Re: [Flightgear-devel] Internationalization of Live-CD

2004-01-26 Thread Frederic BOUVIER
Ronny Standtke wrote: Hi, I am in the process of i18n of the Live-CD. I need your assistance here. I only speek German and my own version of English. I need the sentence For starting in please type: in all the languages you speak. (Please correct my English version too, if

[Flightgear-devel] Re: Could we add wheels to this Boeing?

2004-01-26 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Monday 26 January 2004 03:38: Could we add wheels to this Boeing [...] Yes, you can. m. ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Internationalization of Live-CD

2004-01-26 Thread Roy Vegard Ovesen
On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 09:06:16 +0100, Ronny Standtke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am in the process of i18n of the Live-CD. I need your assistance here. I only speek German and my own version of English. I need the sentence For starting in insert your language here please type: In norwegian:

[Flightgear-devel] New autopilot

2004-01-26 Thread Roy Vegard Ovesen
On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 22:19:48 -, Jim Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: These are all controllers for ailerons, elevators, rudders, etc. A small and easily definable set which is ideal for subclassing. Maybe we could have a subclass for each of these controls rather than trying to abstract a

[Flightgear-devel] Aircraft Lighting Idea

2004-01-26 Thread Ilja Moderau
Hi, I painted the windows of 747 and a320 transparent, then I put a simple rectangle behind the windows. This object got an emissive white color. http://home.arcor.de/iljamod/747.jpg http://home.arcor.de/iljamod/a320.jpg Just imagine, when you add the select animation depending on time or sun,

RE: [Flightgear-devel] New autopilot

2004-01-26 Thread Richard Bytheway
That would be the responsibility of the autopilot designer. If he/she designed a control structure that used two separate controllers that acted on the ailerons, that would be his/her problem. In fact it might turn out to be a good thing. ;-) Does this imply that we also need a

Re: [Flightgear-devel] XGL

2004-01-26 Thread David Megginson
Erik Hofman wrote: All that would need to happen is for someon to write a plib reader/writer for the xgl format and then we can begin using it. The modelers would have to figure out how to output in this format which could be a little trickier. Somehow I sense a very load HINT! HINT! here

RE: [Flightgear-devel] XGL

2004-01-26 Thread Norman Vine
David Megginson writes: Since Blender can use Python scripts for output (it exposes its internal data structures to Python), a Blender reader/writer should be no harder to write than a plib reader/writer. Probably easier :-) Norman ___

RE: [Flightgear-devel] enrty and exit points of main loop

2004-01-26 Thread Snyder Adam D Civ AFRL/VACD
I remember some documentation on the different sockets available through flightgear, but can't seem to find them on the site. Do you know where I can find these? Thanks, Adam -Original Message- From: David Megginson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 6:21 PM To:

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New autopilot

2004-01-26 Thread Roy Vegard Ovesen
On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 13:13:44 -, Richard Bytheway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That would be the responsibility of the autopilot designer. If he/she designed a control structure that used two separate controllers that acted on the ailerons, that would be his/her problem. In fact it might turn out

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Aircraft Lighting Idea

2004-01-26 Thread Erik Hofman
Ilja Moderau wrote: Hi, I painted the windows of 747 and a320 transparent, then I put a simple rectangle behind the windows. This object got an emissive white color. http://home.arcor.de/iljamod/747.jpg http://home.arcor.de/iljamod/a320.jpg Just imagine, when you add the select animation

Re: [Flightgear-devel] XGL

2004-01-26 Thread Erik Hofman
David Megginson wrote: Erik Hofman wrote: All that would need to happen is for someon to write a plib reader/writer for the xgl format and then we can begin using it. The modelers would have to figure out how to output in this format which could be a little trickier. Somehow I sense a very

Re: [Flightgear-devel] XGL

2004-01-26 Thread Erik Hofman
Norman Vine wrote: David Megginson writes: Since Blender can use Python scripts for output (it exposes its internal data structures to Python), a Blender reader/writer should be no harder to write than a plib reader/writer. Probably easier :-) It depends, I don't know: Blender, Python, XGL I

Re: [Flightgear-devel] enrty and exit points of main loop

2004-01-26 Thread Erik Hofman
Snyder Adam D Civ AFRL/VACD wrote: I remember some documentation on the different sockets available through flightgear, but can't seem to find them on the site. Do you know where I can find these? Most of it should be present in: FlightGear/docs-mini/README.IO Erik

RE: [Flightgear-devel] XGL

2004-01-26 Thread Norman Vine
Erik Hofman writes: Norman Vine wrote: David Megginson writes: Since Blender can use Python scripts for output (it exposes its internal data structures to Python), a Blender reader/writer should be no harder to write than a plib reader/writer. Probably easier :-) It

Re: [Flightgear-devel] XGL

2004-01-26 Thread David Megginson
Erik Hofman wrote: I don't know: Blender, Python, XGL I do know: C++, plib Any interpreted language with memory management is going to be significantly easier than a language without: the choice among Python, Perl, Java, etc. is a religious issue (and also depends on issues like library

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Borland C++BuilderX Personal for $10

2004-01-26 Thread Gene Buckle
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Re: [Flightgear-devel] XGL

2004-01-26 Thread Erik Hofman
David Megginson wrote: Erik Hofman wrote: I don't know: Blender, Python, XGL I do know: C++, plib Any interpreted language with memory management is going to be significantly easier than a language without: the choice among Python, Perl, Java, etc. is a religious issue (and also depends on

Re: [Flightgear-devel] XGL

2004-01-26 Thread David Megginson
Erik Hofman wrote: You need version 2.x.x of Python just after you have downloaded version 1.x.y stable because it was needed by some other package. The less interpreters available, the easier your life gets. Yes, Python seems very brittle for version management compared to Perl and Java. It

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Borland C++BuilderX Personal for $10

2004-01-26 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 07:10:16 -0800 (PST) Gene Buckle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Unless it's different from the downloaddable version, it does _not_ include any kind of RAD tool. g. You are probably thinking of the free Borland C++ 5.5 compiler. The link I provided refers to the Personal Edition of

RE: [Flightgear-devel] XGL

2004-01-26 Thread Norman Vine
David Megginson writes: Erik Hofman wrote: You need version 2.x.x of Python just after you have downloaded version 1.x.y stable because it was needed by some other package. I assume you tried finding an updated version of this 'package' or running your package that required 1.5 with

Re: [Flightgear-devel] XGL

2004-01-26 Thread Erik Hofman
Norman Vine wrote: David Megginson writes: Erik Hofman wrote: You need version 2.x.x of Python just after you have downloaded version 1.x.y stable because it was needed by some other package. I assume you tried finding an updated version of this 'package' or running your package that

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Some sound problems under Alsa

2004-01-26 Thread Roger Andreassen
On January the 22nd I wrote: Since Slackware will use Alsa sound from version 9.1 and onwards I would like to mention a sound problem with some planes. Running --aircraft=c310-yasim I'll get no plane sound, just the OM and MM tweets. Sorry, I would been clear about what the sound problem

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New autopilot

2004-01-26 Thread Jim Wilson
Roy Vegard Ovesen [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I disagree. I think we should have one generic controller class. Remember that we don't want to control the ailerons, we want to control the roll angle or the turn rate through the ailerons. We tell the controller that we want 20 degrees left bank

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New autopilot

2004-01-26 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 16:21:19 - Jim Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That has nothing at all to do with what I said. We are controlling individual control surfaces. Period. I don't think we should have subclasses for each desired action/process. Only each control surface type. Roll

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Borland C++BuilderX Personal for $10

2004-01-26 Thread Gene Buckle
OK. Yes, I've used Delphi and C++ Builder for a while, but haven't upgraded in a few years. The free C++ compiler BC++ 5.5 of course did not come with an IDE. C++Builder (no X) of course comes with RAD functionality out of the box - that's what it is famous for. It's a bit surprising to me

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New autopilot

2004-01-26 Thread Andy Ross
Jim Wilson wrote: That has nothing at all to do with what I said. We are controlling individual control surfaces. Period. I don't think we should have subclasses for each desired action/process. Only each control surface type. Roll control ends up being intrinsically part of aileron

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New autopilot

2004-01-26 Thread Jim Wilson
Andy Ross [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Jim Wilson wrote: That has nothing at all to do with what I said. We are controlling individual control surfaces. Period. I don't think we should have subclasses for each desired action/process. Only each control surface type. Roll control ends up

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New autopilot

2004-01-26 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 17:42:02 - Jim Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good point (as is Jon's) but in all such design cases there are tradeoffs. What I'm looking at is ease of configuration and that may be a reasonable tradeoff against the limitations of defining a standard set of control

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New autopilot

2004-01-26 Thread Gordan Sikic
Hi, That has nothing at all to do with what I said. We are controlling individual control surfaces. Period. I don't think we should have subclasses for each desired action/process. Only each control surface type. Roll control ends up being intrinsically part of aileron control is it not?

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ILS/DME in HUD

2004-01-26 Thread Erik Hofman
Hof Markus wrote: Hi folks, now I was able to compile the new built in functions in cockpit.cxx: // Added by Markus Hof on 5. Jan 2004 float get_dme( void ) { static const SGPropertyNode * dme_node = gGetNode(/radios/dme/distance-nm); return dme_node-getFloatValue(); //return

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Internationalization of Live-CD

2004-01-26 Thread Matevz Jekovec
Ronny Standtke wrote: Hi, I am in the process of i18n of the Live-CD. I need your assistance here. I only speek German and my own version of English. I need the sentence For starting in insert your language here please type: in all the languages you speak. (Please correct my English version

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Internationalization of Live-CD

2004-01-26 Thread Miguel Saraiva [Home]
In Portuguese: Para comear em Portugus, por favor digite: Or, if the meaning is more a please input: Para comear em Portugus, por favor introduza: Miguel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matevz Jekovec Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Possible typo in tilemgr.cxx line 180

2004-01-26 Thread Curtis L. Olson
David Luff wrote: tilemgr.cxx contains the following block of code (lines 178 - 181): xrange = (int)(vis / tile_width) + 1; yrange = (int)(vis / tile_height) + 1; if ( xrange 1 ) { xrange /= 1; } if ( yrange 1 ) { yrange = 1; } It looks to me like there might be a stray / sign

[Flightgear-devel] Possible typo in tilemgr.cxx line 180

2004-01-26 Thread David Luff
tilemgr.cxx contains the following block of code (lines 178 - 181): xrange = (int)(vis / tile_width) + 1; yrange = (int)(vis / tile_height) + 1; if ( xrange 1 ) { xrange /= 1; } if ( yrange 1 ) { yrange = 1; } It looks to me like there might be a stray / sign in line 180?

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Exterior Views... Update: Airbus Aircraft Familiy

2004-01-26 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ok, i found some drawings of the Airbus Aircraft Familiy: http://www.airbus.com/media/drawings.asp Best Regards, Oliver C. ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

[Flightgear-devel] Exterior Views of the Boeing Aircraft Familiy

2004-01-26 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello, Here is a list of pintable documents that show each aircraft type of the Boeing Aircraft Family from a side, top and front view: http://www.boeing.com/commercial/717/pf/ex_arrangement.pdf http://www.boeing.com/commercial/737family/pf/pf_exterior.html

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Exterior Views of Airbus A380

2004-01-26 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
One more, but a very good document about the upcoming Airbus A380: http://www.airbus.com/pdf/a380/MFP_A380.pdf On page 25-26 of this document you find very good drawings from the side, front and top view of this airplane type. Best Regards, Oliver C.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New autopilot

2004-01-26 Thread Roy Vegard Ovesen
On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 16:21:19 -, Jim Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That has nothing at all to do with what I said. We are controlling individual control surfaces. Period. I don't think we should have subclasses for each desired action/process. Only each control surface type. Do you

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New autopilot

2004-01-26 Thread Roy Vegard Ovesen
On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 09:10:23 -0800, Andy Ross [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd strongly suggest an architecture where the autopilot specifies a black box, with all input and output done via property nodes: ../roll-rate -++---+ /controls/elevator ../yaw-rate -+-- | Autopilot | --

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Internationalization of Live-CD

2004-01-26 Thread el zorro
In Latin American Spanish: Para iniciar en español por favor introduzca: Best regards, On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 09:06:16 +0100, Ronny Standtke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am in the process of i18n of the Live-CD. I need your assistance here. I only speek German and my own version of English.

RE: [Flightgear-devel] New autopilot

2004-01-26 Thread Jon Berndt
On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 09:10:23 -0800, Andy Ross [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd strongly suggest an architecture where the autopilot specifies a black box, with all input and output done via property nodes: Elaborate? ../roll-rate -++---+ /controls/elevator ../yaw-rate

[Flightgear-devel] Re: Fix for compilation error in panel.cxx: `truncf' undeclared

2004-01-26 Thread Eric L Hathaway
Eric L Hathaway wrote: Allow me to de-lurk for a minute to report a compilation problem, along with a fix. Current (10:00pm EST, 2003-1-26) CVS checkouts of FlightGear fail to compile on my Linux box. Of course, I meant _2004_-1-26, not 2003. You would think that almost an entire month into

[Flightgear-devel] Fix for compilation error in panel.cxx: `truncf' undeclared

2004-01-26 Thread Eric L Hathaway
Allow me to de-lurk for a minute to report a compilation problem, along with a fix. Current (10:00pm EST, 2003-1-26) CVS checkouts of FlightGear fail to compile on my Linux box. Here is the relevant part of the output from 'make', showing the error: --- Begin --- g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.

[Flightgear-devel] Re: Fix for compilation error in panel.cxx: `truncf' undeclared

2004-01-26 Thread Eric L Hathaway
Another problem with my original message! I must have had an itchy posting finger tonight... Eric L Hathaway wrote: Apparently, the truncf function was introduced in the C99 standard, and to use such functions in glibc you must define _ISOC99_SOURCE (or _GNU_SOURCE) in order for the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Fix for compilation error in panel.cxx: `truncf' undeclared

2004-01-26 Thread Bernie Bright
On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 23:03:50 -0500 Eric L Hathaway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Allow me to de-lurk for a minute to report a compilation problem, along with a fix. Current (10:00pm EST, 2003-1-26) CVS checkouts of FlightGear fail to compile on my Linux box. Here is the relevant part of the

[Flightgear-devel] Internationalization of Live-CD

2004-01-26 Thread Ronny Standtke
Hi, I am in the process of i18n of the Live-CD. I need your assistance here. I only speek German and my own version of English. I need the sentence For starting in insert your language here please type: in all the languages you speak. (Please correct my English version too, if necessary.)