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Function Summary

    [The scan container]
        scantable           - a container for integrations/scans
                              (can open asap/rpfits/sdfits and ms files)
            copy            - returns a copy of a scan
            get_scan        - gets a specific scan out of a scantable
            summary         - print info about the scantable contents
            set_cursor      - set a specific Beam/IF/Pol 'cursor' for
                              further use
            get_cursor      - print out the current cursor position
            stats           - get specified statistic of the spectra in
                              the scantable
            stddev          - get the standard deviation of the spectra
                              in the scantable
            get_tsys        - get the TSys
            get_time        - get the timestamps of the integrations
            get_unit        - get the currnt unit
            set_unit        - set the abcissa unit to be used from this
                              point on
            get_abcissa     - get the abcissa values and name for a given
                              row (time)
            set_freqframe   - set the frame info for the Spectral Axis
                              (e.g. 'LSRK')
            set_doppler     - set the doppler to be used from this point on
            set_instrument  - set the instrument name
            get_fluxunit    - get the brightness flux unit
            set_fluxunit    - set the brightness flux unit
            create_mask     - return an mask in the current unit
                              for the given region. The specified regions
                              are NOT masked
            get_restfreqs   - get the current list of rest frequencies
            set_restfreqs   - set a list of rest frequencies
            lines           - print list of known spectral lines
            flag_spectrum   - flag a whole Beam/IF/Pol
            save            - save the scantable to disk as either 'ASAP'
                              or 'SDFITS'
            nbeam,nif,nchan,npol - the number of beams/IFs/Pols/Chans
            history         - print the history of the scantable
            get_fit         - get a fit which has been stored witnh the data
            average_time    - return the (weighted) time average of a scan
                              or a list of scans
            average_pol     - average the polarisations together.
                              The dimension won't be reduced and
                              all polarisations will contain the
                              averaged spectrum.
            auto_quotient   - return the on/off quotient with
                              automatic detection of the on/off scans
            quotient        - return the on/off quotient
            scale           - return a scan scaled by a given factor
            add             - return a scan with given value added
            bin             - return a scan with binned channels
            resample        - return a scan with resampled channels
            smooth          - return the spectrally smoothed scan
            poly_baseline   - fit a polynomial baseline to all Beams/IFs/Pols
            auto_poly_baseline - automatically fit a polynomial baseline
            gain_el         - apply gain-elevation correction
            opacity         - apply opacity correction
            convert_flux    - convert to and from Jy and Kelvin brightness
                              units
            freq_align      - align spectra in frequency frame
            rotate_xyphase  - rotate XY phase of cross correlation
            rotate_linpolphase - rotate the phase of the complex
                                 polarization O=Q+iU correlation
     [Math] Mainly functions which operate on more than one scantable

            average_time    - return the (weighted) time average
                              of a list of scans
            quotient        - return the on/off quotient
            simple_math     - simple mathematical operations on two scantables,
                              'add', 'sub', 'mul', 'div'
     [Fitting]
        fitter
            auto_fit        - return a scan where the function is
                              applied to all Beams/IFs/Pols.
            commit          - return a new scan where the fits have been
                              commited.
            fit             - execute the actual fitting process
            store_fit       - store the fit paramaters in the data (scantable)
            get_chi2        - get the Chi^2
            set_scan        - set the scantable to be fit
            set_function    - set the fitting function
            set_parameters  - set the parameters for the function(s), and
                              set if they should be held fixed during fitting
            set_gauss_parameters - same as above but specialised for individual
                                   gaussian components
            get_parameters  - get the fitted parameters
            plot            - plot the resulting fit and/or components and
                              residual
    [Plotter]
        asapplotter         - a plotter for asap, default plotter is
                              called 'plotter'
            plot            - plot a (list of) scantable
            save            - save the plot to a file ('png' ,'ps' or 'eps')
            set_mode        - set the state of the plotter, i.e.
                              what is to be plotted 'colour stacked'
                              and what 'panelled'
            set_cursor      - only plot a selected part of the data
            set_range       - set a 'zoom' window
            set_legend      - specify user labels for the legend indeces
            set_title       - specify user labels for the panel indeces
            set_ordinate    - specify a user label for the ordinate
            set_abcissa     - specify a user label for the abcissa
            set_layout      - specify the multi-panel layout (rows,cols)

    [Reading files]
        reader              - access rpfits/sdfits files
            read            - read in integrations
            summary         - list info about all integrations

    [General]
        commands            - this command
        print               - print details about a variable
        list_scans          - list all scantables created bt the user
        del                 - delete the given variable from memory
        range               - create a list of values, e.g.
                              range(3) = [0,1,2], range(2,5) = [2,3,4]
        help                - print help for one of the listed functions
        execfile            - execute an asap script, e.g. execfile('myscript')
        list_rcparameters   - print out a list of possible values to be
                              put into \$HOME/.asaprc
        mask_and,mask_or,
        mask_not            - boolean operations on masks created with
                              scantable.create_mask

    Note:
        How to use this with help:
                                         # function 'summary'
        [xxx] is just a category
        Every 'sub-level' in this list should be replaces by a '.' Period when
        using help
        Example:
            ASAP> help scantable # to get info on ths scantable
            ASAP> help scantable.summary # to get help on the scantable's
            ASAP> help average_time



Malte Marquarding 2005-11-30