New coordinate grids features

[Cham]

One last thing to consider is that Celestia can also show the ecliptic line. Should there be a separate key to toggle this? Or should it automatically be shown when the equatorial grid is active?

Personally, I think it should be toggled ON when the grid is also active.

Chris,

about the semi-colon ";", don't forget that ctrl-; (and shift-; for the same operation ??) is already used for another thing.

[Guckytos]

One last thing to consider is that Celestia can also show the ecliptic line. Should there be a separate key to toggle this? Or should it automatically be shown when the equatorial grid is active?

Personally, I think it should be toggled ON when the grid is also active.

Chris,

about the semi-colon ";", don't forget that ctrl-; (and shift-; for the same operation ??) is already used for another thing.

Sorry for jumping into this discussion, but i am not sure if the "D" key is really such a good idea. But that is because of my own "pet" idea for a new assingment for the "D" key.
I already wrote that in another thread, see here.

Key remapping
Please remove the hardlink of "D" to run the demo script and attach it to "D"ecellerate.

Reason: On english keyboard layout you have the "A", "S" and "Z" key very near to each other, so it is easy to use them for "speed control".
On other keyboard layouts the "Z" key moves a lot further away. So by remapping the "D" key this would be an advantage on international keyboards. And it would even make sense in english:

* A: Accelerate
* S: Stop
* D: Decelerate

Best regards,

Guckytos

[Cham]

Maybe the keyboard map should be defined in the config file, so the user could change all the keyboard shortcuts he/she wants, in a similar way we can do it with the colors. Chris ?

[chris]

Maybe the keyboard map should be defined in the config file, so the user could change all the keyboard shortcuts he/she wants, in a similar way we can do it with the colors. Chris ?

I think the effort would be much better spent devising a good set of default keyboard bindings. Only after that task is complete would I want to devote time to implementing configurable keyboard controls.

--CHris

[t00fri]

Maybe the keyboard map should be defined in the config file, so the user could change all the keyboard shortcuts he/she wants, in a similar way we can do it with the colors. Chris ?

I think the effort would be much better spent devising a good set of default keyboard bindings. Only after that task is complete would I want to devote time to implementing configurable keyboard controls.

--CHris

Right!!

Fridger

[Cham]

I've edited Fridger's grids scripts, and apparently this one isn't working. Why ?

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-- Title: Activer/Desactiver la grille equatoriale

t = {} -- create table
t.equatorialgrid =    not celestia:getrenderflags().equatorialgrid
t.galacticgrid =    false
t.eclipticgrid =    false
t.horizontalgrid =    false

celestia:setrenderflags(t)

if celestia:getrenderflags().equatorialgrid then

celestia:print("Grille equatoriale activee", 5)
end


[chris]

I've edited Fridger's grids scripts, and apparently this one isn't working. Why ?

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-- Title: Activer/Desactiver la grille equatoriale

t = {} -- create table
t.equatorialgrid =    not celestia:getrenderflags().equatorialgrid
t.galacticgrid =    false
t.eclipticgrid =    false
t.horizontalgrid =    false

celestia:setrenderflags(t)

if celestia:getrenderflags().equatorialgrid then

celestia:print("Grille equatoriale activee", 5)
end


I think the problem is that 'equatorialgrid' is just 'grid' in celx scripting. It's inconsistent, but older scripts might break if the name were changed. It might be possible to add equatorialgrid as a synonym for grid. I'll see if that's possible without creating compatibility problems.

--Chris

[Cham]

Ok, thanks, it works with this :

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t.grid =    not celestia:getrenderflags().grid
t.galacticgrid =    false
t.eclipticgrid =    false
t.horizontalgrid =    false