realtime interface to Celestia

[Chuft-Captain]

SampledOrbit
{
TrajectoryFile "orbit.xyz"
Precision "double"
Periodic true
}

IMO, for extra flexibility the "Periodic" command when set to true, could have an option to specify a pause (of any size from seconds to years) to be enforced between repetitions of the XYZ.

eg.
SampledOrbit
{
TrajectoryFile "orbit.xyz"
Precision "double"
Periodic true pause "01 02:00:03" # pause for 1 day 2 hours and 3 secs between each repetition of the trajectory.
}

EDIT: In fact why not allow fractions of a second as well --- may be useful for some fast events.

[Chuft-Captain]

Please ignore my suggestions above, as after a bit more thought I've had some better ideas (IMO) about how to implement this, which I hope will be flexible enough to handle all the periodic motion scenarios anyone has anticipated: http://celestiaproject.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10144