[vsnet-chat 1308] (fwd) Re: vsnet charts (McAdam)

[Taichi Kato <tkato>]

From dave@telf-ast.demon.co.uk Tue Sep 15 18:53 JST 1998
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 08:13:10 GMT
From: dave@telf-ast.demon.co.uk (Dave McAdam)
To: tkato@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Subject: Re: [vsnet-chat 1303] Re: vsnet charts
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In message <199809141323.WAA27695@ceres.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp>
Taichi Kato wrote:
> Re: [vsnet-chat 1302] vsnet charts
> 
> Dear Dr. Nelson,
> 
> > Is it possible to have the data columns aligned in the vsnet charts?  I was
> > trying to edit the chart data using word and excel so that a chart could be
> > produced with only stars brighter than a set magnitude would be included.
> > With the data not aligned this is difficult, but if it were aligned it would
> > be very straight forward.
> 
>    We have favored smallest possible changes in the format, since there
> already exist a variety of softwares handling this format.  Some of them
> may not be able to handle a modified format properly, but I can't tell the
> result exactly.

Dear Taichi Kato and Peter Nelson,
My plot program works on the basis that only single spaces separate the
x/y/mag/legend fields. The program was re-written to handle the larger
x/y values that came into use in April. At the same time the SCALE heading
was taken into account and faint magnitude limiting added.
The program works in the DOS environment, but it can be installed under
a Windows icon. It is necessary to ensure that *.CHT files are saved with
the conventional carriage-return AND line-feed characters.
(from browsers as well as e-mail - ie; the same as standard *.TXT files.)

The suggested change would make my program fail, and might also affect
other plot programs!
Regards,
Dave
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