OpenCPN Version 5.1.620 RC1 Test

[bdbcat]

RasBats...
re:
"To test SAR localisation I have been looking for a managed plugin that uses French translations. "


Take a look at oesenc_pi


Dave

[Rasbats]

Dave...

Looked at S63_pi and oeSENC_pi and French translations do not seem to be coming through on my machine.

On OpenCPN 5.0 are the LC_MESSAGES held as files or compiled into the dll?

Mike

[Rasbats]

Sorry... found the LC_MESSAGES for 5.0 and also 5.1.620.

Mike

[skipperearly]

Originally Posted by bdbcat

SkipperEarly...


I think you are mistaking the larger boxes to the right of each plugin panel as user-activated check boxes. Easy to understand this interpretation, because that is what they look like.
Actually, they are simply icons, representing "unmanaged, legacy" plugins. Clicking them does nothing.
The "Enable" checkbox, however, does what is expected.



Maybe a new icon for "legacy" plugin status is called for....
Ideas, anyone?

Or maybe I am missing your point entirely....

Does this help?
Thanks
Dave

I know they do nothing but waste space. And therefore another line is needed to have the checkable box. I suggest to put it in the same line?
Test this dialog on e.g 800x600 resolution to see my point.

[bdbcat]

skipperearly....


Not seeing any particular problem on 800 x 600 display. Pix attached.
Certainly nothing like:

"but on smaller screens with less resolution its nearly impossible to handle this dialog layout!"


But again, maybe I am missing the point.


Thanks
Dave

[skipperearly]

Sorry Dave, I may have been too ambiguous in my desire to help improving the GUI based on my difficulties to drive this dialog. You are correct - it is possible but I still think the available screen real estate is neither used efficiently nor is the layout appearing to be "harmonic". e.g.
- Label/Text "Choose remote dialog" is not in line and doesn't look well positioned.
- only max 2 plugins are fully visible at any time
- the order appears to be arbitrary. Pre 5.0 I believe the order could be changed and had also changed the order of the icons in the taskbar, I never understood this regression
- with the ever growing number of pi's either an alphabetic order or some dropdown selection would be helpful.
- when selecting a pi the selected field increases the size (Win10) which makes then the selection box of e.g. the lowest pi slip-off the screen

Please take my remarks not a critic to the greatness of OCPN but as a humble effort to provide user feedback.

[yachtvalhalla]

The Dashboard when enabled and shown from the Plugins does not appear in the Taskbar and disappears when closed.
Terry

[bdbcat]

skipperearly....
Don't worry, I do not take this as criticism. I just want to get to the true facts when I am unclear, the more to improve OCPN.


Thanks
Dave

[bdbcat]

Terry...
re
"The Dashboard when enabled and shown from the Plugins does not appear in the Taskbar and disappears when closed."


Sorry, I cannot reproduce. Any special steps? Anyone else see this?


Thanks
Dave

[yachtvalhalla]

Originally Posted by bdbcat

Sorry, I cannot reproduce. Any special steps? Anyone else see this?
Thanks
Dave

Restarted the program and it appeared.


Thanks, Terry

[pinguino]

I am testing the betas of opencpn 5.2 on Raspi-OS 64 bit. I see that the plugin manager doesn't have any plugin available for download. I guess because nobody compiles plugins for arm64 yet.

Do you know if there are plans to build plugins for arm64 in the future or just for armhf like so far?

[Rasbats]

Pinquino...

Have you tried the latest beta from here?:
https://cloudsmith.io/~david-registe...able/packages/

I have tried to let 'sar_pi' compile for each OS. You should find it in the master catalog.

If you can make a test I would be interested to know if it works for your OS. Translations will not work until I push the next release to the catalog.

Mike

[P_Dub]

Rasbats
Why is all my plugins are incompatible with it?
Waiting for a quick answer.

[bdbcat]

All...


After being told publicly by rPI development that there is no plan for Raspi-OS 64 bit, we de-prioritized the work for this platform.


Then suddenly it appears....sigh....So we add that platform into the mix. I note that Raspi-OS 64 bit is still officially in Beta.


Please understand that it will take a little while before all the managed plugins are available for this new platform.


Please stand by
Dave

[Rasbats]

P_Dub...

Have you tried installing a plugin for version OpenCPN 5.0 '.exe' in the latest beta? I installed an 'old' 'ocpn_draw' version and then updated from the master catalog. Installed on OpenCPN 5.0.0 and found no conflicts. No problem using a parallel version with this Windows pc.

Mike