chester@utx1.UUCP (Bernard Chester) (12/03/87)
It's good to see that the new (version 2) yale star chart package has finally been posted to comp.sources. There are some excellent new features, my favorites are the ability to predefine constellations with the -c and -f options. I did encounter some small problems, and I have some suggestions for the authors. 1) The Legend, which is produced inside of starchart.c, uses varying text sizes, which causes characters to overlap. I found that the problem is easily fixed by putting vecsize(10); before every string output. 2) Certain of my 'favorite' star names don't seem to be in the database. Examples are Alnitak and Saiph in Orion, and Alhena in Gemini. Perhaps there is a way to get an update or diff for those of us less geared to the Greek letter ids? 3) I have been experimenting with enlarging the area used by the pic version, so as to get more on the screen. When I'm satisfied with my adjustments, I'll share them with everyone. This is still the most useful and enjoyable program that I've found on the net in the past year. My children and I thank the developers for their efforts. Bernard Chester novavax!utx1!chester -- Bernard Chester, x4869, E1-P10