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Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 15:52:06 +0000 ()
From: Jason Andresen <jandrese@vt.edu>
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To: Ricardo Williams <rpw@iafrica.com>
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Subject: Re: XEarth position display query
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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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