[APBeta] Scripting question

[Paul Rodman]

On Jun 15, 2009, at 7:06 PM, Michael Portuesi wrote:

> Thanks for the info.  The reason why I'm asking is that I'm working  
> on the long-awaited (from me, anyway) Print Finder Charts 2.0  
> script, and I'm noticing some significant differences between the  
> output of charts under 1.x and 2.x.   Mainly, the size of the  
> plotted stars under 2.x is so huge on some of the charts as to make  
> them unworkable.
>
> I'm trying to figure out what I can do from my end to tune the chart  
> rendering.  If you're curious, I can take this discussion offline  
> and send you an example.

Probably a good idea.

Paul R.

> On Jun 15, 2009, at 3:31 PM, Paul Rodman wrote:
>
>>
>> On Jun 14, 2009, at 8:00 PM, Michael Portuesi wrote:
>>
>>> I can answer my previous question, and it isn't what I'm looking  
>>> for at the moment.
>>>
>>> Instead, could you tell me what is the difference between the  
>>> following two calls on Canvas:
>>>
>>> Sub FOVStarLimits(minmag as double, maxmag as double)
>>>
>>> and
>>>
>>> Sub FOVMagnitudeLimits(stars as double, starlabels as double, dsos  
>>> as double, dsolabels as double)
>>>
>>> as they pertain to the rendering of stars?   How do these two  
>>> calls interact, as far as stars are concerned?
>>
>> FOVMagnitudeLimits effectively sets the four magnitude slider  
>> widgets for the FoV to whatever you set them to.
>>
>> FOVStarLimits is probably not really of much use in V2, since the  
>> rendering of stars is somewhat cleverer than in V1. Actually, I'm  
>> not even sure it's necessary in V1 most of the time, and remains  
>> there mainly for legacy reasons. I would avoid using it. At a later  
>> stage I will investigate further and see if it needs to be  
>> deprecated.
>>
>> Paul R.