[guide-user] avoiding white spaces in toolbar with WIN10

[Bernd Klemt]

Hello Patrick,

I searched for Rubylith here in Germany. No luck, all are only selling 10m or 50m 
rolls. But I found a company selling all kind of plastics. They have Plexiglas 
(arcrylic glas), transparent and colored dark red with a width of 3 mm. And the 
best is: they cut sheets to your wishes! I ordered 3 pieces for different laptops 
and payed a little more than 20,- EUR including cutting, shipping and handling. A 
few hours ago I got them. And I must say I'm excited. The optical quality is so 
good, that I can read everything on a full HD 14" monitor. OK, a red font suffers 
from low contrast ...

You find its website here: <wwwmodulor.de>

The items I bought were 
<https://www.modulor.de/plexiglas-gs-farbig-3-mm-3-0x-max-1500x-2000mm-dunkelrot-t
ransparent-3c01.html>

Am 23 Mar 2020 um 12:46 hat Patrick Maloney geschrieben:

> Hi Everyone,
> 
> Even a completely black computer screen (still turned on) is way too bright
> to maintain night vision. Ok if you're an imager, but disastrous if you're
> a visual observer.
> 
> 'Night vision modes' on astronomy software are utterly useless. The only
> real solution is to place a red filter over the screen, preferably of
> rubylith, which lets through red light only.
> 
> Rubylith isn't cheap, but it is an excellent filter, and is available
> online. There may be other similar products, but this is the only one I
> know.
> 
> Stay safe,
> 
> Patrick
> 
> On Mon, 23 Mar 2020, 12:40 , <portaball at tutanota.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> > I have a very similar question. Does anyone know a means to change the
> > background color of the toolbar ?
> > If I use the red mode, I feel it's still to bright on my laptop.
> > I have found a workaround with fullscreen mode, see:
> > https://www.projectpluto.com/update8b.htm#full_screen (22 september
> > 2002), but there must be a bug: When I am using the shortcut a second time
> > (to get the toolbar back), it disappears !
> > Rudi
> > (chasseurdegalaxies)
> >
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> >
> > 23 mars 2020 à 10:31 de bernd.klemt at hs-bochum.de:
> >
> > Hello Luc, and Arild,
> >
> > thanks for your fast responses. Your answers worked! I hope that my WIN10
> > notebook will now not glare into my eyes when using at the telescope.
> > These
> > spaces were white even when set Guide to "red stars".
> >
> > In times of WIN XP you could change the color of every display element
> > seperately, but that seems to be gone :-((
> >
> > Clear skies
> > Bernd
> >
> > Am 23 Mar 2020 um 9:39 hat Luc Desamore geschrieben:
> >
> > Hello Berndt
> >
> > It is a registry entry
> >
> > in
> >
> > Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows
> > NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers
> >
> > Create a new string value
> >
> > value name : C:\guide9\guide9.exe /(if your program is located there
> > otherwise change the path)/
> >
> > value data : DISABLETHEMES
> >
> > Luc
> >
> >
> > On 2020-03-23 09:19, Bernd Klemt wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I know that there was a trick to avoid the white spaces in the GUIDE9
> > toolbar
> > > with WIN10. But I can't remember how to do It. Was it a registry entry or
> > > something else?
> > >
> > > Please give me an advice or a link to a former mail, where the solution
> > was
> > > presented. In times of Covid19 home office I can't access my mail
> > archive at my
> > > office.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance, clear skies and stay healthy
> > > Bernd

Clear skies
Bernd
Bernd Klemt
Sternwarte Herne

MPC  (A18)
www.sternwarte-herne.de