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Helpfile for Astrolog version 5.40 (December 1998):
This file contains a complete list of all the features available
in Astrolog 5.40, and documentation on how to use each option. The
file is divided into eight sections:

1) A summary of all the main features which are accessed via command
line switches and parameters, along with the single key press
commands that can be given to an X Window or PC graphics screen to
change the display in various ways (assuming graphics are compiled
in) is listed.

2) The list of command switches and keys is repeated, but after each
option is given a full description of the details of the feature.

3) Details of default settings, in compile time options, and in the
default configuration file, are described, along with using Astrolog
files in general.

4) Descriptions of things that appear in Astrolog text displays are
described. This consists of describing how to enter chart information
into the program, and how to interpret what is seen in the standard main display.

5) Next is a description of the different graphic chart displays and
how they are organized, and the X Windows features in general.
(Looking for a quick display to prove Astrolog was worth downloading
and/or compiling? With graphics try: "astrolog -Xn -XG"!)

6) Then are discussed the program's graphics features for PC's, how
to use them, the ways they are different from X Windows, and the best
way to use them if running the DOS version under Microsoft Windows.

7) Then is discussed Astrolog for Windows, and a description of the
easy to use menu and dialog interface it offers.

8) Finally is a section on compiling Astrolog if you have the source
code files, as opposed to an executable ready to run, as well as how
to compile and run Astrolog on the Macintosh.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: The graphics database and chart display routines
used in this program are Copyright (C) 1991-1998 by Walter D. Pullen
(Astara@msn.com, http://www.magitech.com/~cruiser1/astrolog.htm).
Permission is granted to freely use and distribute these routines
provided one doesn't sell, restrict, or profit from them in any way.
Modification is allowed provided these notices remain with any
altered or edited versions of the program.


The main planetary calculation routines used in this program have
been Copyrighted and the core of this program is basically a
conversion to C of the routines created by James Neely as listed in
Michael Erlewine's 'Manual of Computer Programming for Astrologers',
available from Matrix Software. The copyright gives us permission to
use the routines for personal use but not to sell them or profit from
them in any way.

The PostScript code within the core graphics routines are programmed
and Copyright (C) 1992-1993 by Brian D. Willoughby. Conditions are
identical to those above.

The extended accurate ephemeris databases and formulas are from the
calculation routines in the program "Placalc" and are programmed and
Copyright (C) 1989,1991,1993 by Astrodienst AG and Alois Treindl
The use of that source code is subject to regulations made by
 Astrodienst Zurich, and the code is not in the public domain.

This copyright notice must not be changed or removed by any user of this
program.