LIBSWE(3)

📦 version 1.80.00.0002, in ubuntu jammy

💫 LIBSWE — the Swiss Ephemeris, but make it a manpage (3) 💫

okay so bestie, welcome to the Library Functions Manual for libswe. yes, it's section 3 of the manual, and yes, it's giving "celestial mechanics but make it ✨aesthetic✨". let's get into it 🦋

🌸 NAME 🌸

libswe — the Swiss Ephemeris 💖

like, that's the whole name. short. iconic. main character energy.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

libswe the Swiss Ephemeris

that's literally it. no flags, no arguments, no chaos. just vibes 🎀

🪐 DESCRIPTION 🪐

okay so here's the tea, and it's a little bit of a plot twist 😭

The Swiss Ephemeris did not arise in the UNIX/Gnu Linux world. so naturally it does not have a UNIX/Gnu Linux style manpage. no cap. it simply did not grow up here. 🙈

but do not panic, bestie, because it is however well documented in the following files 👑

  • /usr/share/doc/libswe-doc/swephprg.pdf
  • /usr/share/doc/libswe-doc/swisseph.pdf
  • /usr/share/doc/libswe-doc/swephprg.html
  • /usr/share/doc/libswe-doc/swisseph.html

periodt. four whole files of documentation, sitting right there on your system. slay 💅

🌈 the docs are also online 🌈

this documentation can also be found on line on astrodienst's web pages. the way that they just put the whole thing on the internet for you?? obsessed. 🫶

like, general vibes doc for the general vibes, and programmer's doc for when you're actually in the code. iykyk 😌

👑 AUTHOR 👑

The Swiss Ephemeris was written by Dieter Koch and Alois Treindl of Astrodienst. absolute legends, fr fr. ⭐

This manual page was written by Paul Elliott <pelliott@blackpatchpanel.com>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others). shoutout to Paul, we love a manpage author who keeps it real 🎀

💜 that's a wrap 💜

this page is from the LIBSWE(3) manual, dated August 10, 2011 — a classic, a time capsule, a little vintage moment 🦋 go read the PDFs, bestie, they're right there. bye bye, mwah 💖

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