I confirm Paul's (and others) findings. However, I wouldn't want to use it in flight.
Ronald Am 27.07.2015 um 07:15 schrieb Paul Surgeon: > Update: > I just tested 6.8 alpha 9 on Android and it is possible to drop a marker > anywhere on the map. > This is not possible with the 6.7.9 build for Android. > > > On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 6:56 AM, Paul Surgeon <sur...@gmail.com > <mailto:sur...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > I'm joining the discussion rather late but in Ramy's defence I agree > with this statement, "I tried what you describe in 6.7 and could NOT > drop a mark at the cross air location." > I tried it with the 6.7.9 build for Android and no matter where you > pan to on the map it always drops the marker where the aircraft is > currently located and not at the cross hair location. > i.e. > - Pan mode > - Double tap for menu > - NAV 2 > - Mark Drop > > I do understand that the 6.7.x builds do not support converting a > marker into a waypoint but that doesn't appear to be what Ramy is > arguing about. > In 6.7.x markers can only be dropped where the aircraft is currently > located - at least with the Android builds I tested. > > @Martin: I believe they are referring to ticket 194 ( > http://bugs.xcsoar.org/ticket/194 ) > apf posted a screenshot where he can place markers where ever he > likes in pan mode but this doesn't appear to work for several people > using 6.7.x builds so Ramy re-opened the ticket which pissed max off. > > > On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 8:14 PM, Max Kellermann <m...@duempel.org > <mailto:m...@duempel.org>> wrote: > > On 2015/07/26 19:06, Ramy Yanetz <ryan...@yahoo.com > <mailto:ryan...@yahoo.com>> wrote: > > And here is Max arrogant comment on my ticket: > > Max really thinks we are all stupid: > > That's it, Ramy. You have been annoying the hell out of me and > other > XCSoar developers for years. That was your final insult. You are > hereby banned from XCSoar mailing lists, the XCSoar forum and the > XCSoar bug tracker. > > Byebye. > > Max > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Xcsoar-user mailing list > Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Xcsoar-user mailing list > Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Xcsoar-user mailing list Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user
