Xref: netcom.com comp.sources.misc:4445 Path: netcom.com!netcomsv!decwrl!amd!amdahl!pacbell.com!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!mvb.saic.com!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!emory!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!sparky!sparky!not-for-mail From: cruiser1@u.washington.edu (Astrolog) Newsgroups: comp.sources.misc Subject: v42i001: astrolog - Generation of astrology charts v4.10, Part01/16 Followup-To: comp.sources.d Date: 25 Mar 1994 15:08:07 -0600 Organization: Sterling Software Lines: 1440 Sender: kent@sparky.sterling.com Approved: kent@sparky.sterling.com Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: sparky.sterling.com X-Md4-Signature: d38d2c05811231972a765c6b59d96b36 Submitted-by: cruiser1@u.washington.edu (Astrolog) Posting-number: Volume 42, Issue 1 Archive-name: astrolog/part01 Environment: UNIX, DOS, VMS, X11, MSC Supersedes: astrolog: Volume 37, Issue 70-81 Astrolog is an extensive and customizable astrology chart calculation program. Astrolog can do standard natal wheel charts, aspects, midpoints, relationship charts, transits, progressions, and astro-graphy, as well as local horizon, solar system orbit, and various influence charts. It supports different zodiacs, central planets, 12 different house systems, and can display positions of asteroids, Transneptunians, and several dozen stars. It supports graphics charts in the X Windows environment, and when compiled on PC's it can do EGA/VGA/SVGA screen graphics. Charts may be smoothly animated forward and backward and in real time. Some charts access the program's own internal map of the world which can be also be used to a nice animation of a rotating globe! Graphics files may be generated in X11 bitmap, PC bitmap and other formats. Astrolog can also do a simple form of deduced interpretations. Astrolog version 4.10 supersedes an older version (3.05) that was posted here in May of 1993. File diffs weren't chosen in this release due to the enormity of their size and the many changes made since then. New additions include the ability to optionally access if available ephemeris files covering over 8000 years for increased accuracy. Graphics files may now be generated in PostScript and MS Windows metafile formats in addition to bitmaps. The graphic wheel charts are much enhanced, and graphical ephemeris and biorhythm charts may now be done. More of the chart types may be interpreted, and various new influence charts, planetary rising and setting times, and calendars are available. This version has a bunch of other enhancements (e.g. PC mouse support), several bug fixes, and some general performance improvements. The program (pronounced astro-log; astro as in astronomy, log as is logarithm) works best when run on a Unix system with X windows, or a DOS system with VGA. However neither X11 nor graphics, or even Unix or a PC, are needed in order to be able to run the program. The X11 and other graphics features can easily be compiled out for those who don't have them, and the program can be compiled properly (although I haven't tested it myself) on VMS and even Mac systems with only a few modifications necessary.