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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    fname = os.path.join( os.getcwd(), '.asaprc')
79    if os.path.exists(fname): return fname
80
81    if os.environ.has_key('ASAPRC'):
82        path =  os.environ['ASAPRC']
83        if os.path.exists(path):
84            fname = os.path.join(path, '.asaprc')
85            if os.path.exists(fname):
86                return fname
87
88    if os.environ.has_key('HOME'):
89        home =  os.environ['HOME']
90        fname = os.path.join(home, '.asaprc')
91        if os.path.exists(fname):
92            return fname
93    return None
94
[706]95
[226]96defaultParams = {
97    # general
[513]98    'verbose'             : [True, _validate_bool],
99    'useplotter'          : [True, _validate_bool],
[542]100    'insitu'              : [True, _validate_bool],
[706]101
[226]102    # plotting
[706]103    'plotter.gui'         : [True, _validate_bool],
[226]104    'plotter.stacking'    : ['p', str],
105    'plotter.panelling'   : ['s', str],
[700]106    'plotter.colours'     : ['', str],
107    'plotter.linestyles'  : ['', str],
[710]108    'plotter.decimate'    : [False, _validate_bool],
109    'plotter.ganged'      : [True, _validate_bool],
[1022]110    'plotter.histogram'  : [False, _validate_bool],
[1097]111    'plotter.papertype'  : ['A4', str],
[1560]112    'plotter.axesformatting' : ['mpl', str],
[710]113
[226]114    # scantable
115    'scantable.save'      : ['ASAP', str],
[513]116    'scantable.autoaverage'      : [True, _validate_bool],
[226]117    'scantable.freqframe' : ['LSRK', str],  #default frequency frame
[1076]118    'scantable.verbosesummary'   : [False, _validate_bool],
[1422]119    'scantable.storage'   : ['memory', str],
[1504]120    'scantable.history'   : [True, _validate_bool],
[1586]121    'scantable.reference'      : ['.*(e|w|_R)$', str],
122    'scantable.parallactify'   : [False, _validate_bool]
[226]123    # fitter
124    }
125
[255]126def list_rcparameters():
[706]127
[255]128    print """
[737]129# general
130# print verbose output
131verbose                    : True
[255]132
[737]133# preload a default plotter
134useplotter                 : True
[255]135
[737]136# apply operations on the input scantable or return new one
137insitu                     : True
[706]138
[737]139# plotting
[710]140
[737]141# do we want a GUI or plot to a file
142plotter.gui                : True
[710]143
[737]144# default mode for colour stacking
145plotter.stacking           : Pol
[255]146
[737]147# default mode for panelling
148plotter.panelling          : scan
[255]149
[1560]150# push panels together, to share axis labels
[737]151plotter.ganged             : True
[710]152
[1513]153# decimate the number of points plotted by a factor of
[737]154# nchan/1024
155plotter.decimate           : False
[733]156
[737]157# default colours/linestyles
158plotter.colours            :
159plotter.linestyles         :
[700]160
[1022]161# enable/disable histogram plotting
162plotter.histogram          : False
163
[1097]164# ps paper type
165plotter.papertype          : A4
166
[1513]167# The formatting style of the xaxis
[1560]168plotter.axesformatting    : 'mpl' (default) or 'asap' (for old versions of matplotlib)
[1513]169
[737]170# scantable
[1076]171
[1259]172# default storage of scantable ('memory'/'disk')
[1076]173scantable.storage          : memory
[1422]174
175# write history of each call to scantable
176scantable.history          : True
177
[737]178# default ouput format when saving
179scantable.save             : ASAP
[1422]180
[737]181# auto averaging on read
182scantable.autoaverage      : True
[255]183
[737]184# default frequency frame to set when function
[1097]185# scantable.set_freqframe is called
[737]186scantable.freqframe        : LSRK
[255]187
[737]188# Control the level of information printed by summary
189scantable.verbosesummary   : False
[706]190
[1504]191# Control the identification of reference (off) scans
192# This is has to be a regular expression
[1595]193scantable.reference        : .*(e|w|_R)$
[1560]194
[1595]195# Indicate whether the data was parallactified (total phase offest == 0.0)
196scantable.parallactify     : False
197
[737]198# Fitter
199"""
[706]200
[226]201def rc_params():
202    'Return the default params updated from the values in the rc file'
[706]203
[513]204    fname = _asap_fname()
[706]205
[226]206    if fname is None or not os.path.exists(fname):
207        message = 'could not find rc file; returning defaults'
208        ret =  dict([ (key, tup[0]) for key, tup in defaultParams.items()])
209        #print message
210        return ret
[706]211
[226]212    cnt = 0
213    for line in file(fname):
214        cnt +=1
215        line = line.strip()
216        if not len(line): continue
217        if line.startswith('#'): continue
218        tup = line.split(':',1)
219        if len(tup) !=2:
220            print ('Illegal line #%d\n\t%s\n\tin file "%s"' % (cnt, line, fname))
221            continue
[706]222
[226]223        key, val = tup
224        key = key.strip()
225        if not defaultParams.has_key(key):
226            print ('Bad key "%s" on line %d in %s' % (key, cnt, fname))
227            continue
[706]228
[226]229        default, converter =  defaultParams[key]
230
231        ind = val.find('#')
232        if ind>=0: val = val[:ind]   # ignore trailing comments
233        val = val.strip()
234        try: cval = converter(val)   # try to convert to proper type or raise
[1080]235        except ValueError, msg:
[226]236            print ('Bad val "%s" on line #%d\n\t"%s"\n\tin file "%s"\n\t%s' % (val, cnt, line, fname, msg))
237            continue
238        else:
239            # Alles Klar, update dict
240            defaultParams[key][0] = cval
241
242    # strip the conveter funcs and return
243    ret =  dict([ (key, tup[0]) for key, tup in defaultParams.items()])
[466]244    print ('loaded rc file %s'%fname)
[226]245
246    return ret
247
248
249# this is the instance used by the asap classes
[706]250rcParams = rc_params()
[226]251
252rcParamsDefault = dict(rcParams.items()) # a copy
253
254def rc(group, **kwargs):
255    """
256    Set the current rc params.  Group is the grouping for the rc, eg
[379]257    for scantable.save the group is 'scantable', for plotter.stacking, the
258    group is 'plotter', and so on.  kwargs is a list of attribute
[226]259    name/value pairs, eg
260
[379]261      rc('scantable', save='SDFITS')
[226]262
263    sets the current rc params and is equivalent to
[706]264
[379]265      rcParams['scantable.save'] = 'SDFITS'
[226]266
267    Use rcdefaults to restore the default rc params after changes.
268    """
269
[379]270    aliases = {}
[706]271
[226]272    for k,v in kwargs.items():
273        name = aliases.get(k) or k
[1422]274        if len(group):
275            key = '%s.%s' % (group, name)
276        else:
277            key = name
[226]278        if not rcParams.has_key(key):
279            raise KeyError('Unrecognized key "%s" for group "%s" and name "%s"' % (key, group, name))
[706]280
[226]281        rcParams[key] = v
282
283
284def rcdefaults():
285    """
286    Restore the default rc params - the ones that were created at
287    asap load time
288    """
289    rcParams.update(rcParamsDefault)
290
[1295]291def _n_bools(n, val):
[1588]292    return [ val for i in xrange(n) ]
[513]293
294def _is_sequence_or_number(param, ptype=int):
295    if isinstance(param,tuple) or isinstance(param,list):
[928]296        if len(param) == 0: return True # empty list
[513]297        out = True
298        for p in param:
299            out &= isinstance(p,ptype)
300        return out
301    elif isinstance(param, ptype):
302        return True
303    return False
304
[928]305def _to_list(param, ptype=int):
306    if isinstance(param, ptype):
307        if ptype is str: return param.split()
308        else: return [param]
309    if _is_sequence_or_number(param, ptype):
310        return param
311    return None
[715]312
[944]313def unique(x):
[992]314    """
315    Return the unique values in a list
316    Parameters:
317        x:      the list to reduce
318    Examples:
319        x = [1,2,3,3,4]
320        print unique(x)
321        [1,2,3,4]
322    """
[944]323    return dict([ (val, 1) for val in x]).keys()
324
[992]325def list_files(path=".",suffix="rpf"):
326    """
327    Return a list files readable by asap, such as rpf, sdfits, mbf, asap
328    Parameters:
329        path:     The directory to list (default '.')
330        suffix:   The file extension (default rpf)
331    Example:
332        files = list_files("data/","sdfits")
333        print files
334        ['data/2001-09-01_0332_P363.sdfits',
335        'data/2003-04-04_131152_t0002.sdfits',
336        'data/Sgr_86p262_best_SPC.sdfits']
337    """
338    if not os.path.isdir(path):
339        return None
[1295]340    valid = "rpf rpf.1 rpf.2 sdf sdfits mbf asap".split()
[992]341    if not suffix in valid:
342        return None
343    files = [os.path.expanduser(os.path.expandvars(path+"/"+f)) for f in os.listdir(path)]
344    return filter(lambda x: x.endswith(suffix),files)
345
[715]346# workaround for ipython, which redirects this if banner=0 in ipythonrc
347sys.stdout = sys.__stdout__
348sys.stderr = sys.__stderr__
349
350# Logging
351from asap._asap import Log as _asaplog
352global asaplog
[710]353asaplog=_asaplog()
[715]354if rcParams['verbose']:
355    asaplog.enable()
356else:
357    asaplog.disable()
358
[1589]359
360def print_log_dec(f):
[1691]361    @wraps_dec(f)
[1589]362    def wrap_it(*args, **kw):
363        val = f(*args, **kw)
364        print_log()
365        return val
366    return wrap_it
367
[715]368def print_log():
[1589]369    log = asaplog.pop().strip()
[715]370    if len(log) and rcParams['verbose']: print log
371    return
372
[1295]373def mask_and(a, b):
374    assert(len(a)==len(b))
375    return [ a[i] & b[i] for i in xrange(len(a)) ]
[1134]376
[1295]377def mask_or(a, b):
378    assert(len(a)==len(b))
379    return [ a[i] | b[i] for i in xrange(len(a)) ]
380
381def mask_not(a):
382    return [ not i for i in a ]
383
[1117]384from asapfitter import fitter
[895]385from asapreader import reader
[944]386from selector import selector
[710]387
[100]388from asapmath import *
[1080]389from scantable import scantable
[1097]390from asaplinefind import linefinder
[1645]391from simplelinefinder import simplelinefinder
[1134]392from linecatalog import linecatalog
[1689]393from opacity import skydip
[1725]394from opacity import model as opacity_model
[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: 2010-05-04 02:42:40 +0000 (Tue, 04 May 2010) $'.split()[1]
[1560]411__version__  = '$Revision: 1739 $'
[100]412
[1193]413def is_ipython():
[1725]414    return 'IPython' in sys.modules.keys()
[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
[1739]454            get_weather     - get the weather condition parameters
[876]455            get_unit        - get the current unit
[513]456            set_unit        - set the abcissa unit to be used from this
457                              point on
[255]458            get_abcissa     - get the abcissa values and name for a given
459                              row (time)
[1259]460            get_column_names - get the names of the columns in the scantable
461                               for use with selector.set_query
[113]462            set_freqframe   - set the frame info for the Spectral Axis
463                              (e.g. 'LSRK')
[276]464            set_doppler     - set the doppler to be used from this point on
[984]465            set_dirframe    - set the frame for the direction on the sky
[240]466            set_instrument  - set the instrument name
[1190]467            set_feedtype    - set the feed type
[255]468            get_fluxunit    - get the brightness flux unit
[240]469            set_fluxunit    - set the brightness flux unit
[1508]470            set_sourcetype  - set the type of the source - source or reference
[188]471            create_mask     - return an mask in the current unit
472                              for the given region. The specified regions
473                              are NOT masked
[255]474            get_restfreqs   - get the current list of rest frequencies
475            set_restfreqs   - set a list of rest frequencies
[1471]476            shift_refpix    - shift the reference pixel of the IFs
477            set_spectrum    - overwrite the spectrum for a given row
478            get_spectrum    - retrieve the spectrum for a given
479            get_mask        - retrieve the mask for a given
[1012]480            flag            - flag selected channels in the data
[1192]481            lag_flag        - flag specified frequency in the data
[1151]482            save            - save the scantable to disk as either 'ASAP',
483                              'SDFITS' or 'ASCII'
[486]484            nbeam,nif,nchan,npol - the number of beams/IFs/Pols/Chans
[733]485            nscan           - the number of scans in the scantable
[1422]486            nrow            - the number of spectra in the scantable
[486]487            history         - print the history of the scantable
[530]488            get_fit         - get a fit which has been stored witnh the data
[706]489            average_time    - return the (weighted) time average of a scan
[513]490                              or a list of scans
491            average_pol     - average the polarisations together.
[1144]492            average_beam    - average the beams together.
[992]493            convert_pol     - convert to a different polarisation type
[690]494            auto_quotient   - return the on/off quotient with
[1069]495                              automatic detection of the on/off scans (closest
496                              in time off is selected)
[1144]497            mx_quotient     - Form a quotient using MX data (off beams)
[1014]498            scale, *, /     - return a scan scaled by a given factor
[1560]499            add, +          - return a scan with given value added
500            sub, -          - return a scan with given value subtracted
[513]501            bin             - return a scan with binned channels
502            resample        - return a scan with resampled channels
503            smooth          - return the spectrally smoothed scan
504            poly_baseline   - fit a polynomial baseline to all Beams/IFs/Pols
[706]505            auto_poly_baseline - automatically fit a polynomial baseline
[780]506            recalc_azel     - recalculate azimuth and elevation based on
507                              the pointing
[513]508            gain_el         - apply gain-elevation correction
509            opacity         - apply opacity correction
510            convert_flux    - convert to and from Jy and Kelvin brightness
[255]511                              units
[513]512            freq_align      - align spectra in frequency frame
[1014]513            invert_phase    - Invert the phase of the cross-correlation
[1351]514            swap_linears    - Swap XX and YY (or RR LL)
[513]515            rotate_xyphase  - rotate XY phase of cross correlation
516            rotate_linpolphase - rotate the phase of the complex
517                                 polarization O=Q+iU correlation
[733]518            freq_switch     - perform frequency switching on the data
519            stats           - Determine the specified statistic, e.g. 'min'
520                              'max', 'rms' etc.
521            stddev          - Determine the standard deviation of the current
522                              beam/if/pol
[1588]523            get_row_selector - get the selection object for a specified row
524                               number
[1014]525     [Selection]
526         selector              - a selection object to set a subset of a scantable
527            set_scans          - set (a list of) scans by index
528            set_cycles         - set (a list of) cycles by index
529            set_beams          - set (a list of) beamss by index
530            set_ifs            - set (a list of) ifs by index
531            set_polarisations  - set (a list of) polarisations by name
532                                 or by index
533            set_names          - set a selection by name (wildcards allowed)
534            set_tsys           - set a selection by tsys thresholds
[1259]535            set_query          - set a selection by SQL-like query, e.g. BEAMNO==1
[1351]536            ( also  get_ functions for all these )
[1014]537            reset              - unset all selections
[1351]538            +                  - merge two selections
[733]539
[513]540     [Math] Mainly functions which operate on more than one scantable
[100]541
[706]542            average_time    - return the (weighted) time average
[513]543                              of a list of scans
544            quotient        - return the on/off quotient
545            simple_math     - simple mathematical operations on two scantables,
546                              'add', 'sub', 'mul', 'div'
[1069]547            quotient        - build quotient of the given on and off scans
[1351]548                              (matched pairs and 1 off - n on are valid)
[1117]549            merge           - merge a list of scantables
[1069]550
[1151]551     [Line Catalog]
552        linecatalog              - a linecatalog wrapper, taking an ASCII or
553                                   internal format table
554            summary              - print a summary of the current selection
555            set_name             - select a subset by name pattern, e.g. '*OH*'
556            set_strength_limits  - select a subset by line strength limits
557            set_frequency_limits - select a subset by frequency limits
558            reset                - unset all selections
559            save                 - save the current subset to a table (internal
560                                   format)
561            get_row              - get the name and frequency from a specific
562                                   row in the table
[513]563     [Fitting]
[113]564        fitter
565            auto_fit        - return a scan where the function is
566                              applied to all Beams/IFs/Pols.
567            commit          - return a new scan where the fits have been
568                              commited.
569            fit             - execute the actual fitting process
[984]570            store_fit       - store the fit parameters in the data (scantable)
[113]571            get_chi2        - get the Chi^2
572            set_scan        - set the scantable to be fit
573            set_function    - set the fitting function
574            set_parameters  - set the parameters for the function(s), and
575                              set if they should be held fixed during fitting
[513]576            set_gauss_parameters - same as above but specialised for individual
577                                   gaussian components
[113]578            get_parameters  - get the fitted parameters
[513]579            plot            - plot the resulting fit and/or components and
580                              residual
[210]581    [Plotter]
582        asapplotter         - a plotter for asap, default plotter is
583                              called 'plotter'
[984]584            plot            - plot a scantable
[1151]585            plot_lines      - plot a linecatalog overlay
[1697]586            plotazel        - plot azimuth and elevation versus time
587            plotpointing    - plot telescope pointings
[378]588            save            - save the plot to a file ('png' ,'ps' or 'eps')
[210]589            set_mode        - set the state of the plotter, i.e.
590                              what is to be plotted 'colour stacked'
591                              and what 'panelled'
[984]592            set_selection   - only plot a selected part of the data
[733]593            set_range       - set a 'zoom' window [xmin,xmax,ymin,ymax]
[255]594            set_legend      - specify user labels for the legend indeces
595            set_title       - specify user labels for the panel indeces
[733]596            set_abcissa     - specify a user label for the abcissa
[255]597            set_ordinate    - specify a user label for the ordinate
[378]598            set_layout      - specify the multi-panel layout (rows,cols)
[733]599            set_colors      - specify a set of colours to use
600            set_linestyles  - specify a set of linestyles to use if only
601                              using one color
[1151]602            set_font        - set general font properties, e.g. 'family'
[1054]603            set_histogram   - plot in historam style
[733]604            set_mask        - set a plotting mask for a specific polarization
[1171]605            text            - draw text annotations either in data or relative
606                              coordinates
607            arrow           - draw arrow annotations either in data or relative
608                              coordinates
609            axhline,axvline - draw horizontal/vertical lines
610            axhspan,axvspan - draw horizontal/vertical regions
[1560]611            annotate        - draw an arrow with label
612            create_mask     - create a scnatble mask interactively
[1175]613
614        xyplotter           - matplotlib/pylab plotting functions
615
[113]616    [General]
617        commands            - this command
618        print               - print details about a variable
[1560]619        list_scans          - list all scantables created by the user
[992]620        list_files          - list all files readable by asap (default rpf)
[113]621        del                 - delete the given variable from memory
622        range               - create a list of values, e.g.
623                              range(3) = [0,1,2], range(2,5) = [2,3,4]
624        help                - print help for one of the listed functions
625        execfile            - execute an asap script, e.g. execfile('myscript')
[255]626        list_rcparameters   - print out a list of possible values to be
[274]627                              put into $HOME/.asaprc
[1171]628        rc                  - set rc parameters from within asap
[466]629        mask_and,mask_or,
630        mask_not            - boolean operations on masks created with
631                              scantable.create_mask
[1697]632        skydip              - gain opacity values from a sky dip observation
[1725]633        opacity_model       - compute opacities fro given frequencies based on
634                              atmospheric model
[706]635
[210]636    Note:
637        How to use this with help:
638                                         # function 'summary'
639        [xxx] is just a category
640        Every 'sub-level' in this list should be replaces by a '.' Period when
[706]641        using help
[210]642        Example:
643            ASAP> help scantable # to get info on ths scantable
644            ASAP> help scantable.summary # to get help on the scantable's
645            ASAP> help average_time
646
[715]647            """
[1151]648        if rcParams['verbose']:
649            try:
650                from IPython.genutils import page as pager
651            except ImportError:
652                from pydoc import pager
653            pager(x)
654        else:
655            print x
[715]656        return
[113]657
[706]658def welcome():
659    return """Welcome to ASAP v%s (%s) - the ATNF Spectral Analysis Package
[100]660
[1035]661Please report any bugs via:
[1378]662http://svn.atnf.csiro.au/trac/asap/simpleticket
[100]663
[378]664[IMPORTANT: ASAP is 0-based]
[706]665Type commands() to get a list of all available ASAP commands.""" % (__version__, __date__)
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