[Xastir-Dev] New feature: max/min zoom levels in map chooser

[Curt Mills, WE7U]

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003, Jack Twilley wrote:

>
> I have finally finished this feature, and it is now committed.
> Here's some documentation, in Q&A format.
>
> Q: What about my existing map_index.sys file?
>
> A: Run these commands:
>    $ cd ~/.xastir/config
>    $ mv map_index.sys map_index.sys-old
>    $ awk -F, 'BEGIN { OFS="," } { print $1, $2, $3, $4, "00000", "00000", $5, $6, $7, $8 }' < map_index.sys-old > map_index.sys
>
>    That'll modify your existing map_index.sys to handle the two new
>    columns.  When both values are zero, the software behaves exactly
>    as it did before the patch.

Update:  Code has been added which accepts your old map index file
and writes out a new one, upon running the newer Xastir.  You should
see a message like this on STDERR:


    Migrating from old map_index.sys format to new format.


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