OpenCPN Version 2.4 Beta Build 506

[Roger Hutchinson]

I had been using 2.3.1 for some time before just switching to the newer 2.4.423, both running on Windows XP. At one time, using an earlier version, I could get the Grib files to display but I have no idea what I changed that resulted in not being able to use the Grib feature.

Where is the logfile located?

[SethDart]

Originally Posted by cagney

To compile a package on amd64 one change is needed. line 75 -77 in CMakeLists.txt must be changed to this.

Which I think means that Cmake is not correctly identifying amd64, actually don't find an architecture at all. The default, above was i386.

Hi,

There's a new option to cmake to make it easier to build for 64 bit arch. No more need to edit CMakeLists.txt
For Ubuntu, just run:

cmake -DARCH=amd64 ../

For Fedora:

cmake -DARCH=x86_64 ../

and you're done.

This will make it possible to do cross compile in the future. I'll enhance it to for default detecting locale build arch soon.

[nohal]

Originally Posted by Roger Hutchinson

Where is the logfile located?

Installing OpenCPN | Official OpenCPN Homepage - scroll down to Location of Important Files. Log and config files.

[mrm]

Originally Posted by bdbcat

Ahoy OpenCPN'ers...

OpenCPN Version 2.4 Beta Build 506 will soon be available for download from opencpn.org.[...]

Source code documentation generated and uploaded to the usual place.

Marius

[bdbcat]

ChuckSK....

Has that debug break in cm93.cpp ever hit for you?

 *(int *)(0) = 0;                              // error
//               return 0;               // error, bad pointer

Dave

[bdbcat]

Hi folks...

What I now know about ABI compatibility of PlugIns:

1. Our PlugIn architecture is close, but not quite able to guarantee compatibility between old PlugIns and new OCPN versions. It has to do with the nuances of C++ compiler design. This is of course a goal, so we need to address this shortfall.

2. There are ways to fix it. I found some open source library templates that we can use/adapt for our purposes.

3. However, I judge it too much effort and risk for the OCPN 2.5 Release target in June. But, I think we can expect to have this new PlugIn interface in place for the next (2.7) Release in the Fall.

4. So, near term:
a. We should freeze the PlugIn API now. If PlugIn writers are thinking of asking for new interfaces, now would be a good time...
b. All of the third-party PlugIns will need to be rebuilt for the 2.5 Release, linking against the current (2.4.506) API. (unless, of course, the API has to change again before June)
This should be not too big an issue, since we are hosting them anyway....
c. I'll try to come up with a way to make OCPN 2.5 fail gracefully to load an existing incompatible PlugIn. Better than crashing, I think.....

Sorry for the snafu. I guess it took a full set of varied PlugIns to expose this problem. Better now than later.

But we have a plan....

Dave

[nohal]

Dave...
Of course there would be a few nice additions to the API, but if they will not make it to 2.5 it's not a big deal, I can keep myself busy over the summer with what we have now and actually already am busy enough not to design these additions right now
To name what comes to my mind right now:
- access to the navobjects (read-only good enough for the start)
- access to the paths where we have plugins and localization stuff to implement a plugin manager plugin
- access to active route and waypoint with an event when there's a change to do vmg and other calculations without having to change the core
- plugin intercom infrastructure
- access to the chart database
If we don't implement anything of that, nothing happens - 2.7 is coming soon enough...

Pavel

[ChuckSK]

Originally Posted by bdbcat

ChuckSK....

Has that debug break in cm93.cpp ever hit for you?

 *(int *)(0) = 0;                              // error
//               return 0;               // error, bad pointer

Dave

Yes. In a cm93 display with no outlines selected and a scale of about 1,460,000 , pan to 58N 11E. Then turn the "show outlines" option on. Traps every time.

[bdbcat]

ChuckSK...

Oh.
Thanks. I've never hit this, and it was left in from long ago....

On the list

Dave

[Gilletarom]

Hello,

I do not know if my log files will give you something but who knows.

I started with WMM 0.3 loaded on the site but I note that in the toolbox, it is still writing version 0.2.

I then downloaded and installed 240-506.

I tried to run with plugins and I had a crash.

I uninstalled and reinstalled version 204-506 and I had another crash uin. It seems to happen out of the toolbox.

See 4 attached files, 2 jpg and 2 .log.doc (change .log.doc in .log)

Best regards

Gilletarom.

[HamishB]

Originally Posted by bdbcat

84. Various CMake and PlugIn patches, thanks to Jean-Eudes.

any thoughts about including this one?
[pkg-grass] View of /packages/opencpn/trunk/debian/patches/rm_embedded_zlib.patch

82. This is new. Note the "grabber" symbol at the far right side of the toolbar. Use this handle to drag the toolbar wherever you want it.
It "snaps" to the edges. Right click on the grabber, and the toolbar shifts to vertical format. On Windows (at least), the toolbar dims down transparently until you roll over it. Have fun....

feedback from debian/stable:
(wx 2.8.10.1)

dragging to the bottom edge of the chart canvas it sticks leaving a 2px gap below it. also in full-screen mode, a 1px gap to the right when trying to snap to the right-side edge.

put into vertical mode, the grabber is still a vertical bar of dots to the right of the first row (+) mag glass. Could it be a horiz bar of dots above the (+) mag glass? the current way creates a column of wasted grey space below it.

In general the drag-around, right-click-to-flip, and transparency all seems a tad bit buggy still, but you can see that it will be useful.

Right-click to change orientation req'd me to exit opencpn and restart it to see the (working) change.

I made the mistake of right clicking to go horiz while it was vertically snapped to the right edge, pushing the grabber off-screen. alt-left click drag didn't help; had to exit and rm the .conf file to get it back in control.

it would be nice if the alpha didn't happen in one big jump, it's a bit jarring. maybe add one or two more steps keeping the period between each step the same as it is now? (so overall shading takes 'x' times longer, but if we were in a rush we would all buy cigarette boats not sailboats, right?)

85. Shift key with F6 reverses dimming direction, allowing easier control. Find just the level you want.

F6 has never worked for me on debian, but maybe it is just intended to be a MS Windows thing. No complains because F5 and xcalib do the trick just fine.

I notice my .conf file ends ChartDir1 with a weird string. Intended?

[ChartDirectories]
ChartDir1=/path/to/charts^438117445504

finally, the blue-box line above the status line below the chart canvas leaves about 25% of the width of the window as a light grey, even in NGT mode colors (right-hand end). This, together with a single pixel wide border around everything is a bit distracting in night mode. If it has to stay for whatever reason, it would be nice if that border + block of the available charts line could turn black when in NGT mode.

thanks,
Hamish

ps- debian packaging rules updated for 2.4.506 in debian svn, amd64 binaries for debian/stable avail upon request, but I expect the ubuntu 10.04 ones will work just fine there as they are essentially the same vintage.

[nohal]

Gilletarom,
for whichever reason github's download system didn't have a good day yesterday and kept serving an old version of the file... Please redownload the plugin - unless it says 0.3 in the Toolbox, you don't have the new version. I've checked now and what gets downloaded should be right.

Pavel

[bdbcat]

Hamish...

Thanks for the comments. I'll look at the zlib patch, and start to look again at all the debain repo "suggestions". Thanks for pushing this one ahead.

New toolbar: This Beta is really a "proof of concept", and to get some live feedback, such as yours. I appreciate it, and will refine the implementation as we go along. I think the idea has merit, though.

Funny that F6 does not work for you, but toolbar dimming does. They use similar wxWindows capabilities. Maybe you could step through the F6 code and have a look at where it fails? It uses wxTopLevelWindow::CanSetTransparent() and builds a full screen black "curtain" window which has its transparency set variably by F6.

The funny string on Chartdir is something like a homemade checksum of the dir, as an assist to detect changed directory contents.

Thanks
Dave

[janp391]

Thanks for the new version, but.....when updating to 506 the new version will not start. Running XP SP3. Revert to 423 and the program is running ok again.
Here is the install log:

Målkatalog: C:\Program\OpenCPN
Kör: "C:\Program\OpenCPN\Uninstall 2.4.423.exe" /S /type=1 _?=C:\Program\OpenCPN
Error on uninstalling
Radera fil: C:\Program\OpenCPN\Uninstall 2.4.423.exe
Skapa genväg: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Skrivbord\OpenCPN 2.4.506.lnk
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Skapade avinstallationsprogram: C:\Program\OpenCPN\Uninstall 2.4.506.exe

[Roger Hutchinson]

Dave,
Thanks for the help! I thought I had messed something up during my use of the software. I can easily wait for the next version to correct the problem.

I just want to say how great this software is as compared to many of the other navigation software systems we have used. It is intuitive, and easily set-up and run. Thanks for the great software, I recommend it to everyone we sail with and new friends we meet!