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Some updates to the 'help' file
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Bill-Gray committed Sep 5, 2023
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Version date: 2023 Aug 23
Version date: 2023 Sep 04

The parameters shown in this software are basically the same as those
shown in the Windows software, as described at
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click on menu items on the top line (click [+] to get more menu items).

? (Or any other unrecognized key) Shows this file (dos_help.txt).
. Show version of Find_Orb, ephems, etc. (splash screen)
c Show calendar with lunar phases

ORBIT-FITTING COMMANDS:

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Alt-X Gets you a list of all MPC codes for the current object; click on
one, and the next observation from that code will be found
(you can click on 'Obs' in the observation legend to get this)
T Select all observations in the current tracklet.
X Toggle all observations in the current tracklet.

ON-SCREEN DISPLAY:

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a particular central object (which can be the barycenter of the
solar system).
of residuals are shown.
j Toggles the two lines showing which perturbers are included, R1 and R2,
orbital restrictions, and the step size. When shut off, two
more lines of residuals are shown.
; Toggles display of the "residual legend", which explains what the
assorted data in the residual area mean.
i Show 'alternative' information about the currently selected observation
- Cycles display of the list of observatories among three options:
just data for the observatory for the currently-selected observation;
use about a third of the observation area for observatory data;
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" Shows details of Curses mouse commands (these differ from one platform
to the next, and I needed a way to puzzle them out), and info on
the DE file currently in use.
. Show flavor of Curses, DE and Find_Orb version info in use.
, Show 'debug.txt' (log of debug messages).
\ Shift all observations from a given observatory by a given time offset.
Used when I was trying to puzzle out some timing errors from a
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