Re: [Flightgear-devel] Proposed new set of splash screens

2010-02-25 Thread Dale J. Chatham
One of the better ways of handling this kind of thing is to have central "system" directories with users able to put their own data in their home directories. A search path isn't a bad thing, as is the ability to set directories in environment variables. Having only one directory in which to st

Re: [Flightgear-devel] configuration snafu

2010-02-05 Thread Dale J. Chatham
I'm assuming a UNIX/Linux system. Does configure run clean? Look for libraries that it cannot find. If that's the problem, and if you're on a linux system, you'll need to tell configure where to find the libraries. I usually run: ./configure --help > do.it Add comments before every line, then

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Money and Contributions

2010-01-31 Thread Dale J. Chatham
Not sure why you don't trust the FSF. It has changed a lot since the beginnings and Mr. Stallman's views very clearly do not drive it. I had a run-in with Mr. Stall in 1986. I had called because I couldn't believe that I was required to dump anything I wrote in gnu C under his license. We argue

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Money and Contributions

2010-01-29 Thread Dale J. Chatham
Curtis Olson wrote: > On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 8:32 AM, Reagan Thomas wrote: > > There *is* a "PayPal button" at FlightGear.org: > > http://www.flightgear.org/dvd/ > > Perhaps Curt will explain if there is another means of directly > contributing funds. > > FlightGear is definite

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Commercial ads on the web site ....

2010-01-09 Thread Dale J. Chatham
Any idea how much traffic this site gets? Martin Spott wrote: > "Dale J. Chatham" wrote: > > >> You'll notice that what you object to us under "Marketplace". It's >> banner ads used to finance the site. >> > > Yup, I know a

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Commercial ads on the web site ....

2010-01-09 Thread Dale J. Chatham
You'll notice that what you object to us under "Marketplace". It's banner ads used to finance the site. The alternative is user fees. Be irritated all you want, but, unless you want to pay, it's likely just the way it's going to be. Martin Spott wrote: > Hi folks, > do you think this is an 'ap

Re: [Flightgear-devel] reversible ILS

2009-12-20 Thread Dale J. Chatham
Every airport has a "preferred" runway to use. I'd suggest using that one regardless. The surface wind goes into the equation to select which runway, but it doesn't kick in until crosses a threshold. Of course, if you can find ATIS information online :) Alex Perry wrote: > +1. Reversible approa