[Kstars-devel] A short mockup of my GSoC ideas.

[Akarsh Simha]

> >> When I point my telescope or a Binocular at an Object, I'd prefer to
> >> see how the FOV looks like right ? What I want to do is, for a given
> >> object and equipment, show the FOV around it.
> >
> > That's right. But KStars already does that right?
> 
> I'm planning to get it within the Observing list. Like a tab or
> something. Click on a object, and select FOV , it'll display the FOV
> around the object. Its going to be a little difficult to implement, I
> dunno it its worth the fight., Any suggestions on this ?

I don't know if it is worth the effort. The user can anyway select the
FOV easily from the menu. Keep it on low priority, if at all you want
to keep it.

> > Maybe you could have shortcut keys like the ones in the Konqueror
> > address bar.
> >
> > Let's say "add:Object name" will add the object to observing list.
> >
> > Or maybe we should invent a separate KStars command bar for this (like
> > Cartes' quick search). I'll work on that :)
> 
> Nice idea. FindDialog is "Quick" enough already. But a command line
> will be amazing.

FindDialog is a little slow for my tastes because it loads a list of
all objects. :)

Regards
Akarsh