[Xastir] Saving serial snapshots

[Jim Tolbert]

Stay tuned.... I am off to try it.

Curt, WE7U wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Apr 2009, Jim Tolbert wrote:
>
>> I think I want a slide show.
>
> Does the snapshot feature in your installed version of Xastir
> (that you'll be using for the exercise) work perfectly now?  This
> would be a good time to test it.
>
> When you first turn on the feature, Xastir will write a snapshot
> file.  If you turn it off and back on, it'll overwrite it with
> another one.  If you leave it on, it'll write them at the rate
> specified in File->Configure->Timing.
>
> Make sure it works first before we spend any time writing Perl
> scripts to manipulate the generated images:
>
>     ~/.xastir/tmp/snapshot.png
>     ~/.xastir/tmp/snapshot.geo
>     ~/.xastir/tmp/snapshot.kml
>
> You might also see other extensions in there like ".gif" or ".xpm".
>