[Kstars-devel] Menu Support for HA Rey Constellations

[Jason Harris]

Hi James,

You can submit patches this way, but we aren't developing features in 
the 3.5 branch anymore, so your patches would have to be merged into the 
trunk development branch (which will eventually be part of KDE 4.0).

I'd be happy to merge your patches, if you don't want to get the latest 
SVN code.  If the files aren't too big, you can attach them to a post to 
this list.  Otherwise, send them to me directly, or put them on http/ftp 
somewhere and post the URL to the list.

thanks,
Jason


James Bowlin wrote:
> 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.
> 
>