Re: Re cmc14

trvsfn Mar 25, 2007

--- In guide-user@yahoogroups.com, "duble.stars" <duble.stars@...> wrote:
>
>
> ;)
>
> Actually, sorry for not thinking of that earlier! Should've thought
> of other language versions instead of sticking to the ol' english
> bias. It's the simplest solution, especially when it works for some
> and not others.
>
> Cheers
>
> John
>
> --- In guide-user@yahoogroups.com, "trvsfn" <trvsfn@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In guide-user@yahoogroups.com, "duble.stars" <duble.stars@> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi again
> > >
> > > Thanks for the 5 lines
> > >
> > > Well, the lines are fine, the ra starts at column 20, the dec at 32
> > > and the mags start in the right place too, which is where the tdf is
> > > looking.
> > >
> > > So the data, if in a file called cmc14.txt, should be displaying
fine,
> > > there's no problem there.
> > >
> > > The only thing left for you to do is to take the new Guide8.zip and
> > > extract the file gsc22.tdf. Then copy that file, and that file
only,
> > > over to the Guide directory, making sure you replace the original.
> > >
> > > You can, first, if you wish, look at the gsc22.tdf currently in your
> > > Guide directory, load it into notepad, and go to the very bottom of
> > > the file and see if you can find anything that says cmc14, and if
> > > there is nothing, you're currently still on the old one.
> > >
> > > Basically, if you have the newest gsc22.tdf _and_ cmc14.txt in your
> > > Guide directory it is impossible for the stars not to show if
> > > activated, as the data and tdf are there. And it should show up in
> > > toggle user datasets too so if it is inactive you can activate it.
> > >
> > > It looks like you should be getting stars with some sort of symbol
> > > around them.
> > >
> > > One last ditch thing you could try is to edit the tdf and put a
> > >
> > > ;
> > >
> > > character in the line that starts "photo" such that
> > >
> > > file cmc14.txt
> > > title CMC-14
> > > RA H 20 10
> > > units0 -2 # RA 'hours' are really decimal degrees
> > > de d 32 10
> > > mag 54 6
> > > photo J:97,6 H:105,6 K:113,6
> > > text 1 15
> > > ~b 1 15 14CMC %s\n
> > >
> > > now reads
> > >
> > > file cmc14.txt
> > > title CMC-14
> > > RA H 20 10
> > > units0 -2 # RA 'hours' are really decimal degrees
> > > de d 32 10
> > > mag 54 6
> > > ;photo J:97,6 H:105,6 K:113,6
> > > text 1 15
> > > ~b 1 15 14CMC %s\n
> > >
> > > but I can't really see that being the cause. If cmc14.txt is
there it
> > > can't help but work.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > > John
> > >
> > > --- In guide-user@yahoogroups.com, "trvsfn" <trvsfn@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > --- In guide-user@yahoogroups.com, "Roger Pickard" <rdp@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi Stefano,
> > > > > I have no trouble with CMC14 but found it under Extras_Get
> Star Cat
> > > > > data and there it was.
> > > > > Roger Pickard
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hi, Bill.
> > > > > > How can I see the CMC-14 data downloaded?
> > > > > > No mention of such a catalog on the Extras... User-Added
> Datasets
> > > > > and
> > > > > > no stars are added on the screen after the download.
> > > > > > Cheers, Stefano
> > > > >
> > > > Hi Roger,
> > > > ...and are you able to see the the stars on the screen?
> > > > I do not have any problem to download the catalog, my problem
is to
> > > > see the stars.
> > > > Cheers, Stefano
> > > >
> > >
> > Hi John,
> > thanks a lot for your help.
> > Actually after your last post, and thanks to it, I discovered that, as
> > I use an Italian version, in the gsc22.idf there is any mention to the
> > cmc14.
> > So I removed that file from the GUIDE directory and now I see
> > perfectly the stars.
> > Now I can practice a little to change the cmc14.idf file in order to
> > see the stars also in the italian version.
> > Cheers, Stefano
> >
>
John, do not worry,
I've already modified the old .idf one and now I have the catalog
shown and the translation that I made with my signature at the bottom!!!!