[ gpsdrive ] GUI display wishes

[Hamish]

> > Am Montag, 20. August 2007 10:46 schrieb Hamish:

                   ^^^^^^^^^^^
I think many of these have already been fixed..

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> > > some wishes:
> > >
> > >   have a clear/reset track button
> > >
> > >   option in Preferences to force bearing/heading compass to be North-up
> > >     and rotate the arrows.
> > >
> this is not forgotten, maybe I have some time next week to
> do this...
> 
> > >   The Distance/Speed/Altitude row resizes wildly as it flips between a
> > >   2D and 3D fix (alt. becomes n/a).   (gpsd 2.33-4 from Deb pkg)
> > >   -- can the data box spacing not be based on an
> instantaneous
> > >      string length? e.g. change the fontsize not the box size
> > >
> yes, this is a bit difficult to solve, maybe I should have
> a look at gtk again...
> 
> > >   some way to see the current map's filename & scale for debugging.
> > >    (a checkbox in prefs to have it draw in lower-left of map?)
> > >
> should work with -D 1, but maybe a checkbox would be
> smarter, right.
> 
> > >   don't strech the left side control boxes all the way down to the
> > > bottom, pack them from the top at their natural size. then a bigger gap
> > > down to the map thumbnail.
> > >
> the buttons should have their natural size...
> only in car mode they are stretched, so people like me can
> hit them with their 
> fingers ;-)
> 
> > >   the "1x" "2x" zoom level text in the top right of the window is half
> > > out of the XOR box for me. could it be better centered?
> > >
> hmm, here this works, the text is centered inside the
> box...