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What changes were made from 5.0.0 to 5.0.1?


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Bug Fixes from 5.0.0 to 5.0.1

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[] Onscreen info options now exposed in the 'Options' panel (were previously unavailable).
[] Windows find pane no longer adds carriage return nto search term.
[] Graph tool now correctly plots all items for angular size (was limiting to 2).
[] Option to output graph data to text file added.
[] Find for Asterisms now correctly limits to asterims only (was adding some constellations.)
[] Exporting all logs no longer causes crash.
[] Crash on quit if more than one window open fixed.
[] Couldn't see interface well in Night Vision mode fixed.
[] CTRL-V in text imput boxes on Windows (e.g. registration number) now works.
[] Couldn't access telescope pane on lower resolution monitors. Added Show/Hide telescope panel to View menu.
[] Cursor now correctly changes over different interface elements on OS X.
[] Fixed comet and asteroid label drawing options.
[] LiveSky.com and other buttons in Info pane now draw correctly.
[] "Go There", "Centre" and "Magnify" now work in spaceship mode.
[] Prefs now stored on a per user basis on Windows.
[] "SN did not shutdown correctly last time..." dialog in non-adminstrator users on Windows no longer shows every time.
[] Limit by telescope magnitude now works properly in planner.
[] 3D galaxy options now correctly labels bounding box setting for groups/filaments as "highlighted groups" not "selected groups."
[] User can now click in the scene to switch focus away from the text input box in the Find panel.
[] Holding the Ctrl key while pressing the arrow keys produces smooth (albeit slow) pans in the scene instead of discrete jumps.
[] Rise / Set / Transit times now available as options in the Ephemeris Generator.
[] Raised maximum number of results in ephemeris generator from 2000 to 5000.
[] Half-hour timezones wrk properly again.
[] Changing timezone and DST info for a location now holds correctly.
[] Enthusiast no longer restricts elevation to 50000 ly.
[] Extra-solar planets now show their "Harvard" name as well as HIP/TYC name.
[] User FOV indicators now display at correct "astronomers" Az instead of mathematical Az.
[] Find improved when searching for Flamsteed numbers and stars by constellation.
[] Planet grid latitude labels on grids now show correct values for 12h - 24h.
[] Can now edit the surface image of the Sun without altering its size irreversibly.
[] Log entries now correctly delete themselves.
[] Button bar on windows now correctly shows/hides itself.
[] Solar lens flare no longer visible when the sun is behind a planet.
[] FOV indicators now print on all charts.
[] Centering Earth and increasing elevation no longer causes zoom in.
[] "Go There" no longer causes shake when you get to the object.
[] Can now centre on zenith if FOV is over 100 degrees.
[] Magnifying object now correctly causes smooth zoom in all the way.
[] Enlarge Moon size switched off by spaceship now switched back on after.
[] Incorrect "length of year" no longer shows for moons.
[] Hour angle added to HUD options.

Calendar Related

[] SkyCalendar pane reorganized for better viewing at low screen resolutions.
[] Calendars on remote web-sites can now be updated/refreshed.
[] Calendar now has icon for user-specificied events.
[] Can use right-click mouse button for common calendar tasks.
[] Log entries in calendar updated when log is added/changed.
[] Can now specify single icon or multiple icons for calendar events.
[] Clicking on date in calendar gives detailed view of of every event on that day.
[] Moon phases in calendar can now be toggled on/off.




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