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An alternative way is to include XEphem's X resources in the file XEphem which is e.g. located in the hidden .xephem directory in the user's home directory (/home/<user name>/.xephem). The file XEphem can include a lot of settings for fonts and colours used, directories searched, default catalogues to be loaded etc. Many of the settings can be accessed by the Preferences menue in XEphem's main window. I use the following settings for my default site (change them to your values):

XEphem.Elevation:??????????????????????????? 200 m
XEphem.Lat:????????????????????????????????? 50:00:00
XEphem.Long:???????????????????????????????? -10:00:00
XEphem.Sitename:???????????????????????????? My city
XEphem.TZName:?????????????????????????????? MEZ
XEphem.TZone:??????????????????????????????? -1:00:00

Regards,

Martin

On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 11:33 AM David Kirkby <drkirkby@...> wrote:

Is there any way to get the program to default the location to my location in the UK, rather than in the USA?

Yes! You can specify it in your .Xdefaults or .Xresources file:

I am a bit surprised that the Reference doesn't mention that, since otherwise I have no idea how I myself discovered it! I'll double check the documentation again this weekend, and add something about X resources if it is really undocumented at this point.