Minor Jyotish Tools Update You May Not Need
I just added an updater for Jyotish Tools for Windows which fixes a bug that only affects some users. It only affects users who see the text garbled on the Aspect screens on the MEP aspect section. Here is an example:
Though I've had reports of this bug for several years it was difficult to fix as it did not appear on my system and any of my other computers until recently. Some people found that updating their graphics drivers solved the problem. Others may have not solved the problem but also never told me they continued to have the problem. Until I saw the problem on my own systems (and graphic driver updates didn't help) I assumed that driver updates solved the problem. The fix was simple once I could test it, otherwise I would have been poking around in the dark. The 1.84 update does not fix or add anything else. To fix a bug like that is somewhat trivial but adding features and more importantly having them properly tested is not. So there will be no enhancements until version 2.0 when that gets developed.
If you have the problem shown you can find the update download on the website under the Support menu. The full install also has been updated to 1.84 but because of the way the Microsoft installer works I don't recommend running the full installer unless you uninstall 1.83 first. The updater makes this unnecessary.
JyotishTools Support Page
Feedback for Vista
If you see any problems with Jyotish Tools for Windows on Vista let me know. All I know is that works with my Vista laptop, no problem.
Though I've had reports of this bug for several years it was difficult to fix as it did not appear on my system and any of my other computers until recently. Some people found that updating their graphics drivers solved the problem. Others may have not solved the problem but also never told me they continued to have the problem. Until I saw the problem on my own systems (and graphic driver updates didn't help) I assumed that driver updates solved the problem. The fix was simple once I could test it, otherwise I would have been poking around in the dark. The 1.84 update does not fix or add anything else. To fix a bug like that is somewhat trivial but adding features and more importantly having them properly tested is not. So there will be no enhancements until version 2.0 when that gets developed.
If you have the problem shown you can find the update download on the website under the Support menu. The full install also has been updated to 1.84 but because of the way the Microsoft installer works I don't recommend running the full installer unless you uninstall 1.83 first. The updater makes this unnecessary.
JyotishTools Support Page
Feedback for Vista
If you see any problems with Jyotish Tools for Windows on Vista let me know. All I know is that works with my Vista laptop, no problem.
There is a bug listing the SA of my natal info: Oct 9, 1944 12:52:07 AM EWT Phila PA, USA. Merc is in Virg & Comb 42) Junior Jyotish shows Merc and Sun both green while Jyotish Tools colors Sun yellow & weak dispositor with Merc Blue) I think the Tools should be modified. What do you think? Thanks
Jyotish Tools is correct. Junior Jyotish does not indicate the combustion in the color codes. That was added later by Prof. Choudhry and implemented only in Jyotish Tools. The combustion makes Mercury weak and Mercury being the dispositor in turn makes the Sun weak.
Best Regards,
Brian Conrad
Brian --
Thanks so much! BTW I love the program without it many subtleties would have been missed on my part
LeBaron
Hi Brian,
Is a new version of Jyotish Tools in pipeline since Prof VKC has updated analyzing the strength of planets? Any deadlines for version 2.0?
So far I have only received one item from the Professor he wanted added in the next version. I'm not aware of any others. Since I have to focus these days on projects that pay the bills Jyotish is often on the back burner so no deadlines have been set and as an independent with no stock analysts breathing down my back I don't set deadlines anyway. They just create stress. I do have some more jyotish product ideas I will be looking into though.