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bri · 18-05-2012, 05:21

Hi All
Just joined the forum as im really impressed with opencpn and have only just found it on the net, i downloaded it, installed my charts, and i must say, think its a really great plotter.
Problem i have is, i spent hours putting waypoints in, from which i found could be moved around when i moved the chart with my mouse

Is there a way i can lock the icons, or is there something on the programme i'm over looking
thanks
Bri

nohal · 18-05-2012, 05:36

Bri...
Toolbox -> Etc. -> Lock waypoints unless a waypoint property dialog is visible
OR
Put them to layers, which are read-only

Pavel

bri · 18-05-2012, 05:42

Many Thanks Pavel, just noticed i had opencpn 2.5 installed so im just downloading the new one, im assuming the layers and option in the tools is on this one?
thanks again mate
Bri

nohal · 18-05-2012, 05:45

Bri...
Both of these are available in 2.5. But no problem if you try the pre-release, we are close to making it stable and one more tester never hurts

Pavel

bri · 18-05-2012, 05:50

Many thanks Pavel
Sorted it, appreciate the help mate.
cheers
Brian.

this brings me onto my next question, whats the easiest programme to make waypoint icons?? downloaded gimp but find it too complicated.

thanks
Brian

nohal · 18-05-2012, 05:58

Brian...
You can use whatever can produce a bitmap. What makes it a problem is saving the bitmap as XPM, which can't be done directly by most editors especially on Windows. Have a look for the icon thread in this forum - there's quite a few tools people use to convert the formats. I personally prefer GraphicsMagick on the command line, but Nconvert and Irfanview should serve equally and have a GUI.

Pavel

bri · 18-05-2012, 06:03

Many Thanks Pavel
Youve been a great help mate, only been logged on a few minutes and youve sorted out most of my problems.
I'll give these ago

cheers
Brian