[Xastir] Some observations with the recent CVS release

[Curt, WE7U]

On Mon, 4 Sep 2006, Andreas Junge, N6NU wrote:

> 2) I really hate all the message pop-ups from my other SSID's. It
> clutters the screen really bad.
>
> 3) Can the tracking of a station be made permanent? I auto start a
> Xastir session on my server whenever it comes up. I do snapshots for my
> website and I want to auto track my mobile (or whatever one decides.)
> Right now I have to go in after every reboot or restart of Xastir and
> re-enable tracking.

Thinking about this a bit more, how about some new command-line
flags instead of some new togglebuttons?  This would play nicely
with Xastir in server-mode.  Perhaps something like:


  Xastir Command line Options

  -c /path/dir       Xastir config dir
  -f <callsign>      Track callsign             **PROPOSED**
  -i                 Install private Colormap
  -geometry WxH+X+Y  Set Window Geometry
  -l Dutch           Set the language to Dutch
  -l English         Set the language to English
  -l French          Set the language to French
  -l German          Set the language to German
  -l Italian         Set the language to Italian
  -l Portuguese      Set the language to Portuguese
  -l Spanish         Set the language to Spanish
  -m                 Deselect Maps
  -p                 Disable Popups             **PROPOSED**
  -t                 Internal SIGSEGV handler enabled
  -v level           Set the debug level


To me, command-line options sound like a better idea than yet more
togglebuttons on the user interface, especially since we're talking
about server-mode options here.

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