[Bug 136648] getting data from the command line interface

[kstars at 30doradus.org]

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http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=136648         
kstars 30doradus org changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |WONTFIX



------- Additional Comments From kstars 30doradus org  2006-11-01 16:53 -------
I agree that it would be a good idea to be able to generate text files containing this kind of information, and a command-line interface makes sense.

However, in the interest of "the right tool for the right job", I want to point out the applications SkyCalc and SkyCalendar:  http://imagiware.com/astro/skycalc_notes.html

These are command-line apps that do exactly what you are looking for, and they do it very well.  There's a web interface to the applications as well: http://imagiware.com/astro/

For KStars, I think I will concentrate on extending the Astrocalculator tool to provide more options like you describe.  The modules have a "batch mode" that allow for input/output via text files.  Right now, there isn't a module that does rise/set/transit times, but I am planning on adding one.  Maybe someday I will add a command-line interface for the calculator tools, but as long as excellent tools like SkyCalc and SkyCalendar already do the job, I'm not going to give it a high priority.

I guess I'll close this with WONTFIX, since I'm not planning to work on command-line access to the calculator, but I can reopen it until the Astrocalculator does rise/set times, if you wish.