• Twiki-ized cookbook (Tool-based) (link on the left)
• Task in-line help (example at bottom)
• Parameter Dictionary (link on the left)
• Task template (link on the left)
• Cookbook (Task-based)
• User Ref Man

• Review UIWG report
• casapy (IPython/Python)
• tasks with basic parameter checking (type,menu)
  • development of tasks (view)
• parameter setting shell (for tasks and tools)
  • save,restore of parameters
  • curses form
  • sticky parameter support

• RHE4/Mac OSX 10.4 (load-casapy, load-casapy-mac)
• AOC: /home/basho/casa/framework

• tasks
• error handling
• in-line help
• ngc5921 end-to-end script view (example at bottom)
• execute and view
• canned simulator simulation
• Issues
  • task limitations
  • Cookbook (combined or separate)

• Cookbook review
• Parameter dictionary review
• Task list review + priorities for next implementation

• October - Alpha release (6 October)
• October - ALMA simulator release to NAASC
• November - EVLA TST3 (calibration)
• December - ALMA TST5 (+single dish)
• January - ALMA simulator release to external users

-bash-3.00$ casapy
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Available tasks:

   bandpass      clean         contsub       correct 
   feather       flagac        fluxscale     gaincal 
   importarchive importasdm    importfits    invert  
   listhistory   listobs       mosaic        plotants 
   plotxy        setjy         split 
 
Available tools:

   ms (MS)               mp (MS plot)
   cb (calibrater)       cp (cal plot)
   tb (table)            tp (table plot)
   im (imager)           af (autoflag)
   me (measures)         qa (quanta)
   ia (image analysis)
 
   pl (pylab functions)

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Tasks: type 'help('task')', 'pdoc task' or 'task?' for help
Tools: type 'pdoc tool' or 'pdoc tool.function' for help

type 'tasklist' 'taskhelp' or 'toolhelp' for short help

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Activating auto-logging. Current session state plus future input saved.
Filename       : ./ipython.log
Mode           : append
Output logging : False
Timestamping   : False
State          : active


CASA [1]: 

Help on module contsub:

NAME
    contsub

FILE
    /aips++/framework/linux_rhe/python/2.4/contsub.py

FUNCTIONS
    contsub(vis=False, fieldid=False, spwid=[], channels=[], solint=0.0, fitorder=0, fitmode='s
ubtract')
        Continuum fitting and subtraction in the uv plane:
        
        Keyword arguments:
        vis -- Name of input visibility file (MS)
                default: ; example: vis='ngc5921.ms'
        fieldid -- Field index identifier
                default=unset; example: fieldid=1
        spwid -- Spectral window index identifier
                default=0; example: spwid=1
        channels -- Range of channels to fit
                default:; example: channels=range(4,7)+range(50,60)
        solint -- Averaging time (seconds)
                default: 0.0 (scan-based); example: solint=10
        fitorder -- Polynomial order for the fit
                default: 0; example: fitorder=1
        fitmode -- Use of the continuum fit model
                default: 'subtract'; example: fitmode='replace'
                

DATA
    ms = 
    mstool = 

importfits('ngc5921.ms','/aips++/data/nrao/VLA/ngc5921.fits')
flagautocorr('ngc5921.ms')
setjy('ngc5921.ms',fieldid=0)
gaincal('ngc5921.ms','ngc5921.gcal',mode='channel',nchan=55,start=2,msselect='FIELD_ID <= 1', 
        tau=0.0001,solint=0.,refant=14)
bandpass('ngc5921.ms','ngc5921.bcal',msselect='FIELD_ID==0',tau=0.0001,gaintable='ngc5921.gcal',refant=14)
fluxscale('ngc5921.ms',caltable='ngc5921.gcal',fluxtable='ngc5921.fluxscale',reference=['1331+30500002'],
        transfer=['1445+09900002'])
correct('ngc5921.ms',msselect='FIELD_ID IN [1,2]',tau=0.0001,gaintable='ngc5921.fluxscale',
        gainselect='FIELD_ID==1',bptable='ngc5921.bcal')
split('ngc5921.ms','ngc5921_cal.split.ms',fieldid=1,spwid=0,nchan=63,start=0,step=1,column='CORRECTED_DATA')
contsub('ngc5921.ms',fieldid=2,spwid=0,channels=range(4,7)+range(50,60),solutionint=0.0,mode='subtract')
split('ngc5921.ms','ngc5921_src.split.ms',fieldid=2,spwid=0,nchan=46,start=5,step=1,column='CORRECTED_DATA')
clean('ngc5921.ms','ngc5921_task','channel','hogbom',niter=6000,gain=0.1,threshold=8.,mask='',nchan=46,
      start=0,step=1,fieldid=0,imsize=[256,256],cell=[15.,15.],weighting='briggs',rmode='norm',robust=0.5)