Thanks heaps Joshua, that sounds great ! Its going to take me a day or so to test it I am afraid. I am about to upgrade to new release of Ubuntu and don't want to pull down the tools i need to build foxtrot until after the upgrade.
Further, I will be in Melbourne (big city) for a week or so and that not a great place to really test it out. But I can have a quick look to ensure it seems Ok.... Thanks again. David . Joshua Judson Rosen <roz...@geekspace.com> wrote: >"David Bannon" <dban...@internode.on.net> writes: >> >> > Do you mean the popup/context menu, or the toolbar? >> >> If you mean where I would like a "logging on / off" icon and if by the >> 'toolbar' you mean the structure on the left hand side of the window, >> then its the toolbar. > >OK. If my screen is any indication, it looks like there's enough room >on that side toolbar for a couple of extra buttons even when the window >is ~500 pixels high, and they gracefully `fall off the bottom' when >the window gets smaller down to about 400 pixels (below which there's >not even room to show the existing buttons). Let's try it. > >I have a change that I think does what you're asking for: > > https://code.launchpad.net/~rozzin/foxtrotgps/tracklog-toggle-toolbutton > >It adds a toggle-button to the toolbar, synchronised with the checkbox >in the info/control panel. > >Would you be able to try that out? > >> > Also, what about the `split track', and `load track' functions? >> >> The split track function is useful but not useful enough to justify having >> the >> right hand side "Control Panel" (if thats what you call it) displayed all the >> time. So, I'd be happy to click the toolbar icon twice to achieve the same >> effect. >> The "load track" and "clear" buttons are really used once you are reviewing >> collected data and are fine remaining in the control panel tab. I'd suggest >> that tab remain where it is pretty much unchanged and regard the toolbar icon >> I am requesting as an alternative way to work. > >OK. > >> Keyboard shortcuts might also be another useful alternative, ctrl-l to >> toggle logging, maybe something to zoom in or out.... > >Yes. > >There are actually already few keyboard shortcuts in place: > > * "i" or page-up zooms in (as does scroll-up via they pointer) > * "o" or page-down zooms out (as does scroll-down via the pointer) > * Ctrl+t brings up the `Load track' dialog > * Left, Right, Up, and Down pan the map West, East, North, or South > respectively. > * "a" toggles autocenter > * "F11" toggles fullscreen mode > * "m" shows/hides the info/control panel > * 1-8 select different maps > >None of those have been properly documented, though..., and it looks like >there's a bug where the wrong widget has focus by default, so you have >to hit Tab to move focus from the toolbar to the map-widget before any >of those keys will work.... I just pushed a couple of changes >to the bzr repository that address both of those issues. > >Adding an "l for logging" key seems like it would make sense. >Though, now that I think of it..., I'm sort-of inclined to make it >"t for track-logging" just to keep the H/J/K/L keys free in case >someone asks for vi-style navigation keys.... > >-- >"Don't be afraid to ask (λf.((λx.xx) (λr.f(rr))))." > >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: >> "Open Source GPS-related discussion and support" >> <foss-gps@lists.osgeo.org> >> >> To: >> "David Bannon" <dban...@internode.on.net> >> Cc: >> "Open Source GPS-related discussion and support" >> <foss-gps@lists.osgeo.org> >> Sent: >> Sat, 27 Oct 2012 14:47:36 -0400 >> Subject: >> Re: [FOSS-GPS] FoxtrotGPS - are suggestions welcome ? >> >> "David Bannon" <dban...@internode.on.net> writes: >> > >> > I contribute data to OSM and use FoxtrotGPS mainly for that >> > purpose. At present, to control the stopping and starting of logging, >> > I need to show the large "control panel" (? for lack of a better name) >> > onf the right hand side. browse through several pages and then click a >> > quite small text based tick box. This control panel takes up a whole >> > lot of screen space and the tick box is quite awkward to find, >> > especially if you are on the move. I would greatly prefer if this >> > functionality was on the left hand menu, fronted with a reasonable >> > sized icon that could (eg) change colour when active. >> >> Do you mean the popup/context menu, or the toolbar? >> >> Also, what about the `split track', and `load track' functions? _______________________________________________ This message is sent to you from FOSS-GPS@lists.osgeo.org mailing list. Visit http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss-gps to manage your subscription For more information, check http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS-GPS
