[ gpsdrive ] -x -r and -s options in GPSDrive 2.10Pre4

[Joerg Ostertag (gpsdrive Munich/Germany)]

On Mittwoch 02 Juli 2008, Antony Stone wrote:
> On Tuesday 01 July 2008 21:35, Guenther Meyer wrote:
> > Am Dienstag 01 Juli 2008 schrieb Andy:
> > > I have also installed GPSDrive 2.10Pre4 from the Ubuntu 8.0 repos, and
> > > these options don't seem to work.  I have discovered the -M pda options
> > > which works a treat on my Asus eee PC, but I'd still like to adjust the
> > > window size.  The eee PC has a small screen (800x480) so running
> > > gpsdrive -s 350 -r 720 (or there about) was my preferred way to run it.
> > >  This allows me to see all status/speed info, and the directory
> > > checkboxes so I can select from my street, satellite, and marine maps
> > > at the various scales I have.
> >
> > the -r and -s options are removed.
> > to set the window size, use --geometry 720x350
>
> I ran into excatly the same problem, and posted to the list here about it
> back in April.
>
> Please could the output of "--help" be updated in the current downloadable
> (non-CVS) version of the software, so that it corresponds to what the
> application actually does, otherwise people are going to continue being
> confused by --help telling them that -r and -s work just as they used to,
> whereas the application (a) no longer supports them, and (b) uses a now
> undocumented -g option.

2.10pre5 is on it's way with a fixed --help ... will take a little, since the 
release-tests are making some difficulties here ...



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Jörg (Germany, Tettnang)

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