Re: [Xastir] Maps, Defaults, and Chooser

2006-12-06 Thread Tom Russo
On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 05:53:36PM -0500, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> flavor, containing: > On Dec 6, 2006, at 16:03, Tom Russo wrote: > > >>So you don't have many maps? I've installed maps for trial > >>purposes, but since they add time to the display ref

Re: [Xastir] Maps, Defaults, and Chooser

2006-12-06 Thread Chip G.
On Dec 6, 2006, at 16:03, Tom Russo wrote: So you don't have many maps? I've installed maps for trial purposes, but since they add time to the display refresh and am not presently using them I have them turned off. So you have just a few maps you always use and delete or otherwise remove al

Re: [Xastir] Maps, Defaults, and Chooser

2006-12-06 Thread Steve Friis
A few months back, someone (I think it was Jason) posted the RidgeXXX.geo radar files.These do seem to be stable. I have been using these (the ridge radars) for the last 3 months with no problems. Could this be a fix? Z I've been here enough to have heard all the discussions of color level

Re: [Xastir] Maps, Defaults, and Chooser

2006-12-06 Thread J. Lance Cotton
on 12/6/2006 3:09 PM Tom Russo said the following: I've been here enough to have heard all the discussions of color levels, transparency, and et cetera. It'd be nice to get a more permanent solution to this problem. That solution has to come from the source of the images, and is not somethi

Re: [Xastir] Maps, Defaults, and Chooser

2006-12-06 Thread Tom Russo
On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 03:34:06PM -0500, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> flavor, containing: > > Incidentally I find the radars almost completely unusable since they > are completely black now. At times they work, but they break too > often. Agreed. The

Re: [Xastir] Maps, Defaults, and Chooser

2006-12-06 Thread Steve Friis
Chip G. wrote: On Dec 6, 2006, at 12:26, Curt, WE7U wrote: Now... Should we eventually implement a MapSet feature, where you can select different groups of maps at once (and probably a different set of properties for each), would you then migrate to the new system or would you still be missi

Re: [Xastir] Maps, Defaults, and Chooser

2006-12-06 Thread Chip G.
On Dec 6, 2006, at 15:30, Steve Friis wrote: There are two ways that I am aware of to turn on and off maps. You seem to have a grasp of the first method. If Auto Maps is unselected under the tool bar, any maps selected in the tool bar will now be enabled. Probably a poor explanation, an

Re: [Xastir] Maps, Defaults, and Chooser

2006-12-06 Thread Chip G.
On Dec 6, 2006, at 12:26, Curt, WE7U wrote: Now... Should we eventually implement a MapSet feature, where you can select different groups of maps at once (and probably a different set of properties for each), would you then migrate to the new system or would you still be missing something

Re: [Xastir] Maps, Defaults, and Chooser

2006-12-06 Thread Steve Friis
Chip G. wrote: On Dec 6, 2006, at 09:57, Steve Friis wrote: For me, 1000 is my bottom most layer. I use layers up to 9. Weather is put at 2000, so that state and county boundaries show on top of the weather data. This allows me to be able to see exactly where the storms are in relation to

Re: [Xastir] Maps, Defaults, and Chooser

2006-12-06 Thread Steve Friis
Tom Russo wrote: (or removed from the code). Not yet --- people use it, and removing it would hurt them. Well, as all of you know by now, I am not a programmer. Just a vocal (and some times causticly so) user. I have an idea though I have no idea how it would work or be implem

Re: [Xastir] Maps, Defaults, and Chooser

2006-12-06 Thread Tom Russo
On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 09:26:24AM -0800, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> flavor, containing: > On Wed, 6 Dec 2006, Steve Friis wrote: > > > I use auto maps. I have two main configurations. The first is set up in > > Auto maps. The second configuration I have s

Re: [Xastir] Maps, Defaults, and Chooser

2006-12-06 Thread Curt, WE7U
On Wed, 6 Dec 2006, Steve Friis wrote: > I use auto maps. I have two main configurations. The first is set up in > Auto maps. The second configuration I have set up as selected maps. > Turning on auto maps disables the regular selected maps, so they don't > show up in the display. I thought

Re: [Xastir] Maps, Defaults, and Chooser

2006-12-06 Thread Tom Russo
On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 06:03:20AM -0800, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> flavor, containing: > > 2. The default configuration of the worldhi.map is that it is > > Automaps=yes and Layer=1000. I am good with the first option but not > > the second. The idea behin

Re: [Xastir] Maps, Defaults, and Chooser

2006-12-06 Thread Steve Friis
Curt, WE7U wrote: On Tue, 5 Dec 2006, Chip G. wrote: 2. The default configuration of the worldhi.map is that it is Automaps=yes and Layer=1000. I am good with the first option but not the second. The idea behind the default map is to help those who have no maps (i.e., just starting out), no

Re: [Xastir] Setting up unproto paths in the UK

2006-12-06 Thread James Ewen
On 12/6/06, Dave h <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: There seems a lot of info about but has anyone got some advice for a UK station please. I have looked around for information, but there's such a mixture of out-of-date, innapropriate to locality and other data about that knowing what to set the Unprot

Re: [Xastir] Maps, Defaults, and Chooser

2006-12-06 Thread Curt, WE7U
On Tue, 5 Dec 2006, Chip G. wrote: > I just did a CVS update and rebuild of Xastir. Once again upon > restart I immediately noticed the "worldhi" map overlaying the > Tigermap. When I brought up the "Map Chooser" I didn't see the > worldhi map available to change. After fiddling a bit (rebuilds, >

[Xastir] Setting up unproto paths in the UK

2006-12-06 Thread Dave h
There seems a lot of info about but has anyone got some advice for a UK station please. I'm running Xastir at work (for as long as I can get away with it ;), with a THd7 when I'm in the office on a spare Ubuntu based pc. I've a local DIGI_NED station and see a small amount of traffic, but would