[APBeta] re. multiple plans open

[Paul Rodman]

On Jan 31, 2009, at 08:29 PM, Hilary Jones wrote:

> I don't think having one menu bar precludes having multiple  
> telescopes open at the same time.  It's only a "small matter of  
> programming" to have the menu controls know which window they should  
> be applied to, and therefore which telescope is wanted.  On the  
> other hand, I'm not sure it's worth the trouble.  I can't imagine a  
> situation where I would actually want to run two telescopes at the  
> same time.  My poor little brain can barely keep one scope going!   
> In an emergency, if AstroPlanner didn't handle two scopes well, I  
> could always run two instances of the program.

Unfortunately you can't run multiple instances of the app (sharing  
various resources would be a nightmare). However, the new telescope  
stuff is threaded, so connecting to more than one telescope should  
cause an enormous impact on performance. However, I haven't done too  
much testing here, esp. with multiple ASCOM scopes. I have run an  
LX200, ETX60AT, and an emulated scope at the same time. I'm sure there  
are plenty of bugs to fix though.

Paul R.

>
> Hilary
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Peter B
> To: apbeta at lists.astroplanner.net
> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 2:43 PM
> Subject: [APBeta] re. multiple plans open
>
> Paul,
>
> Regarding my question on thre multiple plans being open and what I  
> thought was a splash screen, I now understand what you are trying to  
> achieve in terms of a multi-document app.  I think the confusion  
> comes from the fact that it looks like you have multiple instances  
> of AP open when you open a second plan - unlike the way say Excel  
> treats multiple documents open within the same window.
>
> The main thing I don't like about the AP approach is if you have the  
> relescope connected then open a second plan the telescope is not  
> connected in that plan.  Is it done this way to enable different  
> plans to be connected to different telescopes concurrently?
>
> I think it would be less confusing if the plan was just a window  
> within the main app - ie the dropdown menus and info bar were not  
> repeated on every plan however I guess this would only allow one  
> telescope connection at any time.
>
> Regards,
>
> Peter
>
>
>
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