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authorMattias Andrée <m@maandree.se>2026-02-22 15:02:34 +0100
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.TH BLUE 1 BLUE
.SH NAME
-blue - Creates table of when the blue hour etc. occurs
-.SH SYNPOSIS
+blue \- Creates a table of when the blue hour etc. occurs
+.SH SYNOPSIS
.B blue
.RB [ -d \ \fIdelev\fP]\ ...
.RB [ -D \ \fIdelev\fP]\ ...
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ blue - Creates table of when the blue hour etc. occurs
.RB [ -bBgGnN ]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.B blue
-prints a list of time point when the select event occurs.
+prints a list of time points when the selected event occurs.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.TP
.B -b
@@ -64,18 +64,18 @@ Print times in human readable format.
.TP
.RI \fB-l\fP\ latitude : longitude
Tell blue where you are. The values are measured in degrees
-and in the GPS (you probably do not have too care about that,
+and in the GPS (you probably do not have to care about that;
the differences between the systems should not be significant
-another), and must be in decimal.
+in another), and must be in decimal.
Reminder for Americans (particularly US Americans), you are
-an the western hemisphere, not the eastern, thus your longtiude
+in the western hemisphere, not the eastern, thus your longitude
is negative. If you experience weird time listings, 100 % of
the times it is because you forgot the minus sign. But no need
to feel stupid, it is a really common mistake.
No complicated stuff please, only latitudes within ±90° and
-longitudes within ±180°. No unit thought.
+longitudes within ±180°. No units though.
.TP
.BI -l\ location
Use a named location. In particular, the one stored in the
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Print times in local time.
.BI -e\ elev
List the time when the Sun's elevation is
.I elev
-and the firs derivative of the Sun's elevation is
+and the first derivative of the Sun's elevation is
non-negative (morning).
.TP
.B -n
@@ -103,11 +103,11 @@ List the time of solar noon.
List the time of solar midnight.
.TP
.BI -r\ res
-Print the in
+Print results in
.I res
-resultion.
+resolution.
.I res
-must be an integer followed by on the the suffixes:
+must be an integer followed by one of the suffixes:
.nf
h hours
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ For example:
prints the nearest quarters of the times.
.TP
.BI -s\ date
-The last date (local time) to include in the last.
+The last date (local time) to include in the list.
.I date
must be in
.B %Y-%m-%d
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ If the file contains more than one line, only the first line,
even if it is empty, is used.
.TP
.B /etc/geolocation
-Fallback file use if ~/.config/geolocation is missing. Other
+Fallback file used if ~/.config/geolocation is missing. Other
programs are encouraged to use this file too.
.TP
.B ~/.config/geolocation.d/
@@ -157,11 +157,11 @@ location is not listed in ~/.config/geolocation.d/. The files
are formatted in the same way as ~/.config/geolocation. Other
programs are encouraged to use this directory too.
.SH "RATIONALE"
-This is useful if you plan to take nice photographies, for example
+This is useful if you plan to take nice photographs, for example
during the blue hours, or the golden hour. But mostly, I just made
this because I could.
.SH "NOTES"
-US Americans, remember, you are on the Western Hemisphere.
+US Americans, remember, you are on the western hemisphere.
Therefore, you should specify a negative longitude.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR locateme (1)