                                                           From: J.Knudstrup 
                                                           Date: 18 Nov 1997
                                                           From: T.Herlin   
                                                           Date: 



             VLT-SW-NOV97 - RELEASE NOTES FOR INSTRUMENTATION COMMON SW
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DXF:
	No Changes

PCO:
	No Changes

MISC:
	No Changes

SLX:
        o Writing of converted unit in a FITS line now supported.
        See man-page of slxCreateFits2() for the possible conversions.

        o Changes in Dictionary supported:
          - New field "Version Control:" implemented.
          - New Keyword Classes: "template" and "maint-header" supported.
          - New PAF Types: "Template Signature" and "OB Description"
            (replaces the previous ones).

        New functions introduced:

        slxGetDicRevision()
        slxGetDicVersion()
        slxSearchTemplateFile()
        slxGenDayTimPrec()
        slxGenDayTim2()
        slxGenDayTimCcsTime()
        slxGenDayTimBasic()
        slxSplit()
        slxSplitShortFitsDyn()
        slxStopWatch()
        slxTrimString()
	
OSLX:
        o oslxFITS, oslxSHORT_FITS, oslxSETUP, ...: All classes handling
        keyword files now have a header for the internal list of
        keywords. Should normally be transparent for the user.
        
        o oslxTSF: New class supported to handle TSFs.

        o oslxCompileTsf: New utility supported to compile TSFXs into
        plain TSFs.
                
        o oslxFITS: The class now supports auto-arranging of keywords
        according to sequence prescribed by DICB.
        
        o The maximum length of a keyword line has been increased from
        128 to 256 (constant: slxKEYW_LINE_LEN). Maximum length of a
        value from 64 to 200.

        o Environment variable supported to switch on printing of
        debugging information: "OSLX_DEBUG". The variable can have a
        value in the range [0; 5] which determines the amount of
        debugging information being printed.

FHT:

        FITS File Handling:
             - support for Stamp Viewer.
             - more Quick Info keys
             - improved handling of Preferences.


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