Difficulty with OSX builds post Xephem-3.7.7
I am by no means an expert in building xephem though I have had quite a bit of experience. I have compiled it on multiple flavors of Linux as well as Rapberry Pi (Raspian) and on the PC in Cygwin.?
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Karl Oestreich
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#3982
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strange characters when running xephem?
Appologies if this has already been covered, but I installed 3.7.7 on my Linux box (Manjaro XFCE 64-bit on a MacBook Pro) and I get these strange looking characters (see image below). I tried building
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Rick Towns
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#3981
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Re: Instructions for XEphem 3.7.7 uninstall and 4.1.0 install?
wrote:
I wonder if there's a way that a command could be offered for that step?
The root user could do something like:
echo 'XEphem.ShareDir: /usr/local/xephem' > /etc/XEphem
Offering that command
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Brandon Rhodes
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#3980
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Re: Instructions for XEphem 3.7.7 uninstall and 4.1.0 install?
Put that one line in a file named /etc/XEphem.
Be sure you have put all the supporting files in a directory named /usr/local/xephem.
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Elwood Downey
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#3979
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Re: Instructions for XEphem 3.7.7 uninstall and 4.1.0 install?
Dear friends of XEphem,
I have made some progress initially but now I lament a big regression... I have been able to install XEphem just for myself on a fresh Ubuntu 20.04 following the steps
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Maxime GOMMEAUX
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#3978
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Re: macOS woes -- SOLVED
Found it: Remove the __APPLE__ hack in xephem.c::main(), it is now harmful rather than helpful.
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Elwood Downey
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#3977
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macOS woes
Hi folks,
You're going to laugh at me but I can not get the code from github to run on macOS 11.6 and XQuartz 2.8.1. My old code base still builds and works fine. I've tried building against the
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Elwood Downey
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#3976
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Re: Indi telescope
Let's take this offline until we converge on a solution. I'll send you a note. Thanks.
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Elwood Downey
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#3975
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Re: Indi telescope
Well, I've tried to change the code.
In scope.c::sc_goto() I've easily been able to change the equinox of the position send to Indi for the Goto.
Now whatever equinox is used in XEphem, I send EOD
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Thierry Payet
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#3974
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Re: Indi telescope
Glad to know where I could change it.
Should be easy.
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Thierry Payet
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#3973
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Re: Indi telescope
Glad to hear of your progress.
You are correct, XEphem always sends J2000 to INDI. This decision is implemented in scope.c::sc_goto() which could be easily changed to use whatever is set in the main
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Elwood Downey
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Re: Indi telescope
Thank you for your help? Elwood !
I've been able to get the property names using indi_getprop command on my Indi server.
Now I can see the scope position in Skyview and can send Gotos even if I've an
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Thierry Payet
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#3971
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Re: Indi telescope
Yes, thanks. It's just what I thought. You must edit the property names in the config pane to match your INDI system. The default values are just examples.
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Elwood Downey
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#3970
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Re: Indi telescope
Find attached some screenshots with my telescope simulator configuration.
I've also added the inditrace file.
Hope this will help.
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Thierry Payet
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#3969
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Re: Indi telescope
The configuration properties must be set to match your INDI drivers for Sky View to work. This is not required for the Control Panel to work because there they are not being intercepted, only used as
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Elwood Downey
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Re: Indi telescope
Was using "Enable sending RA/Dec" , I've tried? "Enable sending edb" with the same result ... everything is working fine from the Indi panel but nothing on Skyview map ..
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Thierry Payet
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#3967
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Re: Indi telescope
Open Sky View -> Telescope -> Configure and make sure the Host, Port and property definitions for "Enable sending edb" or "Enable sending RA/Dec" (depending on your driver) are correct.
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Elwood Downey
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#3966
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Indi telescope
Hi,
I'm trying to connect my scope to XEphem using my Indi server.
First I define the Indi server address/port in the XEphem SkyView Telescope configuration panel,
then I'm able to connect to the
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Thierry Payet
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#3965
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Re: Instructions for XEphem 3.7.7 uninstall and 4.1.0 install?
Patience ? je te r¨¦ponds demain pour la proc¨¦dure extr¨¨mement simple
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Serge.
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Serge Montagnac
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#3964
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Instructions for XEphem 3.7.7 uninstall and 4.1.0 install?
Dear friends of XEphem,
Given the recently renewed interest in this great software, I am planning to have my Bachelor students use it again in the next academic term. However, I would appreciate it
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Maxime GOMMEAUX
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#3963
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