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- WinXastir Hints.txt -
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Updated: 20-May-04 21:12
For the latest hints file, visit: http://www.lintronix.com/winxastir/


Xastir and Cygwin Hints and Tricks 
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* Cleaning up Xwindows Shortcut
* Cygwin shortcut to CDROM
* Using APRS-IS filters
* "No Decode Delegate for this image format"
* "Modifiers found - Please Turn off Capslock/Numlock"

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* The Windows shortcut for starting Xwindows can be cleaned up a little.

- Right click on the shortcut and select Properties
- Select the Program Tab  (in Windows 98, others may differ slightly)
- Change the "Run:" selection from "Normal" to "Minimized".  The MS-DOS
  window that runs to start Xwindows will be hidden and you'll never see it.
- Click "[X] Close on exit".  So when it's done starting up Xwindows, it'll
  quietly go away.
- [OK] to close the Properties dialog.  Now you won't see the extra window
  open nor will you have to manually close it each time it runs.

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* Cygwin shortcut to CDROM

If you often CD to the CDROM, the path can be long and cumbersome even with
the (TAB) filename expansion trick. To make this easier you may either add
an alias in .profile or create a soft link, which is similar to
a Windows shortcut. 

Assuming we want a quick way to get to the WinLibs directory on the CD-ROM,
which is drive D, here's some examples: 

- For an alias, edit .profile in your HOME directory and add the line: 

 alias winlib "cd /cygdrive/D/Cygwin/WinLibs" 

Then, after you restart Cygwin, any time you enter the command, winlib, you
will CD (change directory to the WinLibs directory. 

- For a soft link, from the home directory, do the following: 

 ln -s /cygdrive/D/Cygwin/WinLibs winlib 

Then you can simply 'cd winlib' and you'll be in the WinLibs directory. 

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* Using APRS-IS filters

Options for the Filter field in the Internet server device.  To
select the flow of data from the Internet.  Only valid on
APRS servers and special ports that support it.  (javServ)

I've had consistently good luck with:  aprswest.net, port 14580

Full description:

  http://www.aprs-is.net/javAPRSSrvr/javaprsfilter.htm

South and West are negative values.  I.E.. 122 degrees West is -122

Distance is given in kilometers.  

Examples:
  - "r /lat/long/distance" - everything within so many kilometers
    "r /47.5/-121.5/160"
  - "a /latN/longW/latS/longE" - everything in this box
    "a /49.0/-123.0/47.0/-120/"
  - "m/distance" - everything within distance from me
    "m/160" - everything 160 KM (about 100 miles) from me
  - "f/call/distance" - everything within distance from friend
    "f/we7u/80" - everything 80 KM (50 miles) from Curt

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* "No Decode Delegate for this image format"

I've seen this warning a couple times.  It means that you're
attempting to use image-magick without setting the MAGICK_HOME
environment variable.  See the Readme.win32 for complete details.
Make sure you have:

  export MAGICK_HOME=/usr

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* "Modifiers found - Please Turn off Capslock/Numlock"

This is a pop up message that you will receive if you try to click
on the Xastir screen with Num-Lock or Caps-Lock enabled.   The tricky
part is that directly pressing the "Num-Lock" key doesn't turn it off.
This can lead to some frustration as the program keeps popping up
message windows for a function that apparently can't be disabled.

The trick is to click on the normal Windows background to take
selection away from the Xastir window.  Then you can clear the Num-Lock
or Caps-Lock settings.