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NGC Objects Thumbnails for object planner?

What is your system exactly? OS and Desktop environment? It's QML so it could be be acting funny on some systems.
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I have three completely different systems, but they are all running linux mint 18.1 (Sarah). That is most likely the common thread.
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Sorry. It's actually Serena, not Sarah. Attached is what I get when I try to run what's interesting. Again, since all three systems are linux mint 18.1, I suspect the issue is somewhere in there. Anything I should check for?
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In your data directory you should have a folder called tools, in it should be what's interesting and in that folder should be wiview.qml. Please check that this file is the most recent version. I suspect it might not have been copied properly on your system.
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I found the file in /usr/share/kstars/tools/whatsinteresting/qml. I am not sure what version it is, but it has a date stamp of Apr 2, 2017 at 14;57
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Yes I think that's the problem then, it changed a couple of times since then. You can try downloading that file and copying and pasting it in there.
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It seems odd that file isn't getting updated. Where do I download it from to test and see if that is the problem?
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I found a wiview.qml file out there listed as part of kstars source. I downloaded it and temporarily replaced it with the different version one. It did not make a difference in behavior. I still get a blank popup window and half of the kstars window goes blank. Are there any package or library dependencies that I could be missing here?
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I think I have the what's interesting problem at least partially solved. Apparently, Linux Mint does not install the the QT packages by default.

sudo apt-get qtcreator qtdelarative5-dev g++

This got things going, but it does pop up a separate window when launching. I am able to make the window go away by clicking the window box next to the X for the tool. Not sure what could be going goofy there. We may want to continue that discussion in a separate topic.
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I have confirmed installing those three packages has changed the behavior so that what's interesting launches and opens a separate window instead of embedding itself in the kstars window. Perhaps I am missing another QT or QML package? I suggest we make whichever of those 3 packages I installed (if not all) dependencies on installing kstars so this doesn't happen to someone else.
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Hmm, yeah at the moment I am still working on the whats interesting window. I don't think the qml files and related items install properly on all systems. It should be docked in the side of the main window by default, but can be taken out of the docked location. It has been a part of kstars for a long time but had no images and very few objects or descriptions My focus so far has been primarily on enhancing the images, descriptions, lists, layout, and functions of the window. I havent even looked at how it gets installed yet.
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I am not sure what the deal is, but it seems the initial placement of the window is confused. I hit the move window button a few times and the window goes to where it's supposed to and then things seem to act normally. I am not sure if there is a way to force it to be docked when first opened or not, but it doesn't seem to be going that way by default.

FYI - I have completed both the NGC and IC thumbnail object pulls from the NASA SkyView site and have made them available to knro for further review and possible implementation. I have no doubt there is more work to be done there as I did not do a thorough QA on each image. Give me some slack since there were over 13000 of them. :)
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