P. Clay Sherrod Mar 11, 2008
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From: "Bill J Gray" <pluto@...>
To: <guide-user@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 11:32 AM
Subject: Re: [guide-user] Printing crash/faint probes
> Hi folks,
>
> Please keep bug reports coming.
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> PRINTING CRASH:
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> I think I've figured this one out.
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> For testing purposes, I figured I ought to try just printing to
> a file. That crashed reliably. I tried it with the printing dialog
> boxes moved off the Guide chart, and it worked just fine. That
> caused me to realize that the problem arises when Guide is attempting
> to print and draw on-screen at the same time.
>
> I've fixed this so that any on-screen redraws wait until the
> printing is all done.
>
> A remaining issue, mentioned from time to time on this list and
> in some private e-mails, is that printing can be slow. The culprit,
> I'm reasonably sure, is the star-drawing routine. It's fast enough
> on-screen, where there are fewer pixels, but can bog down on the
> printouts. I have an idea to get around this. But like assorted
> other Good Ideas, it'll have to wait until this update is posted.
>
>
> INTERPLANETARY PROBES:
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> Kevin Fetter wrote:
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> "...Nice to get rid of the probes, way too faint to observe."
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> Well, yes... the Voyagers and Pioneers are down around mag 51
> or so. I may add, under (satellite) Display... Options, a
> check-box to display/suppress these probes. (You _can_ just set
> a magnitude limit, but that will also suppress all spacecraft
> for which magnitude data is lacking. That would cover a lot of
> objects. Though I might do something such as "for magnitude
> filtering purposes, assume that all artsats are at least ten
> cm across.")
>
> -- Bill
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