[Xastir] same callsign, different SSID has same color track

[Curt, WE7U]

On Mon, 16 Aug 2004, Tom Russo wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 07:09:34PM -0500, a Mr. Richard Feyler of
> Fort Lee, New Jersey <kb0kqa at arrl.net> writes 'Dear Rosanne
> Rosannadanna':
> > Hello -
> >
> > Before I submitted a suggestion, I was wondering if there is there a reason
> > that tracks using the same callsign but different ssid's always have the
> > same color track?  For example, K0AA-1 and K0AA-2 would both have the same
> > color track.
>
> It can be turned off by changing a #define in db.c:
>
> #define MY_TRAIL_DIFF_COLOR    1    /* If 0, all my calls (SSIDs) will use one s
> pecial color (0/1) */
>
> The default (which I also don't like), is 0, resulting in the behavior
> you describe.
>
> There is a feature request on the sourceforge issue tracker in to make this
> run-time configurable instead of compile-time.


This was added originally so that we'd have a high-visibility track
for the one that is most important, the owner of the Xastir process.
Useful for keeping track of your mobile's travels from your home
station.  Originally I had it a high visibility yellow, but Rolf
wanted it to be that blue color.

Other than your own station, the other station colors are picked in
a round-robin fashion from the rest of the available colors, 31 of
them I think, at the point the station is deemed to be mobile.

Changing that #define causes all of them to be picked in the same
manner, making no differentiation about your own call.

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