info - text overlay

 info[/qualifiers] text

Overlay text information onto a pre-displayed image. In its default mode info includes image orientation, instrumentation name, exposure time and image scale. By giving a string it will display that string. In this mode the /xs and /xy qualifiers canbe used to control the position of the text. The /scale qualifier controls the size of the text.

info/xs=x

The x location of the beginning of the text. Zero is the bottom left corner, 512 the top right.

info/ys=x

The y location of the beginning of the text. Zero is the bottom left corner, 512 the top right.

info/scale=x

The scale size of the text.

info/short

Only the The scale size of the text.

Examples:

 
info                         ! write the default info
 
info "text string"           ! write "text string" in upper left hand corner
 
info/xs=256/ys=256/scale=2.0 ! display the text in the middle of the
                             ! image at twice the default size.