On Tue, 2003-04-01 at 08:21, Erik Hofman wrote:
> David Megginson wrote:
> > Now that we're rearranging the /controls/ subtree, it might be a good
> > time to clean up the naming.
>
> I am all for (property naming) consistency and I am for selecting the
> tree layout now, and stick with it from now on.
>
> There are a few property names I wouldn't have chosen, but I think it
> would be of the greatest importance to pick one, and get over it ;-)
>
> > 1. Consistency
> > --------------
> >
> > Most of the property names use lower case and hyphens ('-') as word
> > separators. I suggest that we fix the following to be consistent:
> >
> > /controls/flight/BLC
> > /controls/engines/engine[%d]/WEP
> > /controls/fuel/tank[%d]/fuel_selector
> > /controls/fuel/tank[%d]/to_engine
> > /controls/fuel/tank[%d]/to_tank
> > /controls/electric/APU-generator
> > /controls/pneumatic/APU-bleed
>
> Sound good to me.
>
> >
> > 2. Units
> > --------
> >
> > In flightgear, we use suffixes for most property names to indicate the
> > units (such as /position/altitude-ft or /environment/wind-speed-kt).
> > Many of the control properties, however, are either normalized values
> > (0:1 or -1:1) or boolean flags.
> >
> > Would it make sense to add suffixes to these as well?
> >
> > /controls/flight/aileron-norm
> > /controls/gear/gear-down-flag
> >
> > (or something similar)?
>
> Maybe we shouldn't even make a distinction between flags and normalized
> values and call every boolean -*-norm also.
I'd prefer the -norm be left to values that continuously vary rather
than discretes.
>
> > 3. Switches
> > -----------
> >
> > Note that Curt's electrical system has a /controls/switches subtree,
> > while the recent rewrite has a /controls/lighting subtree. We need to
> > choose one or the other.
>
> Stick with switches, I expect more switches will be available that are
> non lighting related.
>
> Erik
>
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