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This is the development release list. After testing several releases, a release becomes final.

Hudson

Daily builds: 1

v2018a_2

20180113a

20180106a

v2017a_6

20171216a

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/20171216a/
  • rte_0155056645: IndexOutOfBounds caused by new quick monotonic check
  • 1912: corrections to trim which would skip points or leave points in with waveform data.
  • Corrections to SAMP support to allow multiple simultaneous requests.
  • rte_0211810917: where a single-column ASCII file could not be read
  • a bunch of new controls for plot command, such as tick locations and right-axis plots.
  • the script plot command returns the plot and plotElement affected.
  • new logos!

20171116a

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/20171116a/
  • correction of Java signature
  • Jython codes can define "custom renderers" which paint data onto the plot. See http://autoplot.org/CustomRenderers .
  • create PNGWalk allows running with the interactive Autoplot, instead of via vap file to a background process, to allow Jython extensions.
  • allow MashUp Tool to be used on a Mac, because dragging from the functions area doesn't work. See http://autoplot.org/dashup .
  • single column ASCII files can be read again.

v2017a_5

v2017a_4

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/v2017a_4/
  • PDF output improvements more precise pixel-to-point scaling.
  • "Run Batch" allows times to be loaded from events file.
  • CSV automatically switches from comma to semicolon.
  • eventsConjunction function returns where two events lists have overlaps.
  • new axis "scale" property supports binding between axes.

v2017a_3

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/v2017a_3/
  • Autoplot server has --nomessages to turn off message warning bubbles.
  • changes to better support SAMP.
  • improvements to completions.
  • X11 color names added, transparent colors supported.
  • More plot symbols added.

v2017a_2

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/v2017a_2/
  • corrections to Jython refactoring.
  • preserve the scientist's timerange in GUIs, some would reset to dataset default range.
  • SAMP interface handles URLs to servers.
  • 60+ bugfixes since v2017a_1
  • 20+ new features since v2017a_1.

v2017a_1

20170707c

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/20170707c/
  • corrections to package refactoring of jython scripts.
  • 1661: revisit format to CDF on Windows
  • 1854: clean up code which relied on file.toString to construct URLs for the NetCDF library
  • 1836: ds.putProperty( QDataSet.UNITS, None )
  • start SAMP adds a status tab.

20170628a

20170602b

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/20170602b
  • rte_2052946987: index-out-of-bounds when data is reduced and all data is outside the visible region. Thanks, Kris!
  • colorbar control points allow resize, useful when there is a hidden plot and common colorbar. Thanks, Ivar!
  • 1839: append of two rank zero datasets should be a rank 1 dataset. Thanks, Kristoff!
  • rte_0153443069: CSV parser editor GUI would fail with NullPointerException because handling was delegated a sloppy code. Thanks, Mimai!

v2016a_16

20170521a

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/20170521a
  • Old events scheme check (time,deltaTime,color,str) was broken since last production release v2016a_15. Thanks, Chris!
  • Data Point Recorder sorting is disabled while data is loaded from a file, for speed. Thanks, Darrelle!
  • Catch when "orbit:file:///..." was used where "file:///..." should have been used for an orbit file, which would block entry to the time range editor. Thanks, Ivar!
  • Add tools menu to PNGWalkTool, and action to write PNG Walk to PDF file, and write sequence as animated GIF.

20170509a

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/20170509a
  • round of improvements to the PNG Walk Tool, including show only QC-marked files and zoom on image.
  • jnlp needed Codebase attribute to run without complaint. Thanks, IcedTea!
  • Wind waves showed where dbAboveBackground mishandled valid range metadata.

v2016a_15

v2016a_14

20170320a

20170227a

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/20170227a
  • Null pointer when selecting time field type but time format column has never been set.
  • 1789: PngWalkTool correct feedback about writing to writable FileSystem.
  • 1754: Correctly support download of http://autoplot.org/data/AMSR_E_L3_SeaIce6km_B06_20070307.hdf.gz, where the .gz and Apache confuses things.
  • 1785: unable to format bundle (B-field X,Y,Z) to CDF. (Append is now handled properly).
  • export-to-wav has timeScale parameter for scaling time tags, useful for auralizing B-Field data. Thanks, Kris!

v2016a_13

20170113a

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/20170113a
  • orbit plot properties are set properly from .vap files
  • script correctly use positional (not named) parameters from command line.
  • spectrograms with no valid ytags would cause a runtime error popup.

v2016a_10

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/v2016a_10
  • last release of the v2016a branch
  • fixes HAPI server client, which was doing web transactions on the event thread, potentially causing problems with slow servers or network
  • aggregation avail=T attempted to download granule metadata when it is not used.
  • render topDecorator is cleared when reset is called.
  • mouse modules (crosshair,etc) allow up,down,right,left keys for precise control.

20170102a

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/20170102a
  • 1740: two-columns of iso8601 do not read properly as events list
  • 1746: dasPlot created off event thread would occasionally cause RTE 11148*.
  • ascii file dep0units can be used to explicitly set the units, and does this correctly for times now as well.

20161109b

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/20161109b
  • improvements to run batch facility.
  • minor corrections to HAPI support.
  • change color to black from custom
  • Bookmarks when a single plot is already plotted
  • don't go into the completions editor when there is no extension.
  • break into stack of plots reconnects time series browse to new x-axis.

v2016a_9

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/v2016a_9
  • rte_1736345160: improperly-localized strings caused RTE in layout tab's "make taller" and other buttons. Thanks, Andre!
  • rte_0095613254: if the vap+cdf: was missing from the URI, Tool->"Mash Data" would fail.
  • data set selector component setValue would add "%20" when there was an extra space at the end when cut-n-paste URIs.

v2016a_8

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/v2016a_8
  • First production release of HAPI server support.
  • update to new security certificate to correct jnlp release.
  • "Scheme BK" font is embedded and available on all platforms.
  • bugfix: likely thread lock bug when many pngwalk of many plots accessing the same resource.
  • bugfix: clipping of top and bottom ticks
  • various bugs with the Data Mashing tool, corrections to support for time series browsing of mashed datasets.
  • bugfix: command line for single-jar release would fail with some switches like "--help"

20161029a

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/20161029a
  • binary support for HAPI servers.
  • bugfix where FileSystem.create would incorrectly lock, causing occasional hang (1%) when multiple threads access the same filesystem.
  • 1699: flickering on FiltersChainPanel dialog.
  • vap+das2Server and vap+das2server were not treated as equivalent, causing "add plot from" initialization feature to fail.

20161008a

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/20161008a
  • fix clipping that occurs with some fonts
  • include Scheme font
  • support reduceMean (collapse1) with slice when possible.
  • other various minor bugs
  • improvements to the new HAPI server support.

v2016a_7

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/v2016a_7
  • blurTsbUri would fail when a data source type was removed (vap+hapi), but one of its URIs was still in the history.
  • 1677: interpolate2D should allow interpolation along edges when the opposite edge contains fill, performance improvements.

20160909c

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/20160909c
  • The spectrogram averaging code didn't properly handle NaN's used as fill values, causing data loss as you zoomed out.
  • Jython codes using if blocks were not properly simplified when automatically creating GUI control panels.
  • the layout panel would occasionally fail to repaint after recent bugfix where it would paint excessively.
  • rfe247, proposed years ago, where you can edit the URI without resetting everything else (on the data tab).
  • dataset index bounds checking flag is enabled by default now, improving error message precision.

20160902b

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/20160902b
  • two column text file of ISO8601 times can be used as an events list. (Thanks, Brian!)
  • 1667: color icons not shown in events list tool.
  • 1666: Jython ds[i,j] would return rank 1 when i was integer and j was rank 0 dataset. (Thanks, Ivar!)
  • .nc files can contain string times like "1997223000009297", plus new support for validMin (Thanks, Babtiste!)
  • data mash-up dialog includes sin, cos, and other trig functions (Thanks, Craig and Yuko!)
  • hilbert function added. (Thanks, Craig!)
  • rfe521: aggregation of images is supported with new rules for aggregation
  • rfe523: format to wav now scales data by default (thanks, George!)

20160827a

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/20160827a
  • production branch v2016a_6 contained a bug where pan feature was jumpy
  • append to CDF works on Windows now
  • unnecessary paints removed
  • aggregation works with image files
  • inverse fft added
  • CDF reader replaceLabels=T will use the Y values instead of channel labels (14.4 eV instead of "ch01")

v2016a_6

20160730a

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/20160730a
  • 1649: plotting a data set below would reset the timerange
  • 1643: pngwalk file basename property would fail when when both product and folder contained "JNO-IONS"
  • 1646: overplot of Y(T) vs X(T) (TSB without timeaxis) flips back to timeaxis momentarily, causing problems with bound axes.
  • bugfix in medianFilter, which was never tested thoroughly.

20160723b

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/20160723a
  • 1635: xaxis fails to unbind.
  • 1637: binary source fails to read large JADE files bigger than 250,000,000 bytes
  • recent change for setItem for datasets in Jython needed to account for sloppy codes.

v2016a_5

20160714c

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/20160714c
  • 1624: local .gz files are now uncompressed automatically.
  • reduce memory requirement for bundles by avoiding copy.
  • CSV and ASCII table reader use skipLines consistently

20160706b

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/20160706b
  • with Jython dataset indexing, where a Jython array used for an index was misused.
  • occasional ConcurrentModification error with Jython scripting finally fixed!
  • UInt24 and Nybble support in the binary data source

20160701a

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/20160701a
  • more hooks for the PNGWalkTool, for building applications with scripts.
  • occasional ConcurrentModification error with Jython scripting finally fixed!

v2016a_4

v2016a_3

20160623a

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/20160623a
  • back out flawed correction to the "Add Plot" dialog when only one URI is used.
  • pngwalk tool digitizer improves support for pngwalks without timeaxis.
  • corrections to Rich ASCII file support.
  • tweaks to the guess cadence code that often shows breaks for log Y axis, when there shouldn't be.
  • MMS CDF file with very negative long fill value for TT2000 was treated inconsistently and mucking up autoranging.

v2016a_2

v2016a_1

v2015a_11

20160123a

  • 1511: unproductive reset of time axis when second plot URI is changed.
  • 1512: CDF files work more consistently on 32 bit Java installations.
  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/20160123a

20160114a

20160108a

20151207b

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/20151207b
  • bug 1500: two autoplots, two editors pointing at same file
  • add code to ensure that ephemeris data is monotonic and non-repeating. LANL script for RBSP ephemeris is fixed, but this will be more tolerant of future mistakes
  • Canvas size GUI supports "7 inch" or "30 centimeters" for dimensions, not just pixels.

20151206a

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/20151206a
  • restore to maximized vap, instead of suggesting scrollbars, when maximized app is saved.
  • experiment with copy and paste plots.
  • 467: add accessory to allow override timerange when loading vap files.

v2015a_10

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/v2015a_10
  • corrections to dashup tool and, or operators
  • add hidden plot would intercept mouse events, making the connected plots difficult to work with.
  • introduce rank0 transform methods to support Jython rank 1 iterator returns rank 0 datasets instead of doubles, breaking Juno/Waves planning script.
  • 1486: minor corrections to layout tab to improve usability

v2015a_9

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/v2015a_9
  • colors dialog allows picking the color from the screen, from other applications and plot images.
  • huge scatter lines thicken as you zoom in closely.
  • updates to the Java signatures.

20151106a

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/20151106a
  • bugfixes with annotations
  • component property changes lock application properly for scripts.
  • AUTOPLOT_DATA/config/colors.txt allows new colors to be added to palette.
  • dashup removeValues introduced. Finish off the original list of functions.

20151028a

v2015a_8

v2015a_7

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/v2015a_7
  • bugfixes since the v2015a_6 release:
  • corrections to support for the leap second, such as rendering axis tick at 23:59:60
  • corrections to contour renderer.
  • allow waveform cadence to change in fftPower. window correction was incorrectly applied.
  • xls files would have times shifted by local time zone.
  • aggregations can start with non-time wildcard like $x, and no longer need any time digits.
  • improvements to memory management and rendering speed.
  • Jython plot command is now the same as the plotx command, accepting keywords.
  • scripts can drive multiple windows and can position the windows, other enhancements to prepare for classroom use.
  • Improved support for HDF5.
  • improved support for huge (>2GB) CDF files.

20150828a

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/20150828a
  • pngwalk can be generated from list of times with arbitrary filenames.
  • 1433: double-check on cadence for FFTs was too restrictive.
  • HDF5 supports where keyword

20150821a

20150729a

v2015a_6

20150716a

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/20150716a
  • Correction for fftPower, where Hann window was not applied correctly.
  • Automatic support for events lists in two- to four-column ascii files.

20150619b

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/20150619b
  • 1347: finally make the result from reducex have uniform timetags.
  • 1415: plotting one day of data from a yearly aggregation. The exact URI timerange now appears.
  • format to CDF with append multiple sets of timetags.

20150612c

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/20150612c
  • slices have properly hidden next/previous buttons
  • GUI title indicates if problemmatic 32bit Java is used.
  • put the script arguments on the address bar and in history.

v2015a_5

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/v2015a_5
  • more macros in labels, like %{METADATA.GlobalAttributes.PI_NAME}
  • Bugfix in Webstart release, where caching would prevent updates.
  • Keep track of scripts, so they only need to be okayed once, enhancing security.
  • 1402: recent change in ascii URIs breaks editor when DEPEND_0 is not the zeroth column.
  • Tools->Filters... added

20150521c

v2015a_4

20150423a

20150420a

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/20150420a
  • putPropertyFilterEditorPanel and putProperty filter.
  • style panels for more render types.
  • improvements to the jython editor.
  • hang detector can be enabled via autoplot_data/config/system.properties, property enableResponseMonitor=true
  • new JavaCDF library, export to more CDF types.
  • scan button fix with waveform data.

20150203a

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/20150203a
  • corrections for Juno meeting, including events file reference in vap file, and baseurl in .pngwalk file.
  • revert aggregation/monotonic logic, which was causing too many problems, and add ensureMonotonic command.

20150124a

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/20150124a
  • minor corrections to the filters GUI
  • fftPower hints that log axis should be used.
  • medianFilter allows 3 to be used for the boxcar width.

v2015a_1

20150114a

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/20150114a/
  • 2015 branding
  • pow and sqrt were available but missing from the list of available filters
  • 1304: Partial vap support introduced bug where linestyle setting would be reset for time series browsing.
  • 1301: redo mechanism that resolves the same file downloaded from two Autoplot instances.
  • fix the labels data with Rank 2 DEPEND_1, where stack of lineplots were not given unique labels

20141221a

20141208e

20141205a

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/20141205a/
  • URI bar updates so that dates are more consistent in vap products.
  • improve feedback when a timerange must be selected from two timeranges.
  • cleanup to PDF writing to support bold and italic fonts.
  • bugfix where ephemeris wouldn't load for Joe.
  • get rid of Thread.sleep use, which was bad practice.

20141126a

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/20141126a/
  • result of aggregations will now always be monotonically increasing (bugfixes).
  • The old CDF-Java library is removed. The next release will also remove the native library.
  • Improved feedback when PDS-PPI node is not available.
  • update RBSP orbits
  • corrections to FITS reader

20141118a

20141110c

20141031c

v2014a_14

20141020c

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/20141020c
  • new filter |setDepend0Cadence('30s') added, to specify explicitly when Autoplot fails to guess.
  • marx orbits added
  • improvements to ImageDataSource for Dave's plot where orbits are overlaid on mars surface

v2014a_13

20141010a

20141009a

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/20141009a
  • Tools are all trusted now, avoiding confirm dialog
  • Fix brand-new user runtime error as autoplot directories are created
  • jython documentation blocks shown in popups.

20140925b

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/20140925b
  • experiment with automatic support for .gz for individual files over http
  • bookmarks files are updated with compose then rename to avoid corruption.
  • bugfix to the bookmarks, no asterisk meaning needs update.

v2014a_12

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/v2014a_12
  • tweaks to Jython script panel
  • RBSP orbits to 2014-10-19
  • generalize mean, mode, stddev, and variance to support any rank dataset by using DataSetIterator. Support fill data.

20140920a

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/20140920a
  • bugfix in CDF where test Maven files were misread because of old kludge.
  • tools are now stored in bookmarks/tools.xml, allowing remote bookmarks files of tools and hierarchies.

20140916a

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/20140916a
  • reload all reloads the TCA
  • 1250: Ephemeris (TCAs) from TSBs at the mission beginning and NRT handled poorly.
  • rfe387: support gzip encoding in downloadResourceAsTempFile.
  • rfe386: interpolation routines must only extrapolate modestly.

v2014a_11

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/v2014a_11
  • bugfix in locking which would mess up pngwalk generation
  • 1255: slow rendering of flash feedback could basically hang application.
  • 1253: bugfix in locking which would mess up pngwalk generation

20140905b

v2014a_10

20140829b

20140815b

20140808a

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/20140808a/
  • pdsppi supports discovery
  • AutoplotServer images are set to .vap file height and width by default
  • Kristoff pointed out where Jython GUI wouldn't reset properly when dom.plots[0].yaxis.range was used as default.

v2014a_9

20140724a

20140722e

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/20140722e/
  • tweaks/clean up to make jython scripts environments more consistent
  • pitch angle distribution rendering
  • URI format/parse to use + in timerange parameters instead of %20, so the URIs are more legible.

20140719b

v2014a_8

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/v2014a_8/
  • 1216: series renderer mis-configured for large datasets rendering.
  • 1224: Time Series Browse load when timerange is context (not x-axis),then zoom in on timerange.
  • jyds would use 2010-01-01 (the default timerange) incorrectly.
  • OpenDAP looks for missing_value and title metadata, preparing to update demo 1 bookmark.
  • add butterworth and medianFilter to the filters

v2014a_7

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/v2014a_7/
  • vap files can be streamed into Autoplot, supporting servers.
  • improvements to metadata in VOSPASE files from PDSPPI node.
  • improvements to xls export to support appending and writing to multiple sheets.

20140606a

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/20140606a/
  • aggregate all breaks with jyds script with timerange param
  • File->print is performed off the event thread, avoiding possible hangs
  • jython script can be run from any Autoplot window

v2014a_6

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/v2014a_6/
  • miscellaneous bugfixes.
  • memory leaks for batch processing
  • allow the main window for jython scripts to be reset.
  • popup dialog asks which timerange to use when it is ambiguous.

v2014a_3

  • http://autoplot.org/jnlp/v2014a_3/
  • last of three first releases of the 2014 branch.
  • v1.08 files fix problems with autorange properties in vap files.
  • include Nand's new Java CDF reader in the stable jars, export to CDF from single-jar release.

Autoplot_Change_Log_archive

Table Of Contents

Introduction

Installation

Getting Started

Bookmarks

Navigation

URIs that Point to Data Files

Download a CDF and Plot it with Autoplot

Load a CDF directly from a website

URIs that Point to Data Servers

CDAWeb

HAPI

URIs

History

URI uses

Saving Plots to .vap Files

Saving to vap files

Loading vap files

Data Sources

ASCII Files

CDF Files

HDF/NetCDF Files

Aggregation

CDAWeb

Das2Servers

HAPI Servers

inline

Exporting Data

Export Types

Additional controls

Aggregation

Tools

PNGWalk Tool

Data Mash Up

Events List

Run Batch

Annotations

Advanced Topics

Granny Strings

Colors

Layout

TimeSeriesBrowse and other Capabilities

Events Lists

Caching

Autoranging

Managing Autoplot's Data Cache

Manual Ticks

Using Autoplot with Python, IDL, and Matlab

Reading data into Python

Reading data into IDL

Reading data into Matlab

Using Autoplot to plot from IDL

QDataSet Data Model

QDataSet Overview

Schemes

Scripting

Scripting Reference

Scripting Cookbook

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