Synopsis
Return the result of an XPA call to the image viewer.
Syntax
image_xpaget(arg)
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 | Type information | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| arg | str | A command to send to the image viewer via XPA. |
Notes
The XPA access point of the ds9 image viewer lets commands and queries to be sent to the viewer.
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