Stellarium + netbook

[Barrykgerdes]

Originally Posted by BrisGreg

What's this about hyperbole you say?

Forget it, it's a political comment about pronunciation
Barry

[pmrid (Peter)]

Originally Posted by Barrykgerdes

Hi Peter
It's in the users\[your name]\appdata\roaming\stellarium folder.
appdata is a hidden file
To confirm the location run stellarium and go to help (F1) and select log
read down the entry and it will say writing to c:\users -------

To make the hidden file visible goto tools - folder options - view and tick the show hidden files.

Barry

Thanks Barry. Got that.
Peter

[stephenb (Stephen)]

Barry, has there been any discussion in the Stellarium circles about creating a more "user-friendly" interface for loading/accessing/amending the config file? Say, through the icon interface already in the menu? If it is already there, I apologise, I can't seem to find it.

Stephen

[Barrykgerdes]

Originally Posted by stephenb

Barry, has there been any discussion in the Stellarium circles about creating a more "user-friendly" interface for loading/accessing/amending the config file? Say, through the icon interface already in the menu? If it is already there, I apologise, I can't seem to find it.

Stephen

It has been mentioned but no specific changes have been made. Modifying some of the items in the config.ini file is a specialist task. However all the items that are normally user configurable can be changed from within the program.

There are two methods of changing config.ini items. They can be changed from the various menus or they can be changed via the Text user interface plug in. To use the second make sure it is loaded at start up by ticking the box. This second method is good for changing colours

To make your changes permanent use the configure menu (F2) and make sure you click on save changes.

The biggest problem with the config.ini file is finding it. All user configurable items are held in the computer user area in a hidden file. This makes it difficult for many to find. The location of this "stellarium" folder is listed in the help menu (F1) by reading the log. It is the first entry and mentioned again further down the panel.

Because the application data or appdata file is a hidden file in Windows it can't be found with a simple search. You can address it from the command prompt or you can make hidden files visible from the tools-options-view menu.

When you locate this area it is the place to store your large star catalogues, scripts,extra textures, extra nebulae, data. extra landscapes and modules. Stellarium looks in this area first before using the corresponding entry in the main stellarium folder. Thus an update or new version of stellarium will not overwrite your special data.

Barry

[Stu Ward]

I bought an Acer Aspire one netbook yesterday.
$246 from Office Works
Chucked Canon Eos Utility and Stellarium on there. Works a charm

Stu

[Irish stargazer (John)]

Originally Posted by Stu Ward

I bought an Acer Aspire one netbook yesterday.
$246 from Office Works
Chucked Canon Eos Utility and Stellarium on there. Works a charm

Stu

Can't go wrong for that price. Bargain!
If it gets accidently dropped on a dark night, it won't break the bank to replace it either. As they are smaller and lighter they are probably less lightly to be knocked over or dropped than a standard laptop. Anyone have any laptop disasters out at the scope?

[steve000 (Steve)]

Totally agree with Stallarium and a netbook.. Version 10.6 fixed the weird resoloution issue, it runs about 25fps and works well on most netbooks.. Honestly id be lost without it.

I find i actually have the netbook brightness 1 level up from lowest setting, only to see the keyboard. a RED led fixed that

stellarium also has a red screen mode, and with wireless in range its handy to google things ive seen while observing.

highly recommend, On lowest brightness and lowest power my old eeepc used to get 10 hours, now makes around 7 hours as its heaps older.