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

[Sector11]

So this is a reminder that remind is a UNIQUE application with a personalty
quirk.

I like it!

> 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.
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