source: trunk/python/ipysupport.py@ 2643

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1import sys
2import inspect
3
4from asap.parameters import rcParams
5from asap.scantable import scantable
6
7
8# workaround for ipython, which redirects this if banner=0 in ipythonrc
9#sys.stdout = sys.__stdout__
10#sys.stderr = sys.__stderr__
11
12def version():
13 print "ASAP %s(%s)"% (__version__, __date__)
14
15def list_scans(t = scantable):
16 print "The user created scantables are: ",
17 globs=inspect.currentframe().f_back.f_locals.copy()
18 out = [ k for k,v in globs.iteritems() \
19 if isinstance(v, scantable) and not k.startswith("_") ]
20 print out
21 return out
22
23def commands():
24 x = """\
25[The scan container]
26 scantable - a container for integrations/scans
27 (can open asap/rpfits/sdfits and ms files)
28 copy - returns a copy of a scan
29 get_scan - gets a specific scan out of a scantable
30 (by name or number)
31 drop_scan - drops a specific scan out of a scantable
32 (by number)
33 set_selection - set a new subselection of the data
34 get_selection - get the current selection object
35 summary - print info about the scantable contents
36 stats - get specified statistic of the spectra in
37 the scantable
38 stddev - get the standard deviation of the spectra
39 in the scantable
40 get_tsys - get the TSys
41 get_time - get the timestamps of the integrations
42 get_inttime - get the integration time
43 get_sourcename - get the source names of the scans
44 get_azimuth - get the azimuth of the scans
45 get_elevation - get the elevation of the scans
46 get_parangle - get the parallactic angle of the scans
47 get_coordinate - get the spectral coordinate for the given row,
48 which can be used for coordinate conversions
49 get_weather - get the weather condition parameters
50 get_unit - get the current unit
51 set_unit - set the abcissa unit to be used from this
52 point on
53 get_abcissa - get the abcissa values and name for a given
54 row (time)
55 get_column_names - get the names of the columns in the scantable
56 for use with selector.set_query
57 set_freqframe - set the frame info for the Spectral Axis
58 (e.g. 'LSRK')
59 set_doppler - set the doppler to be used from this point on
60 set_dirframe - set the frame for the direction on the sky
61 set_instrument - set the instrument name
62 set_feedtype - set the feed type
63 get_fluxunit - get the brightness flux unit
64 set_fluxunit - set the brightness flux unit
65 set_sourcetype - set the type of the source - source or reference
66 create_mask - return an mask in the current unit
67 for the given region. The specified regions
68 are NOT masked
69 get_restfreqs - get the current list of rest frequencies
70 set_restfreqs - set a list of rest frequencies
71 shift_refpix - shift the reference pixel of the IFs
72 set_spectrum - overwrite the spectrum for a given row
73 get_spectrum - retrieve the spectrum for a given
74 get_mask - retrieve the mask for a given
75 flag - flag selected channels in the data
76 lag_flag - flag specified frequency in the data
77 save - save the scantable to disk as either 'ASAP',
78 'SDFITS' or 'ASCII'
79 nbeam,nif,nchan,npol - the number of beams/IFs/Pols/Chans
80 nscan - the number of scans in the scantable
81 nrow - the number of spectra in the scantable
82 history - print the history of the scantable
83 get_fit - get a fit which has been stored witnh the data
84 average_time - return the (weighted) time average of a scan
85 or a list of scans
86 average_pol - average the polarisations together.
87 average_beam - average the beams together.
88 convert_pol - convert to a different polarisation type
89 auto_quotient - return the on/off quotient with
90 automatic detection of the on/off scans (closest
91 in time off is selected)
92 mx_quotient - Form a quotient using MX data (off beams)
93 scale, *, / - return a scan scaled by a given factor
94 add, + - return a scan with given value added
95 sub, - - return a scan with given value subtracted
96 bin - return a scan with binned channels
97 resample - return a scan with resampled channels
98 smooth - return the spectrally smoothed scan
99 poly_baseline - fit a polynomial baseline to all Beams/IFs/Pols
100 auto_poly_baseline - automatically fit a polynomial baseline
101 recalc_azel - recalculate azimuth and elevation based on
102 the pointing
103 gain_el - apply gain-elevation correction
104 opacity - apply opacity correction
105 convert_flux - convert to and from Jy and Kelvin brightness
106 units
107 freq_align - align spectra in frequency frame
108 invert_phase - Invert the phase of the cross-correlation
109 swap_linears - Swap XX and YY (or RR LL)
110 rotate_xyphase - rotate XY phase of cross correlation
111 rotate_linpolphase - rotate the phase of the complex
112 polarization O=Q+iU correlation
113 freq_switch - perform frequency switching on the data
114 stats - Determine the specified statistic, e.g. 'min'
115 'max', 'rms' etc.
116 stddev - Determine the standard deviation of the current
117 beam/if/pol
118 get_row_selector - get the selection object for a specified row
119 number
120 [Selection]
121 selector - a selection object to set a subset of a scantable
122 set_scans - set (a list of) scans by index
123 set_cycles - set (a list of) cycles by index
124 set_beams - set (a list of) beamss by index
125 set_ifs - set (a list of) ifs by index
126 set_polarisations - set (a list of) polarisations by name
127 or by index
128 set_names - set a selection by name (wildcards allowed)
129 set_tsys - set a selection by tsys thresholds
130 set_query - set a selection by SQL-like query, e.g. BEAMNO==1
131 ( also get_ functions for all these )
132 reset - unset all selections
133 + - merge two selections
134
135 [Math] Mainly functions which operate on more than one scantable
136
137 average_time - return the (weighted) time average
138 of a list of scans
139 quotient - return the on/off quotient
140 simple_math - simple mathematical operations on two scantables,
141 'add', 'sub', 'mul', 'div'
142 quotient - build quotient of the given on and off scans
143 (matched pairs and 1 off - n on are valid)
144 merge - merge a list of scantables
145
146 [Line Catalog]
147 linecatalog - a linecatalog wrapper, taking an ASCII or
148 internal format table
149 summary - print a summary of the current selection
150 set_name - select a subset by name pattern, e.g. '*OH*'
151 set_strength_limits - select a subset by line strength limits
152 set_frequency_limits - select a subset by frequency limits
153 reset - unset all selections
154 save - save the current subset to a table (internal
155 format)
156 get_row - get the name and frequency from a specific
157 row in the table
158 [Fitting]
159 fitter
160 auto_fit - return a scan where the function is
161 applied to all Beams/IFs/Pols.
162 commit - return a new scan where the fits have been
163 commited.
164 fit - execute the actual fitting process
165 store_fit - store the fit parameters in the data (scantable)
166 get_chi2 - get the Chi^2
167 set_scan - set the scantable to be fit
168 set_function - set the fitting function
169 set_parameters - set the parameters for the function(s), and
170 set if they should be held fixed during fitting
171 set_gauss_parameters - same as above but specialised for individual
172 gaussian components
173 get_parameters - get the fitted parameters
174 plot - plot the resulting fit and/or components and
175 residual
176[Plotter]
177 asapplotter - a plotter for asap, default plotter is
178 called 'plotter'
179 plot - plot a scantable
180 plot_lines - plot a linecatalog overlay
181 plotazel - plot azimuth and elevation versus time
182 plotpointing - plot telescope pointings
183 save - save the plot to a file ('png' ,'ps' or 'eps')
184 set_mode - set the state of the plotter, i.e.
185 what is to be plotted 'colour stacked'
186 and what 'panelled'
187 set_selection - only plot a selected part of the data
188 set_range - set a 'zoom' window [xmin,xmax,ymin,ymax]
189 set_legend - specify user labels for the legend indeces
190 set_title - specify user labels for the panel indeces
191 set_abcissa - specify a user label for the abcissa
192 set_ordinate - specify a user label for the ordinate
193 set_layout - specify the multi-panel layout (rows,cols)
194 set_colors - specify a set of colours to use
195 set_linestyles - specify a set of linestyles to use if only
196 using one color
197 set_font - set general font properties, e.g. 'family'
198 set_histogram - plot in historam style
199 set_mask - set a plotting mask for a specific polarization
200 text - draw text annotations either in data or relative
201 coordinates
202 arrow - draw arrow annotations either in data or relative
203 coordinates
204 axhline,axvline - draw horizontal/vertical lines
205 axhspan,axvspan - draw horizontal/vertical regions
206 annotate - draw an arrow with label
207 create_mask - create a scnatble mask interactively
208
209 xyplotter - matplotlib/pylab plotting functions
210
211[General]
212 commands - this command
213 print - print details about a variable
214 list_scans - list all scantables created by the user
215 list_files - list all files readable by asap (default rpf)
216 del - delete the given variable from memory
217 range - create a list of values, e.g.
218 range(3) = [0,1,2], range(2,5) = [2,3,4]
219 help - print help for one of the listed functions
220 execfile - execute an asap script, e.g. execfile('myscript')
221 list_rcparameters - print out a list of possible values to be
222 put into $HOME/.asaprc
223 rc - set rc parameters from within asap
224 mask_and,mask_or,
225 mask_not - boolean operations on masks created with
226 scantable.create_mask
227 skydip - gain opacity values from a sky dip observation
228 opacity_model - compute opacities fro given frequencies based on
229 atmospheric model
230
231Note:
232 How to use this with help:
233 # function 'summary'
234 [xxx] is just a category
235 Every 'sub-level' in this list should be replaces by a '.' Period when
236 using help
237 Example:
238 ASAP> help scantable # to get info on ths scantable
239 ASAP> help scantable.summary # to get help on the scantable's
240 ASAP> help average_time
241
242 """
243 if rcParams['verbose']:
244 try:
245 from IPython.genutils import page as pager
246 except ImportError:
247 from pydoc import pager
248 pager(x)
249 else:
250 print x
251 return
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