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diff --git a/gpsbabel/ChangeLog b/gpsbabel/ChangeLog
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--- a/gpsbabel/ChangeLog
+++ b/gpsbabel/ChangeLog
@@ -1,7 +1,17 @@
-NEW: Add Cetus support.   Thanx to Ron Parker and Kjeld Jensen.
-NEW: Add gpspilot support.
-NEW: Windows support.  You must download and install the expat dll if you
-       do not already have it.   Get it from
-       http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingwrep/
+Version 1.0.0
 
-FIXED: Bad math in gpsutil.
+       NEW: Windows support.  You must download and install the expat dll 
+               if you do not already have it.   Get it from
+               http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingwrep/
+       NEW: '-s' can be used to synthesize shortnames.  Handy for geocaching.
+       NEW: Read and write files for Meridian flash cards.
+       NEW: Add Cetus support. 
+       NEW: Add partial Gpspilot support.
+
+       FIXED: Bad math in gpsutil.
+       FIXED: Bad math in Magellan.
+       FIXED: Various minor bugs.
+
+Version 0.8.1 
+
+       initial release

diff --git a/gpsbabel/README b/gpsbabel/README
index 9ec0d593f1ced97ce12fd3720192ac82a2eb6591..afff15b47c86b2aa410155d68f798fe5fe3cf71f 100644 (file)
--- a/gpsbabel/README
+++ b/gpsbabel/README
@@ -38,9 +38,8 @@ THE FORMATS
        Magellan unit.
 
        As of 08/30/02, gpsbabel can also read and write the files that
-       can be stuck on the flash memory parts 
-
-BLAH BLAH BLAH
+       can be stuck on the flash memory parts for the Meridian models.
+       Simply specify a file instead of a serial port.
 
        As of this writing, there is still a lot of "scribbling" in the 
        source for functionality that isn't hooked up to the rest of the
@@ -118,10 +117,26 @@ COMMON USAGE
 
        This command will read from a Magellan unit attached to the first
        serial port on a Linux system (device names will vary on other OSes)
-       and write them as a geocaching loc file.
+       and write them as a geocaching loc file.  The second command does 
+       the same for windows.
 
        gpsbabel -i magellan -f /dev/ttyS0 -o geo -F mag.loc
+       gpsbabel -i magellan -f com1 -o geo -F mag.loc
+       
 
+       Optionally, you may specify "-s" in any command line.  This causes
+       the program to ignore any "short" names that may be present in the
+       source data format and synthesize one from the long name.  This
+       is particularly useful if you're writing to a target format that 
+       isn't the lowest common denominator but the source data was written
+       for the lowest common denominator.   I use this for writing data
+       from geocaching.com to my Magellan so my waypoints have "real" names
+       instead of the 'GC1234' ones that are optimized for NMEA-only 
+       receivers.   A geocacher with a Magellan receiver may thus find
+       commands like this useful.
+
+       gpsbabel -s -i geo -f geocaching.loc -o magellan -F /dev/ttyS0 
+       gpsbabel -s -i geo -f geocaching.loc -o magellan -F com1
 
 ADVANCED USAGE