Orrery - Revision history

Dolson: Fixed typo

2010-01-10T19:58:32Z

Fixed typo

Dolson: /* Zooms */ fixed a typo

2009-12-14T14:49:34Z

‎Zooms: fixed a typo

Dolson: popt library dependancy has been removed.

2009-12-11T13:59:06Z

popt library dependancy has been removed.

Dolson: Added info about changes in version 2.7

2009-12-01T05:16:57Z

Added info about changes in version 2.7

Dolson: Added info about Blue Moons

2009-12-01T05:14:05Z

Added info about Blue Moons

Dolson: The toggles which were described here no longer exist.

2009-12-01T05:11:35Z

The toggles which were described here no longer exist.

Dolson: Removed information about "stylus mode", which no longer exists

2009-12-01T05:10:00Z

Removed information about "stylus mode", which no longer exists

Dolson: Removed reference to gypsy

2009-12-01T05:06:31Z

Removed reference to gypsy

Dolson: Updated version numbers to 2.7

2009-12-01T05:04:36Z

Updated version numbers to 2.7

Dolson: /* Meteor Showers */

2009-04-28T23:23:37Z

‎Meteor Showers

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 azimuth.   Keep you finger pressed to the display as you select
 your new center azimuth - the selected azimuth will be shown by
-a white pointer on the inside of the comapass circle.   Once you release pressure on the screen,
+a white pointer on the inside of the compass circle.   Once you release pressure on the screen,
 the compass will disappear, and the display will be redrawn.

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 directly facing it at the time indicated by the display.
-If your zoom area includes the zenith, the display any do weird
+If your zoom area includes the zenith, the display may do weird
 things.   This is a bug.

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	The orrery is gtk based.		The orrery is gtk based.

−	~~==== A note about FSO ====~~
−	~~At least some versions of FSO do not include the~~
−	~~file /usr/lib/libpopt.so.0 . orrery uses that~~
−	~~file, and will not run without it. If you cannot~~
−	~~get orrery to run on FSO, try issuing the command~~

−	~~<pre>~~
−	~~opkg install libpopt0~~
−	~~</pre>~~
−
−	~~and then launch orrery again.~~

	=== Memory Requirements ===		=== Memory Requirements ===

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 == Revision(ist) History ==
-Version 2.6:
+Version 2.7:
 <pre>
      New user features:
-        Added meteor shower information.   There
+        Monthly moon calendar now uses moon images.
-        a new page under the "opts" menu which
+        Also, both moon calendars now show "Blue
-        gives information about all meteor showers
+        Moons", using the common definition that
-       for the year (the year can be changed with
+        a Blue Moon is the second full moon in a
-       the "time" menu, of course).   Things
+        calendar month.
-       such as the dates of the showers, the
-        maximum rate of meteors per hour, the
-       phase of the moon for each shower's peak
-        and the number of dark hours, are shown.
-       Also shown is the number of dark hours
-       for the next or current night.   The "items"
-       menu allows you to specify that meteor
-       radiants for currently active showers
-       should be plotted on the sky display.
-       The radiant position moves against the
-       background stars as the shower progresses.
-        Added a way to change the sky display's
+        Enlarged and re-arranged buttons on the
-        center azimuth quickly.   Now, if you
+        "opts" page, for enhanced finger
-        touch the center of the pan area, a
+        friendliness.
-       compass will appear which wil allow you
-        to select a new center azimuth with your
+        Got rid of "stylus mode".   The program is
-        finger or stylus.   When you release
+        always in finger mode now.   There was
-        pressure on the screen, the display will
+        never a significant difference between the
-        be redrawn with the selected azimuth
+        two modes anyway.
-        at the center.
      Bug Fixes:
-        Fixed a bug which prevented fullscreen
+        Build-related files completely redone so
-        mode and flashlights from working under
+       as to use GNU autotools properly.
-        SHR.
-        Fixed nonstandard date display
+        Fixed a bug which made it difficult to
 </pre>

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	[[Image:OrreryMonthlyMoons.png\|200px\|Monthly Moon Calendar]]		[[Image:OrreryMonthlyMoons.png\|200px\|Monthly Moon Calendar]]
		+
		+	Both moon calendars show "Blue Moons", which are (according to the most
		+	commonly used definition) the second full moon in a calendar month which
		+	has two full moons. Both images above show the Blue Moon which falls
		+	on New Year's Eve, 2009.

	To exit the Moon Calendar displays, just tap the screen anywhere.		To exit the Moon Calendar displays, just tap the screen anywhere.

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 === opts ===
-==== Toggles ====
-The opts menu allows you to toggle between finger and stylus mode.
-It also has a checkbox labeled "Save All Changes". If that box is
-checked, all changes you make within the menus are saved to flash
-memory when you click the "OK" button.   If "Save All Changed" is not
-selected, you must click the "Save to Configuration File" to save
-changed configurations to flash - clicking "OK" makes the changes
-active for the current session, but does not save to flash.
 ==== Flashlight Modes ====

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 [[Image:OrreryAsterisms.png|200px|Orrery Northern Asterisms]]
-== Control Modes ==
+== Panning / Exiting Fullscreen==
-The orrery has two control modes, "finger mode" and "stylus mode".
+The image
-By default the program is in finger mode. In finger mode, the image
 can be panned by tapping your finger in
 the bottom 1/5 of the display (excluding menus).   The size of
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 The azimuth compass cannot be accessed if the display is zoomed.
 One may enter fullscreen mode by tapping the FS button at the

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 the games bundled with the openmoko rootfs. It requires no network connection,
 but does use the GPS information, by querying gpsd.
 The star database was extracted from the Hipparcos catalog.   To ease the
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 Note, the screen grabs shown below were taken with the orrery running
 atop the 2007.2 stack, because I find it easier to do a screen grab with
-that stack.   The program works with 2008.x and SHR too.
+that stack.   The program works with SHR, OM2009, OM2008.x, etc. too.
 == The Display ==

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 ----
-Please note: Some websites have links directly to the .ipk files for this program.   While it is very gratifying that other people like the program enough to include a link to the .ipk file, those links will not automatically update when a newer .ipk file is uploaded.   So using one of those links might cause you to install an obsolete version of the program.   If your version of the code doesn't match the description below, please download the most recent version from [http://projects.openmoko.org/projects/orrery/ here]. The current version is 2.6, and the version is shown
+Please note: Some websites have links directly to the .ipk files for this program.   While it is very gratifying that other people like the program enough to include a link to the .ipk file, those links will not automatically update when a newer .ipk file is uploaded.   So using one of those links might cause you to install an obsolete version of the program.   If your version of the code doesn't match the description below, please download the most recent version from [http://projects.openmoko.org/projects/orrery/ here]. The current version is 2.7, and the version is shown
 under the "opts" menu, at the top of the "About Orrery / Symbol Key" page.
 ----
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 [[Image:OrrerySymbolKey.png|200px|Symbols used by the orrery]]
-NOTE: the current version is 2.6.
+NOTE: the current version is 2.7.
 === Planet Symbols ===

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 per hour - this is the maximum you will see under the best circumstances
 with a very dark sky and the shower radiant directly overhead
-on the date of the shower maximum 4) the range of dates during
+on the date of the shower maximum.   If the rate entry says "Var", that
 which the shower will occur 5) the date at which the shower shows
 the maximum number of meteors 6) the typical velocity of the
 showers meteors in km/sec - larger numbers lead to brighter, bluer
-meteors 7) the percentage of the moon's disk which it illuminated
+meteors 7) the percentage of the moon's disk which is illuminated
 on the date of shower maximum - full moon = 100%.   A minus sign
 following the percentage means the moon is waning, a plus sign
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 for permission to use their data to produce the meteor shower
 related displays.
 ==== Planet Compass ====