This works like a charm! I guess I could next look into a shortcut key
to do the same thing. Is there anyway to do this?

Don

Bill J Gray wrote:

>
> Hi Don,
>
> If what you're looking for is to have Guide _start up_
> always looking due south (azimuth=180) at altitude 75
> degrees or so, then the thing to do is to click on your
> desktop shortcut to Guide and alter the command line to
> look like this:
>
> guide8 -oA180,75
>
> This tells Guide 8 to start up looking at an "object"
> at alt/az (180, 75). To get this to work, you _may_
> need to be using the current 'in-testing' version at
>
> http://www.projectpluto.com/new.htm <http://www.projectpluto.com/new.htm>
>
> One of the new features listed there is "extended
> command-line options". It also contains a link to the
> full list of command line options at
>
> http://www.projectpluto.com/random.htm#command_line
> <http://www.projectpluto.com/random.htm#command_line>
>
> Unfortunately, there isn't a command-line option
> to force a particular field of view. Best I can offer
> is this: set level 2 to be 100 degrees across. If you
> look in 'toolbar.dat', you'll see that the action code
> to set level 2 is 2381. Now change the command line I
> initially suggested to read
>
> guide8 -oA180,75 -a2381
>
> and you'll be all set.
>
> None of this revises the 'go to South' option to put
> you at a different altitude. That's hard-coded at present,
> to put the horizon 90% of the way down from the top of the
> chart.
>
> -- Bill
>
>

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