[Portugal] GPSMan 6.4.1 released

Giovanni Manghi giovanni.manghi at gmail.com
Sat Jan 2 08:12:29 EST 2010


> Hello,
> 
> This is to announce version 6.4.1 of GPSMan, available from
> 
> http://www.ncc.up.pt/gpsman
> 
> At this moment only the basic archives are available and links to the
> Debian, RPM and FreeBSD packages will be added when possible.
> 
> This release fixes some bugs in the previous one and includes
> the changes in the list below.
> 
> I would like to express my sincere thanks to all those who contributed
> code, or helped with tests, bug reports and suggestions.
> 
> Happy New Year!
> Miguel Filgueiras
> ---------------
> Changes since 6.4:
> 
>     * complete revision to avoid problems in dealing with toplevel
>       windows caused by a bug in the Gnome Metacity window manager;
>       thanks to Sergei Golovan.
> 
>     * accurate formulae for computing distances and bearings are now
>       the default and should be used except on very slow computers;
>       most users should select them when upgrading; thanks to Valère
>       Robin.
> 
>     * full support for TFW files following the description available
>       from the ESRI site; with the help of Jim McGuire
>       (jxmcguire1_at_ualr.edu).
> 
>     * fonts can now be fully configured, with real-time configuration
>       for map and plots fonts; font sizes selected in previous
>       versions will not be considered when upgrading and manual
>       selection is needed; in answer to a suggestion from Paul Gogan
>       (pgmail_at_gogan.org).
> 
>     * user-defined methods for renaming waypoints; after a suggestion
>       by Zvi Grauer.
> 
>     * changes in group window, suggested by Zvi Grauer: element names
>       are coloured depending on being in the data-base (only updated
>       when clicking or double-clicking on them), more than one element
>       can be selected.
> 
>     * tentative support for importation of waypoints from points of
>       interest in MapEdit Polish format files; asked by Zvi Grauer.
> 
>     * information on a waypoint can be sent to a Twitter account if
>       the TclCurl library is available; with thanks to Zvi Grauer for
>       his PHP script to do a similar thing.
> 
>     * GPSMan can now be extended through pre- and user-defined
>       plug-ins coded in Tcl/Tk.
> 
>     * patch files may now change the procedures that set up the
>       interface and initialise global variables.
> 
>     * explicit support for some new Garmin receivers; with thanks to
>       Ken Stephens, Geoff, Elven Decker, Bill Rainey, Thomas D. Dean,
>       Mark N. Reihart, Pekka Ahoi, Alex Preobrazhenskiy and Mario
>       Borgnia who sent protocol lists.



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