How to create cross-index files from data?

[LukeCEL]

A long time ago, when I downloaded Grant Hutchinson and Pascal Hartmann's Star Database, I noticed that there was no HD index or SAO index, so all the new stars had none of those designations to go along with them. SourceForge has some tools but I have little to no successful experience with using the tools. So, I created a slower, STC-based one, which I put below.

I have two questions:

1. How does one convert an existing cross index to a human-readable format?

2. How does one convert a human-readable cross index, like the one I put in the attachment below, to a DAT file? (i.e. what I should type into Terminal)

Thanks in advance.

[John Van Vliet]

have you looked in the source code ?
/src/tools/stardb/
read the README file

[Janus]

Before going to lots of trouble like this will be, you should contact Art Blos about the Celestia-Origin project.
I believe they already include all of the information in that collection.
Their stars.dat is the same size the one you reference above.


Janus.

[LukeCEL]

John Van Vliet, I have looked at the source code and the README file. But, when it says this:

Code: Select all

The command line is:

makexindex [<input file> [<output file>]]

I don't know what to type, and where to type it.

Janus, am I just extremely dense, or is there no hdindex.dat or saoindex.dat in the Celestia Origin project?

[Janus]

@LukeCel

Those files are present, though mine at least has a zero byte starnames.dat file.

If you are looking for a ready to run, you can grab it from my downloads.

http://celestia.simulatorlabbs.com/Downloads/

Look in Celestia-Origin for

Celestia_Origin_2017_12_30.zip

Or you can grab the 7z or zip files if you prefer.
Entirely up to you.

Janus.