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2009/9/11 Malcolm J. Currie <[log in to unmask]>: >> I agree that NDF history should now be enabled by default for everyone but >> I'd like a way for people to get the old behaviour through an environment >> variable. > > That's my view too. Change the default but give global control to the user. > > At present FITS2NDF is anomalous in that it enables history without user > control. I wanted to know your view on the bigger picture. True, it is anomalous, and should be brought into line as soon as the NDF changes are made. But for the moment, it is probably more useful having history support hardwired "on" rather than hardwired "off". David >> I haven't been advocating trying to parse FITS HISTORY blocks. > > I didn't think you had. Was Jason? > > I certainly have no plans or desire to tackle this. > > Malcolm >