Announcement of the 10SEPpl1.1 ESO-MIDAS Release

ESO-MIDAS Home Page The official 10SEPpl1.1 release of ESO-MIDAS has been released on Sept. 27, 2010 and is available on the ESO ftp server.


Below you find the following information concerning this release:

What's new or upgraded in MIDAS 10SEP.1?

All important enhancements and new developments can be found in the file /midas/10SEPpl1.1/prim/help/news.alq and displayed in Midas via the command 

Midas> help [News]

or click on the [News] topic in the Help graphical user interface.

Here we list the most important ones:

  • INDISK/FITS

    Add option NAME=INPUT to param. 'out_spec' for using input file names with relevant Midas file types as result names. See the help for details.

  • COPY/T3IMA

    New command to extract 1-dim array column entries of 3-D tables. See the help for details.

  • PLOT/SELECTED

    Add second color option to command.See the help for details.

  • CREATE/TABLE, CREATE/COLUMN, ...

    Enforce correct size of column labels (max. 16 including the ':') in the table commands (they are internally truncated). Using oversized column labels had apparently worked in old Linux system, like e.g. Scientific Linux 4.3, but are causing problems in newer distributions. Check your Midas code...

  • COPY/IMT3

    New command to copy images to 1-dim array column entries of 3-D tables. See the help for details.

  • Lyman context

    This context had problems in Midas releases after 04SEPpl1.0 - that is now fixed and e.g. Midas> fit/lyman should work well again.

  • inmidas

    Add option -clean to the inmidas command. This will get rid of all temporary and intermediate files created in previous Midas sessions in the $MID_WORK directory (usually ~/midwork) before starting the new Midas session.

Platform availability

MIDAS 10SEPpl1.1 has been installed and verified on the following platforms:

  • Intel/Linux OpenSUSE 11.3
  • Intel/Linux Kubuntu 9.10
  • Intel/Linux Kubuntu 10.4
  • Intel/Linux Ubuntu 10.10 alpha3
  • Intel/Linux Fedora 13
  • Intel/Linux Mandriva 2010
  • Intel/Linux ScientificLinux 5.3
  • Intel/Linux ScientificLinux 5.5
  • Intel/Linux Sabayon 5.3
  • Intel/Linux Linux Mint 9
  • Intel/Linux AltLinux 5.1
  • Intel/Linux Toorox 06.2009
  • Intel/Linux Salix 13 (Slackware)

  • AMD 64/Linux OpenSUSE 11.3
  • AMD 64/Linux Kubuntu 10.4
  • Intel 64/Linux Ubuntu 10.4
  • Intel/64 Linux Fedora 13

  • Intel/Mac OSX 10.6
  • Intel/Mac 64bit OSX 10.6

  • Intel/Win 2000, Win XP (via cygwin)



In our ftp area, the source version valid for all platforms mentioned above is available.

Source distribution

10SEPpl1.1 is available only as source code.

For a proper installation of MIDAS sources follow the procedure of the installation document provided in PDF format ( installunix.pdf )

ESO-MIDAS is a copyright protected software product of ESO, and provides general tools for image processing and data reduction.

ESO-MIDAS is available under the GNU General Public License. This means that the ESO-MIDAS system is available free of charge and can be freely redistributed on certain conditions.

Technical Support and Network Services

Technical support for ESO-MIDAS can be obtained using the ESO-MIDAS Helpdesk by filling out the ESO-MIDAS Problem Report Form.
Enter as user guest (no password) and create a new Midas PR (do not forget to log out in the end).

Please note, that ESO is not in the position to give active support to individual users outside research institutions. Therefore, users who have problems or questions concerning ESO-MIDAS running on their private systems are advised to use the "midas-users" mailing list for obtaining feedback and solutions to their questions from other users.

In case the ESO-MIDAS Problem Report System cannot be used the MIDAS User Support can be contacted via:

  • Electronic mail: midas@eso.org
  • Telefax: +49 89 32006480 (attn.: MIDAS Support)
  • Post:
    Software Development Division - Pipeline System Dept.
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    Germany

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