[Xastir] Problem with maps

Luka s57lx at hamradio.si
Mon Jul 2 16:59:32 EDT 2007


First I did "Reindex all maps" and then I did "Add new maps" in "Map"
menu. I tried it numerous times and in different ways but it didn't work.

Curt, WE7U wrote:
> On Sun, 1 Jul 2007, Luka wrote:
> 
>> Well, problem solved.
>> The problem was in map_cache in my "$HOME/.xastir" map, at least I think
>> so. I removed my .xastir map and run xastir again and that did the trick.
> 
> It might have been that you chose "Reindex ALL Maps" instead of "Add
> New Maps" from the Map->Configure menu, or removed the map_index.sys
> file and reindex maps on startup was enabled?
> 
> If you add a new map somewhere under the map directory but the
> timestamp on the map file itself is OLDER than your
> ~/.xastir/config/map_index.sys file, then Xastir will skip indexing
> that map unless you choose the "Reindex ALL Maps".  Not much we can
> do about that one.  We wanted a way to quickly index only the newly
> added maps, and timestamps is about the only way we can do that.  If
> the timestamps aren't newer, we skip it.
> 
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