[Flightgear-devel] Rearranged /controls/ properties

2003-04-01 Thread David Megginson
Now that we're rearranging the /controls/ subtree, it might be a good time to clean up the naming. 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 /contro

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Rearranged /controls/ properties

2003-04-01 Thread Erik Hofman
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, bu

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Rearranged /controls/ properties

2003-04-01 Thread Curtis L. Olson
David Megginson writes: > Now that we're rearranging the /controls/ subtree, it might be a good > time to clean up the naming. > > 1. Consistency > -- > > Most of the property names use lower case and hyphens ('-') as word > separators. I suggest that we fix the following to be consi

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Rearranged /controls/ properties

2003-04-01 Thread David Megginson
Erik Hofman writes: > 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 ;-) Thanks for reminding me -- the propeller-pitch property is misnamed, and we should try to think of something more descriptive (it d

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Rearranged /controls/ properties

2003-04-01 Thread Norman Vine
David Megginson writes: > > Thanks for reminding me -- the propeller-pitch property is misnamed, > and we should try to think of something more descriptive (it directly > controls propeller speed, not pitch). Not that we don't want a new name but aren't these two (pitch, propellor speed) the ~s

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Rearranged /controls/ properties

2003-04-01 Thread Luke Scharf
On Tue, 2003-04-01 at 13:28, Norman Vine wrote: > David Megginson writes: > > > > Thanks for reminding me -- the propeller-pitch property is misnamed, > > and we should try to think of something more descriptive (it directly > > controls propeller speed, not pitch). > > Not that we don't want a n

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Rearranged /controls/ properties

2003-04-01 Thread David Megginson
Norman Vine writes: > Not that we don't want a new name but aren't these two (pitch, > propellor speed) the ~same~ thing assuming a variable pitch prop No. With a variable-pitch prop, the rpm will vary with both the pitch setting and the throttle setting, but those have not been in use for 70

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Rearranged /controls/ properties

2003-04-01 Thread Norman Vine
David Megginson writes: > > With a constant-speed prop, the governor will attempt > to maintain a constant RPM across a range of throttle settings by > constantly varying the propeller pitch. I think you just uncovered your new name Note that 'constant-speed' is not mentioned in the original p

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Rearranged /controls/ properties

2003-04-01 Thread Tony Peden
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 n