[APBeta] Default reticle colors...

[Bruce Pipes]

Yup. That would work for me.

Bruce

On Jan 3, 2009, at 2:08 PM, Paul Rodman wrote:

> 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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