From 9e73fd6dfd051e802f232c652b00b74767d6f5e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: robertl Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 19:16:34 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Improve doc. --- gpsbabel/ChangeLog | 22 ++++++++++++++++------ gpsbabel/README | 23 +++++++++++++++++++---- 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/gpsbabel/ChangeLog b/gpsbabel/ChangeLog index 4df26334b..f00532be1 100644 --- 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 9ec0d593f..afff15b47 100644 --- 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 -- 2.30.2