Hello,
a few weeks ago I've posted this question:
On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 09:08:49PM +0100, Ervin Hegedüs - HA2OS wrote:
Hello,
does anybody use Xplanet with Tlf?
I've tried to use it based on Rein original doc:
http://sharon.esrac.ele.tue.nl/pub/linux/ham/tlf/tlfdoc-0.8.16/tlfdoc.html
but I think it's a little bit outdated.
here is the original message:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/tlf-devel/2013-11/msg00087.html
So, I've checked how does it work, this is a short howto, if
anybody interests it.
First, you need the xplanet:
sudo apt-get install xplanet xplanet-images
Then create a config directory structure in your $HOME directory:
cd
mkdir -p .xplanet/config
touch .xplanet/config/default
Edit this file with your favorite editor, and put these lines:
[earth]
marker_file=/home/YOURUSER/.tlf/tlfmarkers
Note, I'm using all tlf subdirectory in $HOME/.tlf directory, so
keep it mind, you have to modify that.
In ~/.tlf/CONTEST/logcfg.dat, put the MARKERS option, with same
value as above:
MARKERS=/home/airween/.tlf/tlfmarkers
Start xplanet:
xplanet -window -geometry 1400x700 -longitude 19 -latitude 47 -fontsize 13
-projection rectangular -wait 5
Note, that the projection value should be ancient, azimuthal,
bonne, equal_area, gnomonic, hemisphere, lambert, mercator,
mollweide, orthographic, peters, polyconic, rectangular, or tsc.
In case of other projections, the geometry values should be
changed, eg. for the azimuthal the 700x700 (the two dimensions
are equals) is better. Just play with it :).
The longitude and latitude parameters set the central of map, if
the projection warrants.
The wait parameter sets the repeat time of re-read the marker
file, and modify the night line or rotate the planet.
As I see, the xplanet doesn't like the MARKERS file output format - next
time I'll check, how should it modify to works that correctly.
If anybody try this method, and has any remark/idea, don't
hesitate, and share with me :), I mean: colors/bands, aligns the
markers to bandmap output, and so on...
Good luck,
73,
Ervin
HA2OS