[Kstars-devel] Print Wizard

Sat Apr 5 19:40:08 UTC 2014

> I agree that note-taking is not a strong point of KStars right now. I am
> working on OAL support - if everything goes fine, it should be in master
> branch during this summer (my MSc thesis is keeping me busy right now). The
> idea is that with OAL-compliant logging, the only thing that would be
> required apart from it, is this simple note-taking feature. What's your
> opinion on that?

Could you be more specific?  I think I've covered some of this already and it was 
addressed by Akarsh Simha.  It seem that Kstars does in fact have a good 
interface for taking notes except that it is broke. I'd like to think of noting more 
like research notes.  As I've previously stated we observer often go back to the 
same objects many times over the course of our hobby,  The reasons vary as to 
the conditions under which any object is viewed.  So I don't just see just a single 
note taking ability, numerous notes for any given object.

I understand you have a small team and very limited time to do this volunteer 
work.  I assume you are apply for the Google Summer of Code?  Have you picked 
with feature you want addressed?  My vote, if I had one would be to get the note 
taking feature fix and implemented.

Honestly wish I could help, but I don't know the first thing about programming and 
I'm a lousy problem solver.

I'd love to hear what are the immediate priorities for the Kstars team are.  It must 
be are what to add new features when you know there is some many outstanding 
issues that need to be addressed.

On April 4, 2014 04:46:32 PM Rafal Kulaga wrote:
> Hi Bruce,
> 
> I think we can expand this to the visual observer by creating a print out
> 
> > for
> > each object.  So if the astronomer picks 15 objects to observe in a
> > session.
> > Say that he/she is observing visually.  Now we give them the ability to
> > print
> > out page/s for each object to be observed, much like we do with the print
> > wizard.  Then the next day the observer can come home and record his/her
> > results in Kstars.
> 
> Yes, this is indeed a good idea. It is also not hard at all to implement,
> as it would require only a list of sky objects to be passed to the printing
> wizard.
> 
> > I noticed that in the Planning Session feature has a place to put notes.
> > How
> > does one review old observations?  It seems to me that the whole point to
> > keeps notes is that you can go back to them for review and research. 
> > Maybe
> > there should be a search feature.
> 
> This would be a nice addition too. Also, not a big deal to implement.
> 
> > Could we make the Notes section more like the Print Wizard printout?  I
> > see a
> > specific place for sky conditions eye pieces used, automatic calculation
> > of
> > magnification based on telescope and each eye piece used.  This
> > information can
> > be taken for the Equipment section. Caveat: If a observer has more than
> > one
> > telescope we might need a menu (drop down) to choose telescope and eye
> > pieces.
> > Maybe be the observations could be tied to a calendar?
> > 
> > 
> > How will a observer enter his/her data.  Well I see two methods the first
> > is
> > base on Kstars present setup.  The observer would have to search out each
> > object in his/her list via the sky view, centre it and then right click
> > and
> > choose Details, then log.  What I like to see added would be a method to
> > do
> > the same thing, but via the Observation Plan, Session Plan.
> > 
> > Question:  What is the point of a Observation Plan, Session Plan, and note
> > taking?  You don't just take notes to forget about them, they are there
> > for
> > future review and research.  Lets take Kstars to the next level lets beef
> > up
> > the note taking capability.
> 
> I agree that note-taking is not a strong point of KStars right now. I am
> working on OAL support - if everything goes fine, it should be in master
> branch during this summer (my MSc thesis is keeping me busy right now). The
> idea is that with OAL-compliant logging, the only thing that would be
> required apart from it, is this simple note-taking feature. What's your
> opinion on that?
> 
> Many thanks for your suggestions!
> 
> Cheers!
> Rafal
> 
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> > >    1. Re: Print Wizard (Rafal Kulaga)
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> > > Message: 1
> > > Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 00:40:07 +0100
> > > From: Rafal Kulaga <rl.kulaga at gmail.com>
> > > To: Bruce <bruce.harding at gmail.com>
> > > Cc: KStars Development Mailing List <kstars-devel at kde.org>
> > > Subject: Re: [Kstars-devel] Print Wizard
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> > > Hi Bruce,
> > > 
> > > Oh, I get it. Yes, we can do this either by adding appropriate message
> > > to
> > > the status bar or by painting a text box over the sky map.
> > > 
> > > Cheers,
> > > Rafal
> > > 
> > > 2014-03-26 23:51 GMT+01:00 Bruce <bruce.harding at gmail.com>:
> > > > Thanks for the quick response.
> > > > 
> > > > On the issue of FOV capture as you use the Page Up Or Down key is not
> > > > clear to
> > > > me what the FOV is that is being captured.  Is there a way to convey
> > 
> > this
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