RE: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear and config files

2004-01-03 Thread Jon Berndt
David Culp wrote: Where would be the appropriate place to look for such a file at runtime -- where should this file live? It looks to me like FlightGear could use a Config directory. It would hold preferences.xml, joystick.xml, keyboard.xml, materials.xml, mice.xml, menu.xml,

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear and config files

2004-01-03 Thread Erik Hofman
Jon Berndt wrote: For JSBSim standalone I think we would have a file that sits in the base directory (from which JSBSim is run) or specified in an environment variable JSBSIM_ROOT. This file I am referring to for JSBSim would serve to set up simulation specific (something that is not or should

RE: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear and config files

2004-01-03 Thread Jon Berndt
If it doesn't need to be in a user friendly way you could specify something like this in your ~/.fgfsrc file: --prop:/jsbsim/config/integrator=mytype --prop:/jsbsim/config/logging=true --prop:/jsbsim/config/atmosphere=mars That would require _no_ action from the FlightGear side. Erik

[Flightgear-devel] FlightGear and config files

2004-01-02 Thread Jon Berndt
I may want to create a configuration file for JSBSim that controls simulation specific items that will likely not change often. These may include items such as the particular type of numeric integrator to use for various of our integrations. It would also include output logging information

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear and config files

2004-01-02 Thread David Culp
Where would be the appropriate place to look for such a file at runtime -- where should this file live? It looks to me like FlightGear could use a Config directory. It would hold preferences.xml, joystick.xml, keyboard.xml, materials.xml, mice.xml, menu.xml, options.xml as well as a