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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Paul, <br>
I'm happy to report that my experience with Astroplanner Version 2.0b82 with my
Windows XP machine is very positive - no crashes or major (or minor) glitches
that I can't live with. While I don't as yet do some of the complex things like
scripting, I have developed an observing plan with over 1100 objects in it.
Astroplanner works great in sorting any column that I wish with admirable
speed. Even after entering some 2500 observations of these objects from over more
than 40 years, Astroplanner works without any problems. Soon I hope to submit
the plan, Burnham Northern Tour to the group. <br>
<br>
There is one question that I'm sure has a simple answer - what is the best way
to delete all of my observations from the copy of the plan that I submit to the
group? I assume that such submitted plans should have no personal observations
included. Does File> User Contributed Plans> Upload> include the plan
without my own observations?<br>
<br>
Thanks for a great product! It has greatly increased my observing enjoyment.<br>
<br>
Best Regards, <br>
Russ<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<br><br><br>Jun 25, 2010 08:20:25 PM, apbeta@lists.astroplanner.net wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 3px solid rgb(102, 153, 204);">>Send APBeta mailing list submissions to<br>> apbeta@lists.astroplanner.net<br>><br>>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br>> http://lists.astroplanner.net/listinfo.cgi/apbeta-astroplanner.net<br>>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br>> apbeta-request@lists.astroplanner.net<br>><br>>You can reach the person managing the list at<br>> apbeta-owner@lists.astroplanner.net<br>><br>>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>>than "Re: Contents of APBeta digest..."<br>><br>><br>>Today's Topics:<br>><br>> 1. Wiki redux (Paul Rodman)<br>> 2. AP 2.0 at Cherry Springs (Chris Todd)<br>> 3. Re: AP 2.0 at Cherry Springs (Paul Rodman)<br>><br>><br>>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br>><br>>Message: 1<br>>Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 08:15:02 -0700<br>>From: Paul Rodman <paul@ilanga.com><br>>To: AstroPlanner Beta Testers <apbeta@lists.astroplanner.net><br>>Subject: [APBeta] Wiki redux<br>>Message-ID: <991D9127-21CB-4F58-A4FA-202C22DC801D@ilanga.com><br>>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii<br>><br>>After some thought, feedback from you (thanks), and looking at my schedule (yes, <br>>I do have one), I have decided (for the moment) the following:<br>><br>>a. AstroPlanner reference stuff will be handled by the Help system built into <br>>AP V2. In theory, you can print from the help system, but it's not very adept <br>>at this.<br>>b. AstroPlanner "how to" stuff (e.g. installing, how to create an <br>>observing plan, etc.) will be a PDF manual as before.<br>>c. AstroPlanner scripting reference will be handled by the existing Framework <br>>Reference feature.<br>>d. AstroPlanner scripting "how to" (e.g. the language, how to create <br>>a printing script, etc.) will be a PDF manual as before.<br>>e. The wiki will contain FAQ material, release notes, additional "how to" <br>>stuff for both the app and scripting, pages describing the operation of user-contributed <br>>scripts (a la Michael Portuesi's Print Finder Charts), and so on. This will <br>>be a community-editable resource.<br>><br>>What I might do in the future is roll (a) through (d) into the wiki, just so <br>>the community can "have at it" (i.e. editing, extending, adding notes, <br>>etc.). That material might then make its way back to (a) through (d) in the future.<br>><br>>So, for now, you can forget about the wiki. Or you can start banging in FAQs, <br>>etc.<br>><br>>Paul R.<br>><br>><br>><br>>------------------------------<br>><br>>Message: 2<br>>Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:12:54 -0400<br>>From: Chris Todd <christopher.todd@gmail.com><br>>To: AstroPlanner Beta Testers <apbeta@lists.astroplanner.net><br>>Subject: [APBeta] AP 2.0 at Cherry Springs<br>>Message-ID:<br>> <aanlktilszzsw_tx6h3xmkjpehjcjsc24qhjrq8munsqv@mail.gmail.com><br>>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1<br>><br>>Paul,<br>><br>>Just thought I'd let you know that I used AP beta 2.0 at Cherry<br>>Springs two weeks ago, and it ran great. I don't get to get out and<br>>observe as often as I'd like, so I apologize for not being a more<br>>active beta tester. I was very pleased that AP hung in there with me<br>>for the whole weekend without a single crash, application hiccup, or<br>>feature that I tried that didn't work as expected. Sure, I didn't try<br>>all the features, but everything I tried worked well, and as I say, I<br>>had it open on my MacBook Pro for a little over 72 hours. Searching<br>>objects, custom highlighting in the plan, using the FOV to tell<br>>whether I had my dob pointed at the right place, and (most importantly<br>>for me) entering observations, all worked smoothly and exactly as I<br>>expected.<br>><br>>Just thought you'd like a little encouragement from a real-world test<br>>of AP beta 2. I'm excited about the product, and I can't wait to<br>>purchase the full version on CD or DVD with all the catalogues. So<br>>push that puppy out the door so I can give you my money! :-)<br>><br>>Seriously, though, keep up the good work,<br>>Chris Todd<br>><br>><br>>------------------------------<br>><br>>Message: 3<br>>Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:59:39 -0700<br>>From: Paul Rodman <paul@ilanga.com><br>>To: AstroPlanner Beta Testers <apbeta@lists.astroplanner.net><br>>Subject: Re: [APBeta] AP 2.0 at Cherry Springs<br>>Message-ID: <b7539676-321d-4fd8-b540-a9097f4cb196@ilanga.com><br>>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii<br>><br>><br>>On Jun 25, 2010, at 10:12 AM, Chris Todd wrote:<br>><br>>> Just thought I'd let you know that I used AP beta 2.0 at Cherry<br>>> Springs two weeks ago, and it ran great. I don't get to get out and<br>>> observe as often as I'd like, so I apologize for not being a more<br>>> active beta tester. I was very pleased that AP hung in there with me<br>>> for the whole weekend without a single crash, application hiccup, or<br>>> feature that I tried that didn't work as expected. Sure, I didn't <br>>try<br>>> all the features, but everything I tried worked well, and as I say, I<br>>> had it open on my MacBook Pro for a little over 72 hours. Searching<br>>> objects, custom highlighting in the plan, using the FOV to tell<br>>> whether I had my dob pointed at the right place, and (most importantly<br>>> for me) entering observations, all worked smoothly and exactly as I<br>>> expected.<br>>> <br>>> Just thought you'd like a little encouragement from a real-world test<br>>> of AP beta 2. I'm excited about the product, and I can't wait <br>>to<br>>> purchase the full version on CD or DVD with all the catalogues. So<br>>> push that puppy out the door so I can give you my money! :-)<br>><br>>Thanks for the (positive) feedback. If you were a Windows user I'd feel <br>>more encouraged, since most of the remaining issues seem to be largely Windows-related, <br>>and largely non-reproducible on my Windows installations (which are relatively "clean" <br>>since I have no non-AP-related software installed and do not use e-mail or web browsers). <br>>That being said, I think we're closing in on an acceptably-stable application.<br>><br>>Note that you can use all of the existing catalogues with V2 (the format has <br>>not changed). You have a beta licence so you can download and use them if you wish.<br>><br>>Paul R.<br>><br>><br>><br>>------------------------------<br>><br>>_______________________________________________<br>>APBeta mailing list<br>>APBeta@lists.astroplanner.net<br>>http://lists.astroplanner.net/listinfo.cgi/apbeta-astroplanner.net<br>><br>><br>>End of APBeta Digest, Vol 26, Issue 18<br>>**************************************<br>></b7539676-321d-4fd8-b540-a9097f4cb196@ilanga.com></apbeta@lists.astroplanner.net></paul@ilanga.com></aanlktilszzsw_tx6h3xmkjpehjcjsc24qhjrq8munsqv@mail.gmail.com></apbeta@lists.astroplanner.net></christopher.todd@gmail.com></apbeta@lists.astroplanner.net></paul@ilanga.com></blockquote></body></html>