Stephen Tonkin Jan 29, 2012
On 29/01/12 19:22, Bill J Gray wrote:
>
> petegladstein wrote:
> > Please provide an option to turn off lunar phase indicator. Thanks!
> >
> > --- In guide-user@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:guide-user%40yahoogroups.com>, Stephen Tonkin <mb06@...> wrote:
> >> Is there a way of turning off the lunar phase indicator?
>
> Usually, when one person tells me they don't like X in Guide, it
> means there are several more who haven't gotten around to telling me.
> When two people tell me they don't like X, it probably means it's
> widely hated. So I assume the lunar phase indicator mixed with the
> compass symbol is Guide's version of "New Coke".
>
> I have revised the update so that the Legend dialog has a separate
> "Lunar phase indicator" check-box. Also, the lunar phase indicator
> now appears in a separate box from the compass box. As always, this
> "in testing" update is available at
>
> http://www.projectpluto.com/new.htm
>
> This also includes a new feature to display apparent diameters in
> ephemerides, as was suggested on this list.
>
> Also: there was quite a bit of confusion about how to install this
> Guide 9 update when running with a Guide 8 disk. I've revised things a
> bit, and I've hopes the current directions make things easy to follow.
> Or at least, easier than they were.
>
> Please let me know if it's still a problem. I expect to make this
> version "official" (assuming no serious bugs crop up).
>
> -- Bill
>
>
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