- Only native make is required for building the
facilities, although we do still recommend GNU make.
- The configure script automatically creates a (system specific)
profile defining useful environment variables and aliases
- An IDL startup file is provided to ease use of IDL tools.
Users should invoke IDL usng the command hidl to take
advantage of these features
- Various bug fixes and code modifications have been completed
to improve compatibility and usability of software with NAG F90
and F95 compilers, and the COMPAQ (DEC) Alpha compiler
- New Fortran subroutines and functions include:
ang2vec, vec2ang, npix2nside, nside2npix
- New IDL routines include:
add_nside_fits.pro, add_units_fits.pro, gaussbeam.pro, getdisc_ring.pro,
healpixwindow.pro, npix2nside.pro, nside2npix.pro, remove_dipole.pro,
today_fits.pro, ud_grade.pro
- Those routines from The IDL Astronomy User's Library and the
COBE (IDL) Analysis Software library required for use by
the HEALPix IDL facilities are bundled with the distribution
Eric Hivon
2003-02-07