InfoText or equivalent?

[waynet]

Hi folx,
I am wondering if a text feature has been added to Celestia (I am a fairly new user). I want to be able to add details about the planets. Is there a way to do this? I have Celestia 1.5 patch 3.

Thanks,

Wayne

[Vincent]

Hi folx,
I am wondering if a text feature has been added to Celestia (I am a fairly new user). I want to be able to add details about the planets. Is there a way to do this? I have Celestia 1.5 patch 3.

Thanks,

Wayne

Hi Wayne,

The 'Lua Edu Tools', which is an addon for Celestia 1.5, includes the InfoText/InfoImage feature. Please have a look at: http://celestiaproject.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10352

Then, what is "Celestia 1.5 patch 3" ? I'm not aware of the existence of such a patched version for Celestia 1.5. Is it a patched version for Linux ?

[selden]

Vincent,

I suspect he means "prerelease 3".

[Adirondack]

Then, what is "Celestia 1.5 patch 3" ? I'm not aware of the existence of such a patched version for Celestia 1.5. Is it a patched version for Linux ?

Vincent,

I assume he wants to say "Celestia 1.5.0pre3", no?

Adirondack

Edit: Oh, Selden was a few seconds quicker!

[waynet]

Yes, prerelease 3. Did I mention I'm a noob?

Thanks for the replies! I will try to install these tools.

I teach astronomy and am embarrassed I didn't know about Celestia until last summer. It is the coolest software I've seen in a very long time.

Thanks again,
Wayne

[Vincent]

Yes, prerelease 3. Did I mention I'm a noob?

OK, Selden and Ulrich were right.

Thanks for the replies! I will try to install these tools.

You're welcome Wayne.
You might want to use the following executable (instead of the default celestia.exe file provided with Celestia-1.5pre3) in order to enjoy the latest added features: http://vincent.gian.club.fr/celestia/ce ... .5_CVS.exe