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[100]1"""
2This is the ATNF Single Dish Analysis package.
3
4"""
[1080]5import os,sys,shutil, platform
[1691]6try:
7    from functools import wraps as wraps_dec
8except ImportError:
9    from asap.compatibility import wraps as wraps_dec
[226]10
[1080]11# Set up AIPSPATH and first time use of asap i.e. ~/.asap/*
12plf = None
13if sys.platform == "linux2":
14    if platform.architecture()[0] == '64bit':
15        plf = 'linux_64b'
16    else:
17        plf = 'linux_gnu'
18elif sys.platform == 'darwin':
19    plf = 'darwin'
20else:
21    # Shouldn't happen - default to linux
22    plf = 'linux'
23asapdata = __path__[-1]
[1171]24# Allow user defined data location
25if os.environ.has_key("ASAPDATA"):
26    if os.path.exists(os.environ["ASAPDATA"]):
27        asapdata = os.environ["ASAPDATA"]
[1371]28# use AIPSPATH if defined and "data" dir present
29if not os.environ.has_key("AIPSPATH") or \
30        not os.path.exists(os.environ["AIPSPATH"].split()[0]+"/data"):
[1316]31    os.environ["AIPSPATH"] = "%s %s somwhere" % ( asapdata, plf)
[1171]32# set up user space
[1080]33userdir = os.environ["HOME"]+"/.asap"
34if not os.path.exists(userdir):
35    print 'First time ASAP use. Setting up ~/.asap'
36    os.mkdir(userdir)
37    shutil.copyfile(asapdata+"/data/ipythonrc-asap", userdir+"/ipythonrc-asap")
[1588]38    shutil.copyfile(asapdata+"/data/ipy_user_conf.py",
[1434]39                    userdir+"/ipy_user_conf.py")
[1080]40    f = file(userdir+"/asapuserfuncs.py", "w")
41    f.close()
42    f = file(userdir+"/ipythonrc", "w")
43    f.close()
[1472]44else:
45    # upgrade to support later ipython versions
46    if not os.path.exists(userdir+"/ipy_user_conf.py"):
[1588]47        shutil.copyfile(asapdata+"/data/ipy_user_conf.py",
[1472]48                        userdir+"/ipy_user_conf.py")
49
[1171]50# remove from namespace
[1080]51del asapdata, userdir, shutil, platform
52
[513]53def _validate_bool(b):
[226]54    'Convert b to a boolean or raise'
55    bl = b.lower()
56    if bl in ('f', 'no', 'false', '0', 0): return False
57    elif bl in ('t', 'yes', 'true', '1', 1): return True
58    else:
59        raise ValueError('Could not convert "%s" to boolean' % b)
60
[513]61def _validate_int(s):
[226]62    'convert s to int or raise'
63    try: return int(s)
64    except ValueError:
65        raise ValueError('Could not convert "%s" to int' % s)
66
[513]67def _asap_fname():
[226]68    """
69    Return the path to the rc file
70
71    Search order:
72
73     * current working dir
74     * environ var ASAPRC
[274]75     * HOME/.asaprc
[706]76
[226]77    """
78
79    fname = os.path.join( os.getcwd(), '.asaprc')
80    if os.path.exists(fname): return fname
81
82    if os.environ.has_key('ASAPRC'):
83        path =  os.environ['ASAPRC']
84        if os.path.exists(path):
85            fname = os.path.join(path, '.asaprc')
86            if os.path.exists(fname):
87                return fname
88
89    if os.environ.has_key('HOME'):
90        home =  os.environ['HOME']
91        fname = os.path.join(home, '.asaprc')
92        if os.path.exists(fname):
93            return fname
94    return None
95
[706]96
[226]97defaultParams = {
98    # general
[513]99    'verbose'             : [True, _validate_bool],
100    'useplotter'          : [True, _validate_bool],
[542]101    'insitu'              : [True, _validate_bool],
[706]102
[226]103    # plotting
[706]104    'plotter.gui'         : [True, _validate_bool],
[226]105    'plotter.stacking'    : ['p', str],
106    'plotter.panelling'   : ['s', str],
[700]107    'plotter.colours'     : ['', str],
108    'plotter.linestyles'  : ['', str],
[710]109    'plotter.decimate'    : [False, _validate_bool],
110    'plotter.ganged'      : [True, _validate_bool],
[1022]111    'plotter.histogram'  : [False, _validate_bool],
[1097]112    'plotter.papertype'  : ['A4', str],
[1560]113    'plotter.axesformatting' : ['mpl', str],
[710]114
[226]115    # scantable
116    'scantable.save'      : ['ASAP', str],
[513]117    'scantable.autoaverage'      : [True, _validate_bool],
[226]118    'scantable.freqframe' : ['LSRK', str],  #default frequency frame
[1076]119    'scantable.verbosesummary'   : [False, _validate_bool],
[1422]120    'scantable.storage'   : ['memory', str],
[1504]121    'scantable.history'   : [True, _validate_bool],
[1586]122    'scantable.reference'      : ['.*(e|w|_R)$', str],
123    'scantable.parallactify'   : [False, _validate_bool]
[226]124    # fitter
125    }
126
[255]127def list_rcparameters():
[706]128
[255]129    print """
[737]130# general
131# print verbose output
132verbose                    : True
[255]133
[737]134# preload a default plotter
135useplotter                 : True
[255]136
[737]137# apply operations on the input scantable or return new one
138insitu                     : True
[706]139
[737]140# plotting
[710]141
[737]142# do we want a GUI or plot to a file
143plotter.gui                : True
[710]144
[737]145# default mode for colour stacking
146plotter.stacking           : Pol
[255]147
[737]148# default mode for panelling
149plotter.panelling          : scan
[255]150
[1560]151# push panels together, to share axis labels
[737]152plotter.ganged             : True
[710]153
[1513]154# decimate the number of points plotted by a factor of
[737]155# nchan/1024
156plotter.decimate           : False
[733]157
[737]158# default colours/linestyles
159plotter.colours            :
160plotter.linestyles         :
[700]161
[1022]162# enable/disable histogram plotting
163plotter.histogram          : False
164
[1097]165# ps paper type
166plotter.papertype          : A4
167
[1513]168# The formatting style of the xaxis
[1560]169plotter.axesformatting    : 'mpl' (default) or 'asap' (for old versions of matplotlib)
[1513]170
[737]171# scantable
[1076]172
[1259]173# default storage of scantable ('memory'/'disk')
[1076]174scantable.storage          : memory
[1422]175
176# write history of each call to scantable
177scantable.history          : True
178
[737]179# default ouput format when saving
180scantable.save             : ASAP
[1422]181
[737]182# auto averaging on read
183scantable.autoaverage      : True
[255]184
[737]185# default frequency frame to set when function
[1097]186# scantable.set_freqframe is called
[737]187scantable.freqframe        : LSRK
[255]188
[737]189# Control the level of information printed by summary
190scantable.verbosesummary   : False
[706]191
[1504]192# Control the identification of reference (off) scans
193# This is has to be a regular expression
[1595]194scantable.reference        : .*(e|w|_R)$
[1560]195
[1595]196# Indicate whether the data was parallactified (total phase offest == 0.0)
197scantable.parallactify     : False
198
[737]199# Fitter
200"""
[706]201
[226]202def rc_params():
203    'Return the default params updated from the values in the rc file'
[706]204
[513]205    fname = _asap_fname()
[706]206
[226]207    if fname is None or not os.path.exists(fname):
208        message = 'could not find rc file; returning defaults'
209        ret =  dict([ (key, tup[0]) for key, tup in defaultParams.items()])
210        #print message
211        return ret
[706]212
[226]213    cnt = 0
214    for line in file(fname):
215        cnt +=1
216        line = line.strip()
217        if not len(line): continue
218        if line.startswith('#'): continue
219        tup = line.split(':',1)
220        if len(tup) !=2:
221            print ('Illegal line #%d\n\t%s\n\tin file "%s"' % (cnt, line, fname))
222            continue
[706]223
[226]224        key, val = tup
225        key = key.strip()
226        if not defaultParams.has_key(key):
227            print ('Bad key "%s" on line %d in %s' % (key, cnt, fname))
228            continue
[706]229
[226]230        default, converter =  defaultParams[key]
231
232        ind = val.find('#')
233        if ind>=0: val = val[:ind]   # ignore trailing comments
234        val = val.strip()
235        try: cval = converter(val)   # try to convert to proper type or raise
[1080]236        except ValueError, msg:
[226]237            print ('Bad val "%s" on line #%d\n\t"%s"\n\tin file "%s"\n\t%s' % (val, cnt, line, fname, msg))
238            continue
239        else:
240            # Alles Klar, update dict
241            defaultParams[key][0] = cval
242
243    # strip the conveter funcs and return
244    ret =  dict([ (key, tup[0]) for key, tup in defaultParams.items()])
[466]245    print ('loaded rc file %s'%fname)
[226]246
247    return ret
248
249
250# this is the instance used by the asap classes
[706]251rcParams = rc_params()
[226]252
253rcParamsDefault = dict(rcParams.items()) # a copy
254
255def rc(group, **kwargs):
256    """
257    Set the current rc params.  Group is the grouping for the rc, eg
[379]258    for scantable.save the group is 'scantable', for plotter.stacking, the
259    group is 'plotter', and so on.  kwargs is a list of attribute
[226]260    name/value pairs, eg
261
[379]262      rc('scantable', save='SDFITS')
[226]263
264    sets the current rc params and is equivalent to
[706]265
[379]266      rcParams['scantable.save'] = 'SDFITS'
[226]267
268    Use rcdefaults to restore the default rc params after changes.
269    """
270
[379]271    aliases = {}
[706]272
[226]273    for k,v in kwargs.items():
274        name = aliases.get(k) or k
[1422]275        if len(group):
276            key = '%s.%s' % (group, name)
277        else:
278            key = name
[226]279        if not rcParams.has_key(key):
280            raise KeyError('Unrecognized key "%s" for group "%s" and name "%s"' % (key, group, name))
[706]281
[226]282        rcParams[key] = v
283
284
285def rcdefaults():
286    """
287    Restore the default rc params - the ones that were created at
288    asap load time
289    """
290    rcParams.update(rcParamsDefault)
291
[1295]292def _n_bools(n, val):
[1588]293    return [ val for i in xrange(n) ]
[513]294
295def _is_sequence_or_number(param, ptype=int):
296    if isinstance(param,tuple) or isinstance(param,list):
[928]297        if len(param) == 0: return True # empty list
[513]298        out = True
299        for p in param:
300            out &= isinstance(p,ptype)
301        return out
302    elif isinstance(param, ptype):
303        return True
304    return False
305
[928]306def _to_list(param, ptype=int):
307    if isinstance(param, ptype):
308        if ptype is str: return param.split()
309        else: return [param]
310    if _is_sequence_or_number(param, ptype):
311        return param
312    return None
[715]313
[944]314def unique(x):
[992]315    """
316    Return the unique values in a list
317    Parameters:
318        x:      the list to reduce
319    Examples:
320        x = [1,2,3,3,4]
321        print unique(x)
322        [1,2,3,4]
323    """
[944]324    return dict([ (val, 1) for val in x]).keys()
325
[992]326def list_files(path=".",suffix="rpf"):
327    """
328    Return a list files readable by asap, such as rpf, sdfits, mbf, asap
329    Parameters:
330        path:     The directory to list (default '.')
331        suffix:   The file extension (default rpf)
332    Example:
333        files = list_files("data/","sdfits")
334        print files
335        ['data/2001-09-01_0332_P363.sdfits',
336        'data/2003-04-04_131152_t0002.sdfits',
337        'data/Sgr_86p262_best_SPC.sdfits']
338    """
339    if not os.path.isdir(path):
340        return None
[1295]341    valid = "rpf rpf.1 rpf.2 sdf sdfits mbf asap".split()
[992]342    if not suffix in valid:
343        return None
344    files = [os.path.expanduser(os.path.expandvars(path+"/"+f)) for f in os.listdir(path)]
345    return filter(lambda x: x.endswith(suffix),files)
346
[715]347# workaround for ipython, which redirects this if banner=0 in ipythonrc
348sys.stdout = sys.__stdout__
349sys.stderr = sys.__stderr__
350
351# Logging
352from asap._asap import Log as _asaplog
353global asaplog
[710]354asaplog=_asaplog()
[715]355if rcParams['verbose']:
356    asaplog.enable()
357else:
358    asaplog.disable()
359
[1589]360
361def print_log_dec(f):
[1691]362    @wraps_dec(f)
[1589]363    def wrap_it(*args, **kw):
364        val = f(*args, **kw)
365        print_log()
366        return val
367    return wrap_it
368
[715]369def print_log():
[1589]370    log = asaplog.pop().strip()
[715]371    if len(log) and rcParams['verbose']: print log
372    return
373
[1295]374def mask_and(a, b):
375    assert(len(a)==len(b))
376    return [ a[i] & b[i] for i in xrange(len(a)) ]
[1134]377
[1295]378def mask_or(a, b):
379    assert(len(a)==len(b))
380    return [ a[i] | b[i] for i in xrange(len(a)) ]
381
382def mask_not(a):
383    return [ not i for i in a ]
384
[1117]385from asapfitter import fitter
[895]386from asapreader import reader
[944]387from selector import selector
[710]388
[100]389from asapmath import *
[1080]390from scantable import scantable
[1097]391from asaplinefind import linefinder
[1645]392from simplelinefinder import simplelinefinder
[1134]393from linecatalog import linecatalog
[1689]394from opacity import skydip
[285]395
[928]396if rcParams['useplotter']:
[1295]397    try:
[1423]398        from asapplotter import asapplotter
399        gui = os.environ.has_key('DISPLAY') and rcParams['plotter.gui']
400        if gui:
[1422]401            import matplotlib
402            matplotlib.use("TkAgg")
[1691]403        from matplotlib import pylab
[1422]404        xyplotter = pylab
[1423]405        plotter = asapplotter(gui)
406        del gui
[1295]407    except ImportError:
[1423]408        print "Matplotlib not installed. No plotting available"
[285]409
[574]410__date__ = '$Date: 2010-02-11 00:46:14 +0000 (Thu, 11 Feb 2010) $'.split()[1]
[1560]411__version__  = '$Revision: 1697 $'
[100]412
[1193]413def is_ipython():
[1259]414    return '__IP' in dir(sys.modules["__main__"])
[1589]415
[1193]416if is_ipython():
[1014]417    def version(): print  "ASAP %s(%s)"% (__version__, __date__)
[1588]418
419    def list_scans(t = scantable):
[1560]420        import inspect
421        print "The user created scantables are: ",
422        globs=inspect.currentframe().f_back.f_locals.copy()
423        out = [ k for k,v in globs.iteritems() \
424                     if isinstance(v, scantable) and not k.startswith("_") ]
425        print out
426        return out
[100]427
[715]428    def commands():
429        x = """
[113]430    [The scan container]
431        scantable           - a container for integrations/scans
[182]432                              (can open asap/rpfits/sdfits and ms files)
[113]433            copy            - returns a copy of a scan
434            get_scan        - gets a specific scan out of a scantable
[984]435                              (by name or number)
[1093]436            drop_scan       - drops a specific scan out of a scantable
437                              (by number)
[984]438            set_selection   - set a new subselection of the data
439            get_selection   - get the current selection object
[113]440            summary         - print info about the scantable contents
[182]441            stats           - get specified statistic of the spectra in
442                              the scantable
443            stddev          - get the standard deviation of the spectra
444                              in the scantable
[113]445            get_tsys        - get the TSys
446            get_time        - get the timestamps of the integrations
[1351]447            get_inttime     - get the integration time
[733]448            get_sourcename  - get the source names of the scans
[794]449            get_azimuth     - get the azimuth of the scans
450            get_elevation   - get the elevation of the scans
451            get_parangle    - get the parallactic angle of the scans
[1697]452            get_coordinate  - get the spectral coordinate for the given row,
453                              which can be used for coordinate conversions
[876]454            get_unit        - get the current unit
[513]455            set_unit        - set the abcissa unit to be used from this
456                              point on
[255]457            get_abcissa     - get the abcissa values and name for a given
458                              row (time)
[1259]459            get_column_names - get the names of the columns in the scantable
460                               for use with selector.set_query
[113]461            set_freqframe   - set the frame info for the Spectral Axis
462                              (e.g. 'LSRK')
[276]463            set_doppler     - set the doppler to be used from this point on
[984]464            set_dirframe    - set the frame for the direction on the sky
[240]465            set_instrument  - set the instrument name
[1190]466            set_feedtype    - set the feed type
[255]467            get_fluxunit    - get the brightness flux unit
[240]468            set_fluxunit    - set the brightness flux unit
[1508]469            set_sourcetype  - set the type of the source - source or reference
[188]470            create_mask     - return an mask in the current unit
471                              for the given region. The specified regions
472                              are NOT masked
[255]473            get_restfreqs   - get the current list of rest frequencies
474            set_restfreqs   - set a list of rest frequencies
[1471]475            shift_refpix    - shift the reference pixel of the IFs
476            set_spectrum    - overwrite the spectrum for a given row
477            get_spectrum    - retrieve the spectrum for a given
478            get_mask        - retrieve the mask for a given
[1012]479            flag            - flag selected channels in the data
[1192]480            lag_flag        - flag specified frequency in the data
[1151]481            save            - save the scantable to disk as either 'ASAP',
482                              'SDFITS' or 'ASCII'
[486]483            nbeam,nif,nchan,npol - the number of beams/IFs/Pols/Chans
[733]484            nscan           - the number of scans in the scantable
[1422]485            nrow            - the number of spectra in the scantable
[486]486            history         - print the history of the scantable
[530]487            get_fit         - get a fit which has been stored witnh the data
[706]488            average_time    - return the (weighted) time average of a scan
[513]489                              or a list of scans
490            average_pol     - average the polarisations together.
[1144]491            average_beam    - average the beams together.
[992]492            convert_pol     - convert to a different polarisation type
[690]493            auto_quotient   - return the on/off quotient with
[1069]494                              automatic detection of the on/off scans (closest
495                              in time off is selected)
[1144]496            mx_quotient     - Form a quotient using MX data (off beams)
[1014]497            scale, *, /     - return a scan scaled by a given factor
[1560]498            add, +          - return a scan with given value added
499            sub, -          - return a scan with given value subtracted
[513]500            bin             - return a scan with binned channels
501            resample        - return a scan with resampled channels
502            smooth          - return the spectrally smoothed scan
503            poly_baseline   - fit a polynomial baseline to all Beams/IFs/Pols
[706]504            auto_poly_baseline - automatically fit a polynomial baseline
[780]505            recalc_azel     - recalculate azimuth and elevation based on
506                              the pointing
[513]507            gain_el         - apply gain-elevation correction
508            opacity         - apply opacity correction
509            convert_flux    - convert to and from Jy and Kelvin brightness
[255]510                              units
[513]511            freq_align      - align spectra in frequency frame
[1014]512            invert_phase    - Invert the phase of the cross-correlation
[1351]513            swap_linears    - Swap XX and YY (or RR LL)
[513]514            rotate_xyphase  - rotate XY phase of cross correlation
515            rotate_linpolphase - rotate the phase of the complex
516                                 polarization O=Q+iU correlation
[733]517            freq_switch     - perform frequency switching on the data
518            stats           - Determine the specified statistic, e.g. 'min'
519                              'max', 'rms' etc.
520            stddev          - Determine the standard deviation of the current
521                              beam/if/pol
[1588]522            get_row_selector - get the selection object for a specified row
523                               number
[1014]524     [Selection]
525         selector              - a selection object to set a subset of a scantable
526            set_scans          - set (a list of) scans by index
527            set_cycles         - set (a list of) cycles by index
528            set_beams          - set (a list of) beamss by index
529            set_ifs            - set (a list of) ifs by index
530            set_polarisations  - set (a list of) polarisations by name
531                                 or by index
532            set_names          - set a selection by name (wildcards allowed)
533            set_tsys           - set a selection by tsys thresholds
[1259]534            set_query          - set a selection by SQL-like query, e.g. BEAMNO==1
[1351]535            ( also  get_ functions for all these )
[1014]536            reset              - unset all selections
[1351]537            +                  - merge two selections
[733]538
[513]539     [Math] Mainly functions which operate on more than one scantable
[100]540
[706]541            average_time    - return the (weighted) time average
[513]542                              of a list of scans
543            quotient        - return the on/off quotient
544            simple_math     - simple mathematical operations on two scantables,
545                              'add', 'sub', 'mul', 'div'
[1069]546            quotient        - build quotient of the given on and off scans
[1351]547                              (matched pairs and 1 off - n on are valid)
[1117]548            merge           - merge a list of scantables
[1069]549
[1151]550     [Line Catalog]
551        linecatalog              - a linecatalog wrapper, taking an ASCII or
552                                   internal format table
553            summary              - print a summary of the current selection
554            set_name             - select a subset by name pattern, e.g. '*OH*'
555            set_strength_limits  - select a subset by line strength limits
556            set_frequency_limits - select a subset by frequency limits
557            reset                - unset all selections
558            save                 - save the current subset to a table (internal
559                                   format)
560            get_row              - get the name and frequency from a specific
561                                   row in the table
[513]562     [Fitting]
[113]563        fitter
564            auto_fit        - return a scan where the function is
565                              applied to all Beams/IFs/Pols.
566            commit          - return a new scan where the fits have been
567                              commited.
568            fit             - execute the actual fitting process
[984]569            store_fit       - store the fit parameters in the data (scantable)
[113]570            get_chi2        - get the Chi^2
571            set_scan        - set the scantable to be fit
572            set_function    - set the fitting function
573            set_parameters  - set the parameters for the function(s), and
574                              set if they should be held fixed during fitting
[513]575            set_gauss_parameters - same as above but specialised for individual
576                                   gaussian components
[113]577            get_parameters  - get the fitted parameters
[513]578            plot            - plot the resulting fit and/or components and
579                              residual
[210]580    [Plotter]
581        asapplotter         - a plotter for asap, default plotter is
582                              called 'plotter'
[984]583            plot            - plot a scantable
[1151]584            plot_lines      - plot a linecatalog overlay
[1697]585            plotazel        - plot azimuth and elevation versus time
586            plotpointing    - plot telescope pointings
[378]587            save            - save the plot to a file ('png' ,'ps' or 'eps')
[210]588            set_mode        - set the state of the plotter, i.e.
589                              what is to be plotted 'colour stacked'
590                              and what 'panelled'
[984]591            set_selection   - only plot a selected part of the data
[733]592            set_range       - set a 'zoom' window [xmin,xmax,ymin,ymax]
[255]593            set_legend      - specify user labels for the legend indeces
594            set_title       - specify user labels for the panel indeces
[733]595            set_abcissa     - specify a user label for the abcissa
[255]596            set_ordinate    - specify a user label for the ordinate
[378]597            set_layout      - specify the multi-panel layout (rows,cols)
[733]598            set_colors      - specify a set of colours to use
599            set_linestyles  - specify a set of linestyles to use if only
600                              using one color
[1151]601            set_font        - set general font properties, e.g. 'family'
[1054]602            set_histogram   - plot in historam style
[733]603            set_mask        - set a plotting mask for a specific polarization
[1171]604            text            - draw text annotations either in data or relative
605                              coordinates
606            arrow           - draw arrow annotations either in data or relative
607                              coordinates
608            axhline,axvline - draw horizontal/vertical lines
609            axhspan,axvspan - draw horizontal/vertical regions
[1560]610            annotate        - draw an arrow with label
611            create_mask     - create a scnatble mask interactively
[1175]612
613        xyplotter           - matplotlib/pylab plotting functions
614
[182]615    [Reading files]
616        reader              - access rpfits/sdfits files
[984]617            open            - attach reader to a file
618            close           - detach reader from file
[182]619            read            - read in integrations
620            summary         - list info about all integrations
621
[113]622    [General]
623        commands            - this command
624        print               - print details about a variable
[1560]625        list_scans          - list all scantables created by the user
[992]626        list_files          - list all files readable by asap (default rpf)
[113]627        del                 - delete the given variable from memory
628        range               - create a list of values, e.g.
629                              range(3) = [0,1,2], range(2,5) = [2,3,4]
630        help                - print help for one of the listed functions
631        execfile            - execute an asap script, e.g. execfile('myscript')
[255]632        list_rcparameters   - print out a list of possible values to be
[274]633                              put into $HOME/.asaprc
[1171]634        rc                  - set rc parameters from within asap
[466]635        mask_and,mask_or,
636        mask_not            - boolean operations on masks created with
637                              scantable.create_mask
[1697]638        skydip              - gain opacity values from a sky dip observation
[706]639
[210]640    Note:
641        How to use this with help:
642                                         # function 'summary'
643        [xxx] is just a category
644        Every 'sub-level' in this list should be replaces by a '.' Period when
[706]645        using help
[210]646        Example:
647            ASAP> help scantable # to get info on ths scantable
648            ASAP> help scantable.summary # to get help on the scantable's
649            ASAP> help average_time
650
[715]651            """
[1151]652        if rcParams['verbose']:
653            try:
654                from IPython.genutils import page as pager
655            except ImportError:
656                from pydoc import pager
657            pager(x)
658        else:
659            print x
[715]660        return
[113]661
[706]662def welcome():
663    return """Welcome to ASAP v%s (%s) - the ATNF Spectral Analysis Package
[100]664
[1035]665Please report any bugs via:
[1378]666http://svn.atnf.csiro.au/trac/asap/simpleticket
[100]667
[378]668[IMPORTANT: ASAP is 0-based]
[706]669Type commands() to get a list of all available ASAP commands.""" % (__version__, __date__)
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