Re: [Flightgear-devel] copying properties

2002-12-22 Thread Norman Vine
Jim Wilson writes: > > Is there a way to copy a block of properties #include copyProperties (const SGPropertyNode *in, SGPropertyNode *out) But AFAIK this requires that the 'out' nodes exist i.e. this copies but does not construct the nodes I think the easiest way to 'clone' a branch is to writ

[Flightgear-devel] properties documentation

2002-12-22 Thread Jim Wilson
This may sound like a lame idea. I am not all that versed on xml technology, but it seems to me that there is a standard form for something like this. In the database world there is something called a "Data dictionary" that works as a central repository for data items, their types, default value

[Flightgear-devel] copying properties

2002-12-22 Thread Jim Wilson
Is there a way to copy a block of properties (ie an equivelent to cp -ax dir1 dir2)? IIRC this was discussed at one time, and I'm wondering if it has been implemented yet. Best, Jim ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flig

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Problems Compiling clouds3d

2002-12-22 Thread Norman Vine
Paul Deppe writes: > > I think the problem stems from being included before "extgl.h" > > > > Note and both include so "extgl.h" must > > precede these also > > > > Norman > > I inserted the following in SkyTexture.hpp at line 36: > > #ifdef WIN32 > # include "extgl.h" > #endif > > ... and

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Problems Compiling clouds3d

2002-12-22 Thread Norman Vine
Paul Deppe writes: > > I found that Cygwin installs TWO copies of gl.h: > > opengl package installs: /usr/include/GL/gl.h (which declares > glActiveTextureARB) and w32api package installs: > /usr/include/w32api/GL/gl.h, (which does not). > > The w32api gl.h is dated later but does not declare gl

Re: [Flightgear-devel] What's in the job jar?

2002-12-22 Thread Norman Vine
Michael Selig writes: > > At 12/22/02, Norman Vine wrote: > >Michael Selig wrote: > > > > > > It seems to me like the property stuff is the most important part of > > > FGFS. If one does not understand how to use this and code for it (both in > > > xml and cpp), then you're never going to get anyw

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Problems Compiling clouds3d

2002-12-22 Thread Paul Deppe
> I think the problem stems from being included before "extgl.h" > > Note and both include so "extgl.h" must > precede these also > > Norman I inserted the following in SkyTexture.hpp at line 36: #ifdef WIN32 # include "extgl.h" #endif ... and it worked - thanks. But I still wonder if ther

Re: [Flightgear-devel] What's in the job jar?

2002-12-22 Thread Mike Bonar
_Interested_ ;-) On Sunday 22 December 2002 20:48, Mike Bonar wrote: > Yes, I see where you are coming from, Andy. In the spirit of openness, I > don't think that's the way to go either. > > However, I did run doxygen against the source code, and that is very cool. > It's clean, simple, fas

Re: [Flightgear-devel] What's in the job jar?

2002-12-22 Thread Michael Selig
At 12/22/02, Norman Vine wrote: Michael Selig > > As it relates to documenting things, I'd like to ask this again: Is this > file property-api.html still around somewhere? This doc described the > property tree. It was a draft from Curt I believe. > > It seems to me like the property stuff is t

Re: [Flightgear-devel] What's in the job jar?

2002-12-22 Thread Mike Bonar
Yes, I see where you are coming from, Andy. In the spirit of openness, I don't think that's the way to go either. However, I did run doxygen against the source code, and that is very cool. It's clean, simple, fast, and open. We could run a cron against the cvs directory each night, and voi

re: [Flightgear-devel] What's in the job jar?

2002-12-22 Thread Luke Scharf
On Sun, 2002-12-22 at 13:01, David Megginson wrote: > Luke Scharf writes: > > > Where would I find documentation about code-layout of FGFS? I did a > > quick scan of flightgear.org and I didn't see a document that looked > > like it addressed "this object does this and relates to the other >

Re: [Flightgear-devel] What's in the job jar?

2002-12-22 Thread Andy Ross
Michael Bonar wrote: > MSVC6 has a Visio add-on that allows you to reverse engineer C code > into UML diagrams. Anybody have experience with it? I was thinking > of giving that a try to see what it looks like. It probably looks a lot like UML generated automatically from C code. :) I've never b

RE: [Flightgear-devel] What's in the job jar?

2002-12-22 Thread Michael Bonar
MSVC6 has a Visio add-on that allows you to reverse engineer C code into UML diagrams. Anybody have experience with it? I was thinking of giving that a try to see what it looks like. In the meantime, I will see what I can find on code documentation. Cheers! Mike -Original Message- Fro

Re: [Flightgear-devel] What's in the job jar?

2002-12-22 Thread Norman Vine
Michael Selig > > As it relates to documenting things, I'd like to ask this again: Is this > file property-api.html still around somewhere? This doc described the > property tree. It was a draft from Curt I believe. > > It seems to me like the property stuff is the most important part of >

Re: [Flightgear-devel] What's in the job jar?

2002-12-22 Thread Michael Selig
At 12/22/02, David Megginson wrote: Norman Vine writes: > Computer programs are a mix of algorithm and data and just because > you take the data out of the 'C' code and stash it externally does nothing > to alleviate the need to document it !! Agreed -- I'm simply pointing out the challenges.

re: [Flightgear-devel] ATC Sound

2002-12-22 Thread dave_and_jacqui
David Megginson writes: >The new ATIS sound is great, Thanks! >but I'm having volume problems with it. Oh dear :-( >It's not possible to make it out at all at the default volume; when I change >the volume from 2 to 10 in ATCmgr.cxx simple->set_volume(10.0); I can >just make it out over the idl

Re: [Flightgear-devel] What's in the job jar?

2002-12-22 Thread David Megginson
Norman Vine writes: > Computer programs are a mix of algorithm and data and just because > you take the data out of the 'C' code and stash it externally does nothing > to alleviate the need to document it !! Agreed -- I'm simply pointing out the challenges. All the best, David -- David

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Problems Compiling clouds3d

2002-12-22 Thread Norman Vine
Paul Deppe writes: > > > > > > When compiling CVS simgear/sky/clouds3d I am getting numerous warnings: > > > "WIN32 redefined", "initialization from int to float", "... is > > implicitly a > > > typename", and many others, and finally the following error > > when compiling > > > SkyTextureState.cp

Re: [Flightgear-devel] What's in the job jar?

2002-12-22 Thread Norman Vine
David Megginson writes: > > Norman Vine writes: > > > A worthy project indeed but IMHO an even worthier project > > would be to collect all of the various "properties" into a single > > document that included > > > > 1) a short description of what it controlled > > 2) which xml file it re

Re: [Flightgear-devel] What's in the job jar?

2002-12-22 Thread David Megginson
Norman Vine writes: > A worthy project indeed but IMHO an even worthier project > would be to collect all of the various "properties" into a single > document that included > > 1) a short description of what it controlled > 2) which xml file it resided in > 3) which 'C' file set its defa

Re: [Flightgear-devel] What's in the job jar?

2002-12-22 Thread Norman Vine
David Megginson writes: > > Luke Scharf writes: > > > Where would I find documentation about code-layout of FGFS? I did a > > quick scan of flightgear.org and I didn't see a document that looked > > like it addressed "this object does this and relates to the other > > objects like that" quest

re: [Flightgear-devel] What's in the job jar?

2002-12-22 Thread David Megginson
Luke Scharf writes: > Where would I find documentation about code-layout of FGFS? I did a > quick scan of flightgear.org and I didn't see a document that looked > like it addressed "this object does this and relates to the other > objects like that" question. Come to think of it, that sounds

[Flightgear-devel] missing CVS log (base package)

2002-12-22 Thread Michael Selig
Last night I did an update to three of the Wright Flyer files, but only two showed up in the log. The one that did not show up in the log was the file: ~/fgfsbase/Aircraft/UIUC/wrightFlyer1903-v1-nl/aircraft.dat For the record, the message for it: Wright Flyer update: Reduced wing warp to rudd

[Flightgear-devel] cvs logs

2002-12-22 Thread Jim Wilson
Any chance we could get back cvs logs from prior to the changeover? The lack of them is making it hard to track down regressions introduced prior to. Best, Jim ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/list

re: [Flightgear-devel] What's in the job jar?

2002-12-22 Thread Luke Scharf
On Sun, 2002-12-22 at 07:09, David Megginson wrote: > We are slowly trying to get all of the parts of FlightGear to > extend FGSubsystem (defined src/Main/fgfs.hxx) and to simplify the > top-level loop in src/Main/main.cxx. Where would I find documentation about code-layout of FGFS? I did a quick

Re: [Flightgear-devel] What's in the job jar?

2002-12-22 Thread Julian Foad
David Megginson wrote: Cleanup is always, always needed -- ... We are slowly trying to get all of the parts of FlightGear to extend FGSubsystem (defined src/Main/fgfs.hxx) and to simplify the top-level loop in src/Main/main.cxx. That sort of top-level stuff really is best done by the "top-le

[Flightgear-devel] AT6 Cockpit Photos

2002-12-22 Thread David Megginson
Someone on the Piper mailing list had a chance to crawl into a couple of AT6's visiting his home field and snap some pics. Here they are, for anyone interested in the modelling: http://xcski.com/gallery/album02 All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginso

re: [Flightgear-devel] What's in the job jar?

2002-12-22 Thread David Megginson
Mike Bonar writes: > Okay, I have completed step one. I am up and running with the > latest cvs snapshot on Suse 8.1. What's in the job jar? Give me > something easy to start out with since it's been awhile since I > have done any coding. Cleanup is always, always needed -- my only suggest

Re: [Flightgear-devel] What's in the job jar?

2002-12-22 Thread Erik Hofman
Mike Bonar wrote: Okay, I have completed step one. I am up and running with the latest cvs snapshot on Suse 8.1. What's in the job jar? Give me something easy to start out with since it's been awhile since I have done any coding. Some background if you are interested, I spent a good chunk of

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Problems Compiling clouds3d

2002-12-22 Thread Erik Hofman
Paul Deppe wrote: Paul Deppe wrote: When compiling CVS simgear/sky/clouds3d I am getting numerous warnings: "WIN32 redefined", "initialization from int to float", "... is implicitly a typename", and many others, and finally the following error when compiling SkyTextureState.cpp: SkyT