[gnuastro-devel] [sr #109225] Meaningful file name suffixes

[Lee Kelvin]

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                 Summary: Meaningful file name suffixes 
                 Project: GNU Astronomy Utilities
            Submitted by: leeskelvin
            Submitted on: Wed 18 Jan 2017 04:13:24 PM GMT
                Category: ImageWarp
                Priority: 5 - Normal
                Severity: 1 - Wish
              Item Group: Enhancement
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

I believe it would be more user friendly if singular image transformations
made with ImageWarp produce files with meaningful suffixes. 

For example a suffix of '_rotated.fits' for when the user only calls
'--rotate', or '_aligned.fits' for when the user only calls '--align'. The
generic '_warped.fits' suffix should remain for when the user explicitly
inputs a rotation matrix or when multiple transformations are requested.

As an aside, it may be useful to remind the user inside the ImageWarp info
file that a user-specified output filename may always be specified on the
command line using the '--output' or '-o' arguments. I realise that this
information is already available in the 'Common options' section of the
manual, but, as with most other software packages, reminding the user of these
facilities at every possible opportunity (and providing links back to the part
of the manual which discusses them in greater detail) is never a bad thing.





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