Metadata-Version: 1.0
Name: mirpy
Version: trunk
Summary: Pure-python miriad CLI wrapper.
Home-page: http://www.atnf.csiro.au
Author: Malte Marquarding
Author-email: Malte.Marquarding@csiro.au
License: GPL
Description: Introduction
        ============
        
        This package wraps miriad (http://www.atnf.csiro.au/computing/software/miriad/) commands into python functions. It also warps the documentation fo miriad tasks.
        
        Example
        =======
        
        Simple
        ------
        
            >>> from mirpy import miriad
            >>> help(miriad.uvindex)
            >>> print miriad.uvindex(vis='myvis.uv')
        
        
        Advanced
        --------
        
        Create filter function to turn miriad stdout text into something useful.
        This example is not really useful and just demonstrates the usage. It turns 
        the miriad output string into a list of lines in teh string and returns it.
        More useful examples would be turning some output into python values you can
        work with later.
        
            >>> from mirpy import miriad
            >>> def uvindex_filt(output):
            ...     return output.split('\n')
            >>> # without filter
            >>> print miriad.uvindex(vis='myvis.uv')
            >>> # register filter function
            >>> miriad.set_filer('uvindex', uvindex_filt)
            >>> # with filter
            >>> print miriad.uvindex(vis='myvis.uv')
        
        
Keywords: miriad,astronomy,radio astronomy
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Science/Research
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Classifier: Operating System :: Unix
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python
Classifier: Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Astronomy
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules
