>. Re: Edits for Guide files Posted by: "Bill J Gray"

>Hi Lawrence,
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>For 'startup.mar', the documentation is at
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>http://www.projectpluto.com/mar_fmt.htm
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Thanks Bill.

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>'guide.dat' is not thoroughly documented in any one place. I've
>mostly documented that on an as-needed basis; that is, I write
>about subject X or somebody asks about it, and a 'guide.dat' entry
>is involved, so I write about it.
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>In the case you mention, of images not showing up: I assume the
>Extras... DSS/RealSky Images dialog box has 'show images' checked,
>and the 'show at' boxes indicate a range of fields, in degrees,
>covering the range you actually want?

Yes, all set OK.

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>One thing you might try is toggling the 'invert images' check-box,
>in the same dialog. You _could_ get a situation where images have been
>contrast/brightness-adjusted to the point where they're entirely black.
>If so, toggling that box would cause them to be entirely white, and
>you'd know what the problem was. (Or they could be adjusted to be
>entirely white, with the check-box set to invert them to total blackness.)
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>Once you can actually see the images, albeit as solid blocks, you
>can right-click on one of them, and then use Alt-arrow keys to adjust
>contrast/brightness.

No, its not that.

I want to check that the software is looking at the correct place for the
images. What file/line is that? Also, what is the name of the directory with
the image files? This is what I believe is wrong.

It'll be something simple ;-)

many thanks

Lawrence

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>-- Bill