> ==========================
> To: guide-user@yahoogroups.com
> From: "Bill J. Gray" <pluto@...>
> Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 17:31:16 -0500
> Subject: [guide-user] Printing/OrbFit
> ==========================
>
> Printing problems in landscape mode are all too common, especially
> with HP printers. My guess is that most of the drivers get heavily
> tested
> in portrait mode (the way most things get printed) and landscape
> features
> are an afterthought. Sometimes, an updated driver helps. For
> some
> comments on a specific landscape problem (doesn't sound quite
> like the
> legend problem you're reporting):
>
> http://www.projectpluto.com/faq_curr.htm#small_stars
>
> Dunno why you can't reach me privately... I've been getting
> mail all day
> at
>
> pluto@...
>
> Andrea, I have indeed taken a bit of a look at OrbFit. In
> particular,
> I've had hopes of using the numerical integration routines and
> the
> routines for computing ephemeris uncertainties. The main difficulty
> has been that the code is next to impossible to figure out,
> at least
> for me. (A common problem: professional astronomers are often
> amateur
> programmers.) I hate to turn down free source code, but in
> this case,
> I regard OrbFit as a source of ideas rather than a source of
> code.
>
> This reminds me: I updated Find_Orb on 1 April. It has some
> nice
> new features for tasks such as automatically solving for an orbit,
> computing Vaisala orbits, and a few more. Shortly, I hope
> to post
> a version with a few more improvements, including the ability
> to switch
> to Italian (Giuliano Pinto recently sent me the necessary file).
> Details
> are at
>
> http://www.projectpluto.com/find_orb.htm#History
>
> -- Bill

Thank you Bill, nice to know. You have been kind as always.
By soon
Andrea