This happened 4 or 5 times in a row, including shutting guide down and
restarting it just before a print so it would hold the position and zoom
when I inevitably had to restart again after the crash. Have had Guide for
several versions now and haven't run in to this issue before.



Anthony J. Kroes

Cedar Drive Observatory

Pulaski, WI







From: guide-user@yahoogroups.com [mailto:guide-user@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Ivan Semmler
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 8:11 PM
To: guide-user@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] Re: [guide-user] Update progress



The first time I tried to print to PDF Guide 8 in testing version crashed.
Restarted Guide and printed twice to the laser printer OK and twice to PDF
OK.
Closed Guide and restarted and tried printing again. Printed OK.
Not sure what the problem was first time
Ivan

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From: "Anthony J. Kroes" <akroes@... <mailto:akroes%40netnet.net> >
To: <guide-user@yahoogroups.com <mailto:guide-user%40yahoogroups.com> >
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 7:44 AM
Subject: RE: [guide-user] Update progress

> Guide crashes with the 'in testing' version when I try to print, both to a
> real printer and to pdf. When I revert back (reinstall the last update)
> the
> problem fixes itself.
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> Anthony J. Kroes
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> Cedar Drive Observatory
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> Pulaski, WI
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> From: guide-user@yahoogroups.com <mailto:guide-user%40yahoogroups.com>
[mailto:guide-user@yahoogroups.com <mailto:guide-user%40yahoogroups.com> ]
On
> Behalf Of Bill J Gray
> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 4:28 PM
> To: guide-user@yahoogroups.com <mailto:guide-user%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [guide-user] Update progress
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> Hi folks,
>
> I'm still collecting bug reports. Once those slow down, I'll
> update the update. Anyone have anything to report?
>
> Some comments about the Vista "no first display" problem, and
> wrong colors for some asteroids and comets, problems with the
> CCD focal length, the trail issue raised by Tiziano Magni, and
> the Great Red Spot longitude (i.e., if these aren't problems for
> you, you can ignore the rest of this message:)
>
> VISTA "NO FIRST DISPLAY" PROBLEM:
>
> Yesterday, I found and fixed this problem (I'm reasonably sure).
> I had thought it was Microsoft's problem, but may have to admit
> that sometimes, I _do_ make mistakes. This one is caused by
> Guide's unusual support for multiple languages: shortly after
> it starts up, it looks to see what language it should use, then
> loads those menus. The re-loaded menus often covered part of the
> chart, causing the entire chart to be redrawn. Rather than have
> this "draw and redraw" at startup, I suppressed the first draw.
>
> Vista is, I think, a little bit more intelligent about all of
> this, and recognized that the redraw wasn't necessary. Since the
> first draw was suppressed, _nothing_ was shown. Now, Guide will
> refuse to draw the chart until the menus are loaded. I think this
> solves the problem, though I'll feel more confident about this
> once several Vista users agree.
>
> ASTEROIDS/COMETS IN WRONG COLOR:
>
> Jari Suomela pointed out (via private e-mail) that certain
> asteroids were being drawn in the wrong color. It turned out that
> they were being shown in the "comet" color, while comets were
> being shown in "asteroid" color. It also turned out to be easy to fix.
>
> CCD FOCAL LENGTH:
>
> Jari Suomela also pointed out that the focal length reported
> in the CCD frame can change a few nanometers when Guide is restarted.
> Still looking into this, though I've a good idea as to what's going
> on and how to fix it.
>
> TRAIL LABELLING ISSUE:
>
> Tiziano, when you first mentioned this issue, I misunderstood
> what was going on. I think I understand it now, and have fixed the
> problem.
>
> The behavior you mention is actually intentional. Suppose you were
> starting a trail at 10:00, and wanted labels every six hours. If the
> labels started at 10:00, then there would be labels at 16:00, 22:00,
> and 4:00. But it would make more sense (usually) to have the labels
> at 0:00, 6:00, 12:00, and 18:00.
>
> The problem is that I extended this idea to the sort of labelling
> you're describing, with labels every five days. In that case, there
> is no reason for the labels not to start where the trail starts, and
> I have made that change.
>
> There is one remaining small issue: right now, the first point
> on the trail is _not_ labelled. I may fix this, but it's possible
> that I will stick with the current "only interior points on the trail
> are labelled" scheme, at least until after the update is posted.
>
> GREAT RED SPOT LONGITUDE:
>
> Jari also noticed my comment about the Great Red Spot longitude.
> Guide now has a table of historical GRS data, in 'grs_lon.txt'. I
> had typed in some values running from 1986 to the present, plus an
> extrapolated value matching the current slow drift of the GRS. Jari
> sent a scan of some data covering 1831 to 1952; this data, plus a
> few data points in the 1960s gleaned from ADS (Astrophysics Data
> Service), will be in the update. If you want to get an advance
> look, download
>
> http://www.projectpluto.com/grs_lon.txt
>
> Data is still very sparse between 1952 and 1986, and there is
> no data before 1831.
>
> -- Bill
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