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

[Joaquin Tapioles]

Hi there;
I am what I use in the observatory and I have no big problems.
I use a red screen from guide 9.1 and very well, that is always in full
screen.
Greetings.
J.Tapioles

El jue., 2 abr. 2020 16:27, P. Clay Sherrod <drclay at tcworks.net> escribió:

> That will not cut down the harmful portions of the spectrum that will
> interfere with your night vision and/or sensitivity of the camera sensors.
> You really MUST use the Wratten 25 Red (which is what Rubylith is....).
> Unfortunately since the age of digital photography began and darkrooms are
> pretty much obsolete to the amateur, find this stuff as you mention is just
> not going to happen in small quantities.
> You will have light fogging using your Plexiglass and I do not recommend
> anyone using it both for visual and for photographic purposes; using the
> RED coloration built into GUIDE is just as effective as Plexiglass or any
> red sheeting other than Rubylith.
>
> Dr. Clay
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bernd Klemt <bernd.klemt at hs-bochum.de>
> Reply-To: <bernd.klemt at hs-bochum.de>
> To: <guide-user at projectpluto.com>
> Sent: 4/2/2020 8:51:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [guide-user] avoiding white spaces in toolbar with WIN10
>
> ________________________________________________________________________________
>
> 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
> <https://www.modulor.de/plexiglas-gs-farbig-3-mm-3-0x-max-1500x-2000mm-dunkelrot-transparent-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
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>
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