[Kstars-devel] Menu Support for HA Rey Constellations

[James Bowlin]

I am considering adding support for the Rey constellations and names
to the Guides part of the KStars Setup menu.  This would let users
select between the standard constellation lines and the Rey lines.
Likewise they could choose between the standard names and the Rey
names for the constellations.

I would add an "HA Rey" radio button to the existing "Constellation
Name Options" group and I would add a new "Constellation Line Options" 
radio button group with options of "Standard" and "HA Rey".

This would involve changes to the following files (I think):

  kstarsdata.h
  kstarsdata.cpp
  opsguidesui.ui
  skymapdraw.cpp

I would also add the files clines-rey.dat and cnames-rey.dat to
hold the HA Rey constellation information.

I am currently running KStars version 3.4.1 under Gentoo Linux.
I did a diff with the 3.5 code base and although there were
changes to some of the above files, I didn't see any overlap with
the areas where I need to make changes.

My current path of least resistance is to make my changes to the
3.4.1 version and submit diffs against this version.  I could
make sure that the patches can be applied to the 3.5 code.

Please let me know if I should approach this problem differently
or if there is a reason I should hold off entirely.  I can also
provide more details of my plans if anyone is interested.


-- 
Peace, James