<listitem><para>Open the <guilabel>Get Hot New Stuff</guilabel>
dialog to download additional data for &kstars;.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
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</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Set time and date</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycap><</keycap>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>File</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Advance one step backward in time</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Advance one step backward in time in the &kstars; simulation of the sky chart. The duration of the time step can be configured after pressing the little <guilabel><</guilabel> button on the &kstars; toolbar.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Time</guimenu>
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</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Toggle whether time passes</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycap>></keycap>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>Time</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Advance one step forward in time</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Advance one step forward in time in the &kstars; simulation of the sky chart. The duration of the time step can be configured after pressing the little <guilabel><</guilabel> button on the &kstars; toolbar.
<listitem><para>Switch sky chart view to the <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambert_azimuthal_equal-area_projection">Lambert azimuthal equal-area</ulink> projection.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Devices</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Telescope Wizard...</guimenuitem>
<shortcut>
<keycap>F6</keycap>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>View</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Projection</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>Azimuthal Equidistant</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Opens the <guilabel>Telescope Wizard</guilabel>, which
provides a step-by-step guide to help you connect to your telescope and
control it with &kstars;.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Switch sky chart view to the <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azimuthal_equidistant_projection">azimuthal equidistant</ulink> projection.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Devices</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Device Manager</guimenuitem>
<shortcut>
<keycap>F7</keycap>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>View</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Projection</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>Orthographic</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Opens up the device manager, which allows you to start/shutdown device drivers and connect to remote INDI servers.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Switch sky chart view to the <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthographic_projection_(cartography)">orthographic</ulink> projection.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Devices</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>INDI Control Panel</guimenuitem>
<shortcut>
<keycap>F8</keycap>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>View</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Projection</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>Equirectangular</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Opens up INDI Control Panel, which allows you to control all the features supported by a device.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Switch sky chart view to the <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equirectangular_projection">equirectangular</ulink> projection.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Acquire images from a CCD camera or webcam device</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Switch sky chart view to the <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereographic_projection">stereographic</ulink> projection.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<!-- in 4.7 this is a page in the settings dialog
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Devices</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Configure INDI</guimenuitem>
<shortcut>
<keycap>F10</keycap>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>View</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Projection</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>Gnomonic</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Opens up a dialog to configure INDI-related features such as automatic device updates.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Switch sky chart view to the <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnomonic_projection">gnomonic</ulink> projection.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
-->
</variablelist>
</sect2>
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</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<!--FIXME missing
Sky Calendar...
Observing List... Ctrl+L
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Devices</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>Telescope Wizard...</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Opens the <guilabel>Telescope Wizard</guilabel>, which
provides a step-by-step guide to help you connect to your telescope and
control it with &kstars;.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Devices</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>Device Manager...</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Opens up the device manager, which allows you to start/shutdown device drivers and connect to remote INDI servers.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Devices</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>INDI Control Panel...</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Opens up INDI Control Panel, which allows you to control all the features supported by a device.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Acquire images from a CCD camera or webcam device</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
-->
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Sky Calendar</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Opens the <guilabel>Sky Calendar</guilabel> Tool,
which allows you to plan observations of Solar System planets by giving graphical data on sets and rises of these objects.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Moon Phase Calendar</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Opens the <guilabel>Moon Phase Calendar</guilabel> Tool with graphical representation of Moon phases with convenient calendar to choose the month and year.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<!-- removed after 4.9 see http://commits.kde.org/kstars/c8dd5af7bff7f738ce2b6ab68bdb46e9125bde7d
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
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Opens the <guilabel>What's Interesting</guilabel> Tool,
which allows you to be informed about the most interesting observations that can be made from your current location using the given equipment.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
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</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Ekos</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Opens the powerful <guilabel>Ekos</guilabel> Tool, which is software guider for your telescope. Alignment capabilities of Ekos are powered by <ulink url="http://astrometry.net/">astrometry.net</ulink> libraries.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
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</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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Flags
-->
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Flags</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Opens the <guilabel>Flag manager</guilabel> Tool,
which can be used to assign color labels and icons to the given positions on the sky chart.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
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<guimenuitem>Switch to OpenGL/QPainter backend</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>
&kstars; has an experimental <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenGL">OpenGL</ulink> support. The corresponding backend works much faster on machines with hardware acceleration. Switch back to QPainter backend (default) if you experience troubles with OpenGL backend.
</para>
<important>
<para>
In the current version, infoboxes do not work correctly when using OpenGL backend. So they will be disabled.
