Re: [ gpsdrive ] feature request: fullscreen map

[David <david.pollard@optusnet.com.au>]

Hi Ross,

On Sat, 2007-02-03 at 08:44 +1000, info@4x4falcon.com wrote:
> Hi David,
> 
> The changes stretch the map image whereas the maximise button does not.
Ok I see what you mean now.  By streaching out the image the way you
mention do track and waypoints still get drawn in the correct place?

The calculations behind matching up the tracks and waypoints for
different scales and projections are quite complex and I'd be supprised
if everyting still worked.  

> 
> I agree that it's not an ideal solution and was looking at moving the whole 
> section from about line 4752 where the window sizing is done to a separate 
> file and function which could be called if no geometry had been specified on 
> the command line.

>From previous discussions here adding new values to the gpsdriverc file
seems to be preferd over adding more command line options.

> Unfortunately it's been about 15years since I have done any C programming and 
> have never used automake/autoconf etc and I'm still coming to terms with using 
> svn so don't want to move it to another file just yet.  This is the first 
> software that I've really been interested in doing some work on in that time 
> as I can see great potential for it.

My C is a bit rusty to and I also haven't done much in a very long time
so we are in the same boat there.  I think gently does it and start off
small is the way to get back into it.  Others on the list are generaly
happy to provide advice and feed back on sugested changes especially if
they are well thought out and tested.  I have been working with gpsdrive
for about a year or two and have mostly been testing and debuging.  I
think it is a great program and the only thing I have left to do before
I install in my 4wd is to solve my touch screen problems.  (nothing to
do with gpsdrive)
 
> 
> I now have the geometry from the command line being read when the programme 
> starts but have not yet sorted the resizing using the gtk_ parse geometry 
> function.
> 
I don't know much about this yet.
As I said before I managed to read and write screen locations to the rc
file but got out of my depth when I tried to do something with them.
Lots of code needed updating to make fit with more modern coding
practices so I never submitted it back to svn.  But all a good learning
experience for me.

The autoconf stuff looks (and is) complicated but it actually isn't that
dificult to add a new file to the compilation / install process.

My understanding of svn is that is has all the standard functions of CVS
with a whole lot of extra features.  If you only have anonamous acces to
svn you can create a patch of your sugested changes and if it all looks
good someone on the list will apply it to the source and submit it for
you. 

David


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