Laren Dart Jul 24, 2010
>Hello Bill....Laren Dart
>Playing around with Guide today and I found that
>the star name will appear at Level 7 and
>below; all of my CCD and guiding stuff keeps
>Guide at Level 9-11 and I never drop down
>that low, so this was something that I
>originally missed when trying to find out what
>happened to the star names.
>
>Is there something in place now that eliminates
>the star name at fields above Level 7?
>
>Actually I think that this is good news and
>perhaps other users might try booting up to
>Level 9-10 and see if their star names are intact.
>Hopefully this will help you determine what may have happened.
>
>As it is, knowing that the star can be correctly
>ID'd if I drop down to Level 7 makes this
>workable....but there is still something
>different from previous Guide updates.
>
>Thanks...
>
>Dr. Clay
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>Arkansas Sky Observatories
>MPC H45 - Petit Jean Mountain South
>MPC H41 - Petit Jean Mountain
>MPC H43 - Conway West
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bill J Gray" <<mailto:pluto%40projectpluto.com>pluto@...>
>To: <<mailto:guide-user%40yahoogroups.com>guide-user@yahoogroups.com>
>Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 10:00 AM
>Subject: Re: [guide-user] Re: "Testing" update now "official"
>
> > Hi John,
> >
> > Much as I grouse about Microsoft, I have to admit that the
> > assorted versions of Windows haven't brought me immense grief.
> > Frequently, people will suggest that a given bug has something to
> > do with a new version of Windows. I then get all ready to point
> > the blame at Bill Gates, only to have to eventually admit that
> > OK, I _did_ put a bug in the code.
> >
> > Exceptions have been in telescope control and one or two other
> > small areas where Windows really _did_ change in some way that
> > confused Guide. Not often, though.
> >
> > I say all this because, while it's _possible_ the Windows
> > flavor is an issue here, I tend to doubt it. Especially so because
> > at least thus far, only Clay has mentioned the issue (anyone else?
> > it'd probably help a _lot_ if there were another instance of the
> > problem to study). Sad to say, it's most likely "my bad", just
> > in some way that is proving difficult to puzzle out.
> >
> > That said, with it happening on 13 machines, one _does_ look
> > for common denominators. Everybody tends to configure Guide a
> > little bit differently, and my guess is that Clay tends to maybe
> > set up Guide so that dataset X is on, or turned green, or...
> > _something_ just different enough to cause the issue. (Though I
> > asked him to send me a 'startup.mar', and I didn't find any
> > smoking gun, nor was I able to use it to replicate the bug. So
> > I'm still digging into it.)
> >
> > -- Bill
> >
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