To change to using another printer for the current login session: PRINTER=ps2 . ... To change to using another editor for the current login session and inform (export) this value to other programs which use it: EDITOR=vi export EDITOR . This changes the user's default editor to vi and exports this value to other programs - such as electronic mail - which make use of it. ... PAGER=less;export PAGER . To make this change take immediate effect enter the command: source .bash_profile . ...

... This section is a brief tutorial for first-time VMS users. Commands introduced here will not be described in detail--more involved discussions will be left to later chapters. ... For example, if you type SHOW without an argument, the system will respond with _What: If you forget the form of a command, type HELP command . ... PRINT JUNK.TXT To get rid of a file you don't need, use the DELETE command followed by the complete file name--including file type and version number. ... Commands . ...

... During eVLBI the JIVE correlator control software issues the following commands from the Mark5A command set to the Mark5 at the station: . ... m5data 2630/tcp # Mark5 data . ... Used to set the output data rate of the Mark5 at the station. It's probably safe to ignore this command, but there might be problems if you send data at a higher data rate than the Mark5 on our end expects. ... Expected response: . ... Used to make the Mark5 stop playing if it was playing back data from disk. ...

... Doug's Home Page . ... In the examples below we show a number of ways that data can be moved back and forth between S-Lang and Perl . ... Source code typeof : "undef"; __END__ __SLang__ variable foo = Any_Type [3]; foo[0] = "a string"; foo[1] = 23; define getfoo(x) { return foo[x]; } message( "In S-Lang:" ); vmessage( "typeof(foo[0]) = %s", string(typeof(foo[0])) ); vmessage( "typeof(foo[1]) = %s", string(typeof(foo[1])) ); vmessage( "typeof(foo[2]) = %s", string(typeof(foo[2])) ); . ...

... The previous example, Chapter 12, "Expanding Colored Squares Example," illustrates how to expand and contract the clipping region of a layer without changing the wrapping width of the layer. This example illustrates how to capture mouse events so that the user can make a layer's wrapping width wider or narrower by dragging the mouse. ... how to capture mouse events for a layer . how to change the wrapping width of a layer by using the load() function . ... Capturing Events for the Layer . ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... I think I will break from my usual format of Bad Astronomy/ Good Astronomy by saying that the way we define seasons currently is not strictly bad, but I feel (in my opinion!) that it could be better. The definition of when the seasons begin is at the moment of solstice or equinox; that is, winter (in the north) starts on December 22 nd and summer starts on June 22 nd . ... Now imagine breaking up the Sun's 46 degree up-and-down yearly swing into 1 day intervals. ...

Next: MIDAS And the Up: Monitor and Command Previous: Monitor and Command . ... the MIDAS working directory for internal files and (optionally) private procedures: . ... On a Unix system use the option -m < mid_work > to change the default working directory, and -p or -P to run MIDAS in parallel mode   when you start MIDAS via the command inmidas (see below). ... In NOPARALLEL mode all intermediate MIDAS files in the MIDAS startup directory are deleted when starting MIDAS via inmidas. ...

OptInt PmWiki . ... PmWiki . ... This page explains how to discourage "link spamming" on your wiki site using PmWiki's urlapprove.php script. ... allowing you to limit the number of unapproved links that may be added to a page. ... The reason for this is that the approve mechanism only approves links on the current page. ... To see what link is to be approved without editing the page a tool tip can be displayed when the cursor hovers over the (approve links) link that displays the URL. e.g. Example . ...

... espfilt (espfilt-1.0.3) [xmmsas_20080701_1801-8.0.0] . ... The default min and max channels will be 2500eV and 12000eV respectively. espfilt eventset =''file1 file2 file3'' withsmoothing= yes smooth=25 this command will cause espfilt to loop through the 3 individual files listed, and change the default smoothing from 60 to 25. espfilt eventset =''MOS2S002.fits'' withspecranges= yes specminchan=500 specmaxchan=12000 this command will change the ...

In Actor Prolog a resident is a special mechanism that helps processes to inspect state of other processes. A resident observes the state of a specified (target) process and if the state of the process changes (for instance, after message handling) it proves a specified predicate of the process. ... Work of the resident. ... Any change of the list of target processes or arguments of resident function results in activation of the resident and repeated collection of information in the target worlds. ...

... Apache HTTP Server Version 2.4 . ... Session encryption support . ... session_crypto_module . ... The session will be encrypted with the given key. Different servers can be configured to share sessions by ensuring the same encryption key is used on each server. ... The SessionCryptoPassphrase directive specifies the keys to be used to enable symmetrical encryption on the contents of the session before writing the session, or decrypting the contents of the session after reading the session. ...

DIALUP.SCR ; ; Use this template with the COMSCRPT command and Hayes compatible modems. You must change the phone number, username, and password. ... Change if necessary. ; pause 2 ; ; Switch the packet driver from character mode to packet mode. ; changemode packet ; ; Send a request to open the LCP layer ; ; Note: Comscrpt ignores the following 3 commands if the SLIP kernel ; (SLPDRV) is being used because SLIP does not have lcp and ipcp ; layers. ...

... Coding Style . ... Plugins . ... Building Plugins . ... dynamic plugins are stand-alone dynamic libraries (separate files with .so extension on Linux, .dll in Windows or .dylib on Mac OS X) that are loaded at run-time (on start-up) by Stellarium. This allows dynamic plugins to be distributed separately from Stellarium. static plugins are linked statically at build-time. ... For the rest of this discussion, I will assume you downloaded the source code in the directory /home/me/builds/stellarium . ...

... Meade Instruments Corporation . ... Section 3: File Menu . ... Displays the dialog to open an existing image: . ... Saves the current image as a new file name or new file type, or both. ... This can be useful to prevent having 20 or more images open at once, and saves having to close them manually. ... This is done by creating a text file with the same name as the image file. ... Note that Image Information is saved within the FITS file, so there will not be a text file to accompany these files. ...

... Previous: Literature and Catalogs in Electronic Form: Questions, Ideas and an Example: the IBVS . ... Astronomers can use the ADS to maintain their publication lists; a simple http link can bring a current bibliography at any time. ... For example the following links to Martha Hazen's bibliography. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/abs_connect?author=hazen,m. &aut_syn=YES&nr_to_return=all . ... To have a complete bibliography via ADS one needs but to add the missing articles into ADS. ...

Comedi Documentation . ... Right to the source: #include <stdio.h> /* for printf() */ #include <comedilib.h> int subdev = 0; /* change this to your input subdevice */ int chan = 0; /* change this to your channel */ int range = 0; /* more on this later */ int aref = AREF_GROUND; /* more on this later */ int main(int argc,char *argv[]) { comedi_t *it; lsampl_t data; it=comedi_open("/dev/comedi0"); comedi_data_read(it,subdev,chan,range,aref,&data); printf("%d\n",data); return 0; } . ...

The Face on Mars . ... The Raw Images . Table 1: List of Viking Orbiter Images of the "Face on Mars" . ... Processing the Face Images . Table 2: Dimensions of Mercator Projected Images of "The Face on Mars" . Map Projected Images . ... Processing the "Face on Mars" Images . ... This page will provide interested persons with both the raw Viking images, transformed to GIF format, and a brief tutorial (with examples) of image processing techniques applied to create "better looking" images. ...

. Sitemap . Contact . Search . Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . by . Enric Pall . Big Bear Solar Observatory . A colloquium presented at Armagh Observatory on 2006 February 1st. The slides from this presentation are available in the following formats. HTML in your browser . PDF file - 14MB . Quicktime movie - 9MB . Macromedia Flash - 9.7MB . MS Powerpoint - 12MB . Last Revised: 2009 December 17th .

... Dialog box. ... At this point you should explain briefly what happens when changes are made to the options in the dialog box. For example, the following lines explain what happens with the Sparkle Plug-In when the options have been modified by the user: . Changes to the options effect the current image. ... Changes to the various options do not have an immediate effect on the image. ... Here would be the description of what the first option does and how to make changes with it. ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . ... Star Atlas . ... An artificial comet holds secrets to Earths life . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... The planet has extreme temperature swings and perhaps active lava flows. ... A digital supplement to Astronomy magazine. ... Join TravelQuest International with Astronomy and Discover magazines on one of three great tour options surrounding this celestial spectacle . ... Astronomy Magazine . ...