2004: RDFITS_STRUCT - Now has a /HEADER_ONLY keyword to read all the
                headers (and no data) in a FITS file 

11-Oct-2004: HPRINT, FORPRINT - Do a simple PRINT if IDL in demo mode

01-Oct-2004: UNZOOM_XY, ZOOM_XY, TVLIST, CURVAL - Now compatible with versions
              in the MOUSSE library (http://archive.stsci.edu/uit/analysis.html)

