[APBeta] Default reticle colors...

[Paul Rodman]

So what you're saying is: one checkbox rather than four.

I'll think about that later.

Paul R.

On Jan 3, 2009, at 11:02 AM, Bruce Pipes wrote:

> You know, Paul, I agree with you that this seems a lot of work for  
> little gain. I also agree that Plan B seems to introduce a bunch of  
> new, probably excess, options.
>
> To be honest, if the default color of all the reticles was yellow, I  
> would be happy and would not probably not change them. The reason I  
> got into this was that when I first ran APv2 the imager reticles  
> were red and not very visible, and I had trouble changing them.
>
> Sorry for any extra work I have caused you on this.
>
> Bruce
>
> On Jan 3, 2009, at 1:48 PM, Paul Rodman wrote:
>
>>
>> On Jan 2, 2009, at 09:40 AM, Bruce Pipes wrote:
>>
>>> OK, I see how you have set it up. I now realize that with imagers,  
>>> eyepieces and custom reticles each potentially having different  
>>> colors you are navigating in complex waters.
>>>
>>> I can live with the way you have it set up, but, if you do  
>>> consider changes, I think I would prefer to do all the reticle  
>>> color changes for both the FOV and the DSS image overlays in the  
>>> FOV preference window, i.e. one color change button each for  
>>> eyepieces, imagers and custom reticles. That would make the color  
>>> changes occur in the FOV window immediately and in the DSS image  
>>> overlays the next time the DSS image is opened. I realize this  
>>> would make it hard to have different colors for different  
>>> eyepieces, imagers, etc., but that is less important to me than  
>>> having a simple way to set a color for each type of reticle.
>>
>> OK, here's plan B:
>>
>> <http://www.astroplanner.net/reports/details/1700/1711.shtml>
>>
>> The interface is more complex, but is more logical. As I mention in  
>> the remarks, I'm actually a bit wary of introducing this (since I'm  
>> trying to get rid of excess options).
>>
>> Paul R.
>>
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