[Xastir] length of serial port fields

[Liz]

On Sun, 7 Feb 2016 12:17:05 -0600
Jason KG4WSV <kg4wsv at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've started using device special file names that look like
> 
> /dev/serial/by-id/usb-FTDI_FT232R_USB_UART_AD025GYZ-if00-port0
> 
> because they're unique no matter where i plug them in, and it's a
> result of standard udev rules.  (once upon a time I started writing
> some udev rules to make them look like OS X, but it isn't worth it
> because I use too many different systems and i may not have root
> privs to hack at udev).
> 
> I just tried to do this with xastir for the first time, and it seems
> the field isn't big enough.
> 
> can i stick a long name in the config file and expect it to work?
> 
> Consider this a change request to make the field larger to accommodate
> these forms of device special file name.
> 
> thanks,
> Jason
> kg4wsv

Jason
could you set
up /dev/serial/by-id/usb-FTDI_FT232R_USB_UART_AD025GYZ-if00-port0
to automatically link to /dev/radio ??