[Remind-Fans] Sun info & day|night times

[Dianne Skoll]

On 2020-10-12 15:55, Steve Jones wrote:

> Can we add a line to the man page that states that the numbers
> aren't what you'll get from a search engine, maybe something along
> the lines of 'The longitude will have the opposite sign of what you
> see on a map - if google gives you -80.1234, you should put it in
> your .reminders file as positive, and vice-versa.' and a note in the
> latitude section that it follows convention?

I probably should do that.  The man page does give the correct info,
but it's not really highlighted.

> Apologies on man-page bloat, but that's just weird - I assume it was done to
> make the maths easier,

No; it was done that way because 30 years ago I had no idea what I was
doing. :)

> but, IMHO, the sign should have been inverted in software
> to keep the numbers in the config consistent with maps.

Agreed, but now it's too late.  I don't want to break everyone's reminder
files.

Regards,

Dianne.