You may sort the asteroid list in the asteroid file by aphabetical order with an old and dirty Dos command.
Then go into Dos (up to WinME I think) by typing 'command.com' in Start|Run dialog box. At the Dos prompt change to Ciel folder. Eg: CD c:\astronomy\planetarium\ciel\cat\externes Then rename the asteroid file ASTEROIDES.DAT to something like, say ASTEROIDES.TXT RENAME Then try: SORT /+7 ASTEROIDES.TXT > ASTEROIDES.DAT The "/+7" means to sort lines by charaters in column 7 which is the position of the first character in the asteroid names. There might be an easier way to do this in Windows... Martin Lewicki jamesdixon80 wrote: > > The problem is that the list is not in the right order. If there was > 100 objects, that would be one thing but when I've loaded enough > objects to get some obscure asteroid scrolling through a list whose > order is not obvious can be fruitless. > > Jim Dixon > > > --- In [email protected], John St�hle > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Catalogs -> Asteroids -> Pick from list >>F (for Find) -> Solar system -> Asteroids -> Pick from list >> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> >>>Hi, >>>I know how to load an arbitrarily large list of asteroids into CdC and >>>make them available but is there an easy way locate one particular >>>asteroid? For example, if I'm looking for 2005 FN. Even if I've >>>loaded a large list it is hard to find. >>>Thanks, >>>Jim Dixon >> >>-- >>Regards, MfG, Mvh, John >> >>John St�hle . 012� 28' 05" E . 55� 45' 15" N = 12.468 E . 55.754 N . >>Bagsv�rd . Danmark . Skandinavien . Europa >> >>Insured by the Russian mafia: You hit me, they hit you. > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts! http://us.click.yahoo.com/RzSHvD/UOnJAA/79vVAA/1.XolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skychart-discussion/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
