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measures.doshowauto - Function

	Package	general
	Module	measures
	Tool	measures

save an automatic conversion reference

Synopsis
doshowauto(v, r, of)

Arguments

v	in	measure to be auto converted
		Allowed:	measure
r	in	reference code to be autoconverted to
		Allowed:	valid reference code string
of	in	possible output offset
		Allowed:	measure
		Default:	F

Returns
bool

Description
doshowauto will set the conversion specified as part of the automatic update display. Normally this is done automatically by the Convert- > button. Note that in the case of an Epoch the time to be converted is taken from the automatic frame, rather than from the definition.

Example

- dm.doshowauto(dm.direction('venus'), 'j2000')	# auto update Venus position
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- dm.showauto(F)				# and show it on terminal
[type=direction, refer=j2000, m0=[value=-1.00354548, unit=rad],
	 m1=[value=-0.383760227, unit=rad]] 
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