Metadata-Version: 1.0
Name: oroboros
Version: 20080712
Summary: Astrology software
Home-page: UNKNOWN
Author: S.Marquis
Author-email: stnsls@gmail.com
License: UNKNOWN
Download-URL: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/oroboros
Description: *Oroboros* is an astrology software written in Python.
        It is based on the following modules:
        
        - AstroDienst's Swiss Ephemeris (pyswisseph_) version >= 1.74.00-0
        - Olson timezones (pytz_)
        - Qt toolkit (PyQt4_) version >= 4.3
        
        Optionally:
        
        - Docutils_ version = 0.5
        - Mercurial_ (for distant charts repositories)
        - Supybot_ (for IRC plugin)
        
        ===========
        What's new?
        ===========
        
        - Usual bug fixes
        - Additional asteroids: Eris, Sedna, Quaoar, Nessus, Varuna
        
        ========
        Features
        ========
        
        - Charts: natal/radix, transits, progression, harmonics, profection
        - Open Astrolog or Skylendar charts too
        - Save charts as images in various formats (png, jpg, bmp, svg,...)
        - Query the online GeoNames.org_ atlas database
        - Calculates all planets, nodes
        - More than 300 fixed stars
        - Asteroids (Eris, Quaoar, Sedna, etc)
        - Uses Swiss, JPL, or Moshier Ephemeris
        - A flexible and powerfull configuration system
        - Geocentric, topocentric, heliocentric or barycentric charts
        - Various house systems, including Gauquelin sectors
        - Tropical or sidereal zodiacs
        - Midpoints calculations and drawings
        - Format comments with Docutils_ reStructured Text
        - Synchronize your charts with a distant repository (using Mercurial_)
        - A few toys for IRC chat addicts (Supybot_ plugin)
        - And easy extension capabilities with the Python language...
        
        .. _pyswisseph: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyswisseph
        .. _pytz: http://pytz.sourceforge.net
        .. _PyQt4: http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/pyqt
        .. _Docutils: http://docutils.sourceforge.net
        .. _Mercurial: http://www.selenic.com/mercurial
        .. _Supybot: http://supybot.com
        .. _GeoNames.org: http://www.geonames.org
        
        ===============
        Oroboros manual
        ===============
        
        Installation
        ------------
        Download and install the package and the required modules (most of them
        are available in your distro repositories). For example, uncompress the latest
        source package of *Oroboros* with ``tar jxf oroboros-xxxxxxxx.tar.bz2``, then
        ``cd oroboros-xxxxxxxx``, finally (with super-user permission) type ``python
        setup.py install``.
        
        Ephemeris files
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
        You should also install the compressed ephemeris data files on your system
        (``/usr/local/share/swisseph`` looks like a good idea). These files are freely
        distributed on `AstroDienst public FTP server`_.
        
        .. _`AstroDienst public FTP server`: ftp://ftp.astro.com/pub/swisseph/ephe
        
        A simple installation would require that you download the following files,
        allowing calculations over the period from 1800 to 2399:
        
        - ``sepl_18.se1``
        - ``semo_18.se1``
        - ``seas_18.se1``
        - ``fixstars.cat``
        - ``seorbel.txt``
        
        You can also grab the following asteroids files (other asteroids can be
        implemented on demand):
        
        - ``136199 Eris``
        - ``7066 Nessus``
        - ``50000 Quaoar``
        - ``90377 Sedna``
        - ``20000 Varuna``
        - ``128 Nemesis``
        
        Usage
        -----
        If everything goes well you will be able to start the application by typing
        ``oroboros`` in your shell.
        
        First steps
        ~~~~~~~~~~~
        Update the configuration settings, especially the path to ephemeris files.
        You may also create an aspects filter and an orbs filter for the midpoints
        settings, otherwise you'll have some surprises.
        
        ========
        Download
        ========
        
Keywords: Astrology Ephemeris Swisseph
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Development Status :: 3 - Alpha
Classifier: Environment :: X11 Applications :: Qt
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Religion
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Science/Research
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Classifier: Topic :: Religion
Classifier: Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Astronomy
