Synopsis
Return the result of an XPA call to the image viewer.
Syntax
image_xpaget(arg) arg - str
Description
Send a query to the image viewer.
Example
Return the current zoom setting of the active frame:
>>> image_xpaget('zoom')
'1\n'PARAMETERS
The parameter for this function is:
| Parameter | Definition |
|---|---|
| arg | A command to send to the image viewer via XPA. |
Notes
The XPA access point [1] of the ds9 image viewer lets commands and queries to be sent to the viewer.
References
- [1] http://ds9.si.edu/ref/xpa.html
Bugs
See the bugs pages on the Sherpa website for an up-to-date listing of known bugs.
See Also
- data
- load_image, pack_image, unpack_image
- modeling
- image_model, image_model_component, image_source, image_source_component
- psfs
- image_kernel
- visualization
- contour, contour_data, contour_model, contour_ratio, contour_resid, image_close, image_data, image_deleteframes, image_fit, image_getregion, image_open, image_ratio, image_resid, image_setregion, image_xpaset