Reference

ginga(1)

Astronomical FITS Image Viewer

NAME

ginga - Astronomical FITS Image Viewer

DESCRIPTION

usage: ginga [-h] [--basedir NAME] [--bufsize NUM] [-c CHANNELS]

[--disable-plugins NAMES] [--display HOST:N] [--fitspkg NAME] [-g GEOM] [--modules NAMES] [--norestore] [--nosplash] [--numthreads NUM] [--opengl] [--plugins NAMES] [--sep] [--suppress-fits-warnings] [-t NAME] [--wcspkg NAME] [--log FILE] [--loglevel LEVEL] [--lognull] [--logsize NUMBYTES] [--logbackups NUM] [--pidfile FILE] [--rmlog] [--stderr] [-V]

Run the Ginga reference viewer.

options:

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

--basedir NAME

Specify Ginga configuration area

--bufsize NUM

Buffer length to NUM

-c, --channels CHANNELS

Specify list of channels to create

--disable-plugins NAMES

Specify plugins that should be disabled

--display HOST:N

Use X display on HOST:N

--fitspkg NAME

Prefer FITS I/O module NAME

-g, --geometry GEOM

X geometry for initial size and placement

--modules NAMES

Specify additional modules to load

--norestore

Don't restore the GUI from a saved layout

--nosplash

Don't display the splash screen

--numthreads NUM

Start NUM threads in thread pool

--opengl

Use OpenGL acceleration

--plugins NAMES

Specify additional plugins to load

--sep

Load files in separate channels

--suppress-fits-warnings

Suppress FITS verify warnings

-t, --toolkit NAME

Prefer GUI toolkit (gtk|qt)

--wcspkg NAME

Prefer WCS module NAME

--log FILE

Write logging output to FILE

--loglevel LEVEL

Set logging level to LEVEL

--lognull

Use a null logger

--logsize NUMBYTES

Set maximum logging level to NUMBYTES

--logbackups NUM

Set maximum number of backups to NUM

--pidfile FILE

Write pid of process to FILE

--rmlog

Remove log if present (don't append)

--stderr

Copy logging also to stderr

-V, --version

show program's version number and exit

History

--basedir since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --norestore since Debian 10 (Buster); --opengl since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --pidfile since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --sep since Debian 10 (Buster); --suppress-fits-warnings since Debian 12 (Bookworm); -V since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -c since Debian 10 (Buster).

--debug until Debian 12 (Bookworm); --opencl until Debian 11 (Bullseye); --opencv until Debian 11 (Bullseye); --profile until Debian 12 (Bookworm).