Version 6.4.1 -- 30 December 2009

Version 6.4.1 -- 30 December 2009

• 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 formulas 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.

GPSMan User Manual
Copyright 1998-2013 Miguel Filgueiras,

GPSMan User Manual and the GPSMan logo images by Miguel Filgueiras are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

Version 6.4.1 -- 30 December 2009