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viewer - Tool

	Package	utility
	Module	aipsrcdata

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viewer definitions

Description
Set up various defaults for the viewer tool. This can be used to define the color of tools such as the Rectangle Zoomer, so that they are drawn in a color visible on your default colormap, e.g.

Example

display.controls.color: yellow
display.colormaps.defaultcolormap: RGB 1

Note that some are dependent on others. You can't select a defaultcolormap from a usertable if the usertable isn't defined.

Aipsrc Variables

display.axislabels		Turn on display of axes and labels?
		Allowed:	on or off
		Default:	off for images, on for ms
display.axislabels.charsize		Character size for axis labels (pgplot units)
		Allowed:	0.1 - 4.0
		Default:	1.2
display.axislabels.linewidth		Line width for axis labels (pgplot units)
		Allowed:	0.0 - 5.0
		Default:	1.4
display.axislabels.world		Show world (on) or pixel (off) coordinates
		Allowed:	on or off
		Default:	on
display.controls.color		The outline color of the drawing tools (e.g. zoom rectangle)
		Allowed:	an X color name (string)
		Default:	green
display.controls.linewidth		The width in pixel of the drawing tools
		Allowed:	integer
		Default:	1
display.controls.doubleclickinterval		maximum time delay in seconds between two clicks (double click)
		Allowed:	float
		Default:	0.5
display.colormaps.defaultcolormap		The default colormap for raster display
		Allowed:	a colormap name (string)
		Default:	Greyscale 1
display.colormaps.usertable		the full path to an aips++ table containing colormap definitions
		Allowed:	any valid file name (full path)
display.colormaps.usedefault		Use the default definitions as well as the user table?
		Allowed:	yes or no
		Default:	no
display.contour.color		The dafult color for contours
		Allowed:	an X color name (string)
		Default:	foreground
display.cachesize		maximum number of views which should be cached per Viewerdisplaydata
		Allowed:	integer
		Default:	256
viewer.colorscheme		The backgound color of viewerdisplaypanel tools
		Allowed:	screen or paper
		Default:	screen