Re: [Xastir] Feature request AGW reconnect
On Thu, 10 Dec 2009, Tony Hunt wrote: I wonder if this would be hard to impliment ? On the AGW interface could we have a Reconnect on fail option like the Internet servers ? If I run AGW over the LAN which is the usual way then its often via 802.11 wifi.. This can at times be flakey .. If the connection to AGW is lost then it just stays that way and never re-establishes.. It usually does not do this but the few times it does is plain annoying and often goes unnoticed for long periods. The other thing that may happen is a reboot of the machine running AGW and then xastir has to have the interface restarted. Care to rephrase the above as an _unreasonable_ request so that I can discount it? hi hi Unfortunately the above seems perfectly reasonable. It's something I would want if I were running AGWPE links across a network often. I've only done it a small amount for testing and didn't encounter the problem. I'll see what I can do. P.S. Did anyone ever think Xastir would make it onto the front page of ARRL.ORG? We did today! Of course it's not all that obvious. You have to click on the Linux Journal entry to make the image large enough to read the word Xastir... -- Curt, WE7U. http://www.eskimo.com/~archer APRS: Where it's at!http://www.xastir.org Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math. - unknown Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates. - WE7U. The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system! ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@lists.xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
[Xastir] Feature Request
One small problem I am having running Xastir on a laptop is that sometimes when using the touchpad and moving it across the screen my heavy hand will re-adjust the map so then I have to go back and re-center/zoom the map for a coverage area. Would it be possible to have a switch that could LOCK the map screen so no matter what happens it would not be capable of moving or zooming in or out? If this feature is already part of Xastir forgive me as I am still learning the functionality of the software. 73's Jess KC9QEA ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@lists.xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Feature Request
On Thu, 10 Dec 2009, J Hunter wrote: One small problem I am having running Xastir on a laptop is that sometimes when using the touchpad and moving it across the screen my heavy hand will re-adjust the map so then I have to go back and re-center/zoom the map for a coverage area. Would it be possible to have a switch that could LOCK the map screen so no matter what happens it would not be capable of moving or zooming in or out? Thanks for reminding me... When working the Seattle Marathon a couple of weeks ago I was using the Pidgin Jabber client and a couple of copies of Xastir at the same time. When I closed each Jabber popup the mouse click didn't end there but ended up zooming/re-centering my map screen for the Xastir underneath. It got real annoying real quick. My intent was to add a feature just as you describe. -- Curt, WE7U. http://www.eskimo.com/~archer APRS: Where it's at!http://www.xastir.org Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math. - unknown Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates. - WE7U. The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system! ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@lists.xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
[Xastir] edges.dbfawk /^MTFCC=S14/
I've been fiddling with edges.dbfawk to display roads more to my liking than the default file provides for TIGER 2008 maps. For local roads (/^MTFCC=S14/) it would be nice to display names at a larger zoom level in rural areas than in towns, say zoom levels 64 and 32, respectively, but as best I can tell there is no way do differentiate between urban an rural (as there is in the tabblock files). I'm just checking to be sure that I'm not missing something. Also, I assume that there is no way to know the current zoom level when making assignments in the dbfawk files, right? Thanks, Dick, KC9JLU ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@lists.xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
[Xastir] No DBFAWK signature
I get a lot of notes like the one below in my terminal session while running Xastir. Are these a problem, can I get rid of them? No DBFAWK signature for HOAC/29095_Jackson_County/tl_2008_29095_bg00 Folder/tl_2008_29095_bg00.shp! Using default. ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@lists.xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Feature Request
Curt, There may be another way to do the same thing... Take a look at http://revision3.com/tzdaily/2009-12-08touchfreeze also gsynaptics or tpconfig on ubuntu. OR... Get an external USB connected KB to save the LT KB (and the LT) from being drowned with coffee. Defeats the portability but saves equipment and flustration in the long run. 73 Dave KB3EFS On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 12:19 PM, Curt, WE7U arc...@eskimo.com wrote: On Thu, 10 Dec 2009, J Hunter wrote: One small problem I am having running Xastir on a laptop is that sometimes when using the touchpad and moving it across the screen my heavy hand will re-adjust the map so then I have to go back and re-center/zoom the map for a coverage area. Would it be possible to have a switch that could LOCK the map screen so no matter what happens it would not be capable of moving or zooming in or out? Thanks for reminding me... When working the Seattle Marathon a couple of weeks ago I was using the Pidgin Jabber client and a couple of copies of Xastir at the same time. When I closed each Jabber popup the mouse click didn't end there but ended up zooming/re-centering my map screen for the Xastir underneath. It got real annoying real quick. My intent was to add a feature just as you describe. -- Curt, WE7U. http://www.eskimo.com/~archer APRS: Where it's at! http://www.xastir.org Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math. - unknown Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates. - WE7U. The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system! ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@lists.xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@lists.xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Feature request AGW reconnect
On Dec 10, 2009, at 11:48, Curt, WE7U wrote: P.S. Did anyone ever think Xastir would make it onto the front page of ARRL.ORG? We did today! Of course it's not all that obvious. You have to click on the Linux Journal entry to make the image large enough to read the word Xastir... Congratulations to all those who developed, and continue to refine, Xastir. Great to see it get the coverage it deserves. As far as I can tell, it is the only APRS product still in active development. -- Chip ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@lists.xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Feature request AGW reconnect
Good on xastir getting on the front page of sorts.. I must take it all back with the Feature request for the AGW interface.. I woke up this morning and its allready there and it even works.. So Ive managed to confuse myself. The reconnect time seems excessive at times. I have not checked this out thouroughly . Ive seen it take nearly 5 mins at times but it does recover repeatedly. Ive messed about with Internet server ports and the recovery feature more in the past. It seems to work in a similar way with AGW. At some point after repeated retrys Ive seen it take up to 10 mins before it actually reconnects even with the Internet connection being available for the full 10 mins. There may be some sort of sliding timer which backs off after x number of failed retrys on a short term basis. So I can only guess at what was happening with me yesterday.. 2 possibilities.. I was in an alternate xastir universe yesterday and now I am not. Perhaps I am in an alternate xastir universe today though ! Perhaps I was running a different (older) version of xastir when I saw this issue but thats confusing as I dont think any work has been done on the AGW interface in ages. Yep I know thats 3 possibilities !! PS. The AGW interface works nicely via the LAN using the latest xastir VM Hardy 090307 and it even does a reconnect on Net failure. Tony Hunt VK5AH - Original Message - From: Curt, WE7U arc...@eskimo.com To: Tony Hunt wave...@internode.on.net Cc: Xastir mailing list xas...@xastir.org Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 3:18 AM Subject: Re: [Xastir] Feature request AGW reconnect On Thu, 10 Dec 2009, Tony Hunt wrote: I wonder if this would be hard to impliment ? On the AGW interface could we have a Reconnect on fail option like the Internet servers ? If I run AGW over the LAN which is the usual way then its often via 802.11 wifi.. This can at times be flakey .. If the connection to AGW is lost then it just stays that way and never re-establishes.. It usually does not do this but the few times it does is plain annoying and often goes unnoticed for long periods. The other thing that may happen is a reboot of the machine running AGW and then xastir has to have the interface restarted. Care to rephrase the above as an _unreasonable_ request so that I can discount it? hi hi Unfortunately the above seems perfectly reasonable. It's something I would want if I were running AGWPE links across a network often. I've only done it a small amount for testing and didn't encounter the problem. I'll see what I can do. P.S. Did anyone ever think Xastir would make it onto the front page of ARRL.ORG? We did today! Of course it's not all that obvious. You have to click on the Linux Journal entry to make the image large enough to read the word Xastir... -- Curt, WE7U. http://www.eskimo.com/~archer APRS: Where it's at!http://www.xastir.org Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math. - unknown Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates. - WE7U. The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system! ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@lists.xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Feature Request (J Hunter)
Jess, Here is a cheap and nasty idea. I have a similar problem with the eeePC and the touchpad. Try turning on the Move or Measure option on the top task bar on xastir. Any false moves with the touch pad will not translate to major map rearrangments. A Map lock would be nice . Tony Hunt VK5AH - Original Message - Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:55:31 -0600 From: J Hunter jhun...@sardognetwork.org To: Xastir - APRS client software discussion xastir@lists.xastir.org Subject: [Xastir] Feature Request Message-ID: 4b212803.4050...@sardognetwork.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed One small problem I am having running Xastir on a laptop is that sometimes when using the touchpad and moving it across the screen my heavy hand will re-adjust the map so then I have to go back and re-center/zoom the map for a coverage area. Would it be possible to have a switch that could LOCK the map screen so no matter what happens it would not be capable of moving or zooming in or out? If this feature is already part of Xastir forgive me as I am still learning the functionality of the software. 73's Jess KC9QEA -- ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@lists.xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir End of Xastir Digest, Vol 49, Issue 16 ** ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@lists.xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Feature Request: Map Lock
I'll vote for this one too. Can it be mapped to something like the scroll-lock key? This typically isn't used for anything else and would make the state obvious - as I assume the GUI would have an indicator, but you'd also have one on your keyboard as well. Peter KC0TFB ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@lists.xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Feature Request: Map Lock
On Dec 10, 2009, at 19:07, Peter Gamache wrote: I'll vote for this one too. Can it be mapped to something like the scroll-lock key? This typically isn't used for anything else and would make the state obvious - as I assume the GUI would have an indicator, but you'd also have one on your keyboard as well. Scroll-Lock won't likely be cross platform either. I have no scroll lock on any of the three computers around here that I usually use for Xastir. -- Chip ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@lists.xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
