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List:       kde-commits
Subject:    KDE/kdeedu/kstars
From:       Jason Harris <kstars () 30doradus ! org>
Date:       2007-11-25 4:43:14
Message-ID: 1195965794.526310.25139.nullmailer () svn ! kde ! org
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SVN commit 741214 by harris:

Fix ephemeris how-to


 M  +15 -4     README.ephemerides  


--- trunk/KDE/kdeedu/kstars/README.ephemerides #741213:741214
@@ -90,8 +90,19 @@
 end of the line, so the absolute magnitude field is now column 9.
 
 Don't forget to move the names field back to its proper location,
-again using your favorite editor.
+again using your favorite editor.  
 
-Finally, copy "asteroids.dat" to ~/.kde/share/apps/kstars/ (for 
-single-user install) or $KDEDIR/share/apps/kstars/ (for system
-install).
+*IMPORTANT*: The JPL column formatting has changed, so you will have
+to adjust the position of the name column to the left by two places.
+You can do this non-destructively by removing the first column in each
+line, and removing the space between the ID number and the name.
+Then, add two spaces just before the MJD field (after the name) to
+keep the column positions of the rest of the line the same.  Here's a
+before and after example:
+
+ 136199 Eris            54200 67.7311622 0.43999155  44.15946 151.55827  35.88446 \
197.9656645  -1.17 0.15 JPL 16 +136199Eris              54200 67.7311622 0.43999155  \
44.15946 151.55827  35.88446 197.9656645  -1.17 0.15 JPL 16 +
+Finally, copy your modified "asteroids.dat" to 
+~/.kde/share/apps/kstars/ (for a single-user install) or 
+$KDEDIR/share/apps/kstars/ (for a system-wide install).


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