Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 15:52:06 +0000 () From: Jason Andresen <jandrese@vt.edu> To: Ricardo Williams <rpw@iafrica.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XEarth position display query Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970311155041.8944C-100000@jandrese.async.vt.edu> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970311202924.006c6898@ctpop01.iafrica.com>
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On Tue, 11 Mar 1997, Ricardo Williams wrote:
=)Hi
=)
=)I want to know how to give specific longitude and latitude settings to the
=)X-Windows background image application XEarth. Somebody put it in my
=).xinitrc file and it seems pretty kewl and I know that you can give it
=)specific co-ordinates but I don't know how.
=)
man xearth
...
-pos pos_spec
Specify the position from which the Earth should be
viewed. The pos_spec (position specifier) consists
of a keyword, possibly followed by additional argu-
ments. Valid keywords are: fixed, sunrel, orbit,
and random. (If you're having problems getting
...
xearth -pos 'fixed 32.43 15.34'
or whatever
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