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%.COPYRIGHT (c) 1990 European Southern Observatory
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%.KEYWORDS MIDAS, help files, IDENTIFY/CURSOR
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%.PURPOSE On-line help file for the command: IDENTIFY/CURSOR
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%.VERSION 1.0 07-OCT-1985 : Creation, JDP
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IDENTIFY/CURSOR 07-OCT-1985 JDP
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IDENTIFY/CURSOR table ident x [y] [error]
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identify table entries from display
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Purpose: Identify table entries from image display system.
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This command : 1.finds entries in the table with the
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smallest distance (see note below) to the cursor position,
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and 2. asks for the identification (see note below)
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Syntax: IDENTIFY/CURSOR table ident x [y] [error]
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ident = reference to the column to be identified.
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If the column does not exist it is created
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x = reference to the column with the abscisae
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y = optional reference to the column with the ordinates
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error = optional upper limit in the calculation of the
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Note: 1.The cursor box has to be set up as follows:
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Defined cursor on, TRACK off, RATE on.
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Pressing the ENTER button will list the table entry.
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Set defined cursor(s) off + press ENTER
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2.The identification is entered from the keyboard as
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- a valid number of character string to be written into
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- the symbol * to delete the identification.
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- RETURN to skip to the next cursor position.
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3.The distance is the euclidean distance in one or two
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dimensions according to the reference to the ordinate column.
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IDENTIFY/CURSOR POSITIONS :IDENT :X :Y