Bill,

I didn't phrase this post very well. I was asking if I could change
these settings _only_in_my_copy_ of Guide. I hope it didn't come
across that I was asking you to make these changes in Guide itself!

Larry

At 04:15 PM 3/20/2009, you wrote:

>Hi Bill,
>
>I've been unable to do any observing since 1986. My primary
>interest in astronomy since then has been in researching
>Delta-T. I'm trying to set Guide 8 strictly for that purpose, and
>would like to change a couple of defaults in the eclipse maps if
>possible. I rarely use "Settings|Mark interval" and have to re-set
>it to "0" each time. Can this be changed to be the default? And can
>"Extras|Local events only" be on as default, as the other two already
>are? I use all three most of the time.
>
>Also, there used to be an option to set the Moon as Line, where the
>image was just a circle. I use the Solid color, Bitmap #1, and
>Clementine images, but Line was handy to see where the actual limbs
>of the Sun and Moon were with respect to each other. I know how to
>use Insert to measure center-to-center disc separation, but would
>also like to be able to show their relationship on images
>sometimes. Is it possible to restore the old "Line" feature?
>
>(And yes, this time I did mean to post to the group rather than
>directly to Bill. I think a few others are interested in historic
>solar eclipses, and this might be of interest to them.)
>
>Thanks,
>Larry
>
>Laren Dart
><http://ldart.got.net>http://ldart.got.net
>
>

Laren Dart
http://ldart.got.net


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