Thanks for the tip, I'll give it a try.
Jim Dixon --- In [email protected], Martin Lewicki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 --------------------~--> In low income neighborhoods, 84% do not own computers. At Network for Good, help bridge the Digital Divide! http://us.click.yahoo.com/EA3HyD/3MnJAA/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/
