OpenCPN Beta Version 4.5.201

[bdbcat]

Ahoy, OpenCPN'ers...

OpenCPN Version 4.5.201 Beta will soon be available for download from opencpn.org.

Monitor the opencpn.org Downloads page to find and download the latest Beta version binaries.....


Source is available now on github at:
https://github.com/OpenCPN/OpenCPN
Branch: master
Tag: Beta_v4.5.201

4.5.201 Beta Release Notes
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11. Correct startup and options page display faults on Macintosh.
12. Re-enable ENC thumbnails.
13. Correct fault on dynamic language switch with some Plugins.
14. Update language translations.
15. Add True and/or Magnetic HDG/BRG info to AIS Target Query.
16. Improve Options->Display->Units dialog layout and behavior.
17. Update various ENC symbolization rules to follow S52 standards.

Good Luck
Dave

[CarCode]

The font for the new scalebar is a joke only or what?
I suggest to change it as seen in my version.
And where is the setting item to switch between old and new scalebar?

Gerhard

[Gilletarom]

Hello Dave,

Sorry to bore you with a little trick .... but, it annoys me this little thing.

You must declare a charts folder. Nothing extraordinary .... "Options / Charts / Folder / then" add "... when you finished this, you have two choices:
- First: you click "Ok". Then, the data base is updated. And the Options closed. This is the more simple. No problem.
- Second: You click "Apply". Then the data base is updated. Then you have to click "Ok". BUT, here is the little trick. The database is updated a second time.

Why? If the data base is updated when "Apply", why again by clicking "Ok" ????

This is true with O4.4 and O4.5.201.

Best regards. Gilletarom.

[Gilletarom]

Hello Dave,

Just a question about the "Prepare all ENC" command.

Yesterday I uninstalled all versions of O4.5 and also O4.4. Then, as always, CClenear then I reinstalled O4.4. This morning I installed, in parallel O4.5.201.

Yesterday I had just re-declared the VMH charts that I have in my PC. This morning, I added only the NOAA S57s from region 03.

Then I started "Prepare All ENC". Therefore, only the charts of Region 3 of the USA must be treated. It's very, very slow.

Is it normal that the required duration announced is more than 3 hours for this?

Other question that I add. Now, the estimated time is 6h 59 mm ... Why the estimated time is changing when the folder of charts prepared change ?

Best regards. Gilletarom.

[bcn]

S-63 works fine now.

Languages:
no crashes, but still the Menu bar does not change but after a restart of OCPN.
And observe the S-63 message at the bottom:
first changed but when you open Options it falls back to English.

[ptulp]

Startup on OSX 10.10.5 is now OK.
On Preference->Display->Units page the text of Mag Variation is garbled. See screendump.

Peter

[bcn]

S-63: A cardinal mark is not presented as such.
Others in the vecinity are ok.

[bcn]

Presentation of symbol on hi-res screen:

DEll XPS13 (3200x1800px)

The own ship minimal size is set to 6mm. Drawn at 11-12mm.
Has been different before.
We know that OCPN has problems to determine the resolution of this screen correctly.
Perhaps a user setting for manual defining the resolution? Same as horizontal screen width?

[bcn]

S-63,
zooming in and option of reduced detail at small scales.
Results in very much reduced detail - or none...

Seems the "reduced scale" is not correctly interpreted anymore.

S-57 is ok.

[.Paul.]

OpenCPN 4.5.201 fails to build from source this morning using VS2013. There is a problem with dashboard-i18n.

  dashboard-i18n [da_DK]: Created mo file.
  dashboard-i18n [de_DE]: Created mo file.
  dashboard-i18n [el_GR]: Created mo file.
  dashboard-i18n [es_ES]: Created mo file.
  dashboard-i18n [et_EE]: Created mo file.
  dashboard-i18n [fi_FI]: Created mo file.
  dashboard-i18n [fr_FR]: Created mo file.
  dashboard-i18n [gl_ES]: Created mo file.
  dashboard-i18n [hu_HU]: Created mo file.
  dashboard-i18n [it_IT]: Created mo file.
  dashboard-i18n [ja_JP]: Created mo file.
  C:/OpenCPN_Clone/OpenCPN/plugins/dashboard_pi/po/ja_JP.po:437: format specifi
  cations in 'msgid' and 'msgstr' for argument 1 are not the same
  C:\Program Files (x86)\Poedit\GettextTools\bin\msgfmt.exe: found 1 fatal erro
  r
C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V120\Microsoft.CppCommon.targ
ets(170,5): error MSB6006: "cmd.exe" exited with code 1. [C:\OpenCPN_Clone\Open
CPN\build\plugins\dashboard_pi\dashboard-i18n.vcxproj]
Done Building Project "C:\OpenCPN_Clone\OpenCPN\build\plugins\dashboard_pi\dash
board-i18n.vcxproj" (default targets) -- FAILED.

Done Building Project "C:\OpenCPN_Clone\OpenCPN\build\plugins\dashboard_pi\dash
board_pi.vcxproj" (default targets) -- FAILED.

Download from opencpn.org and install of opencpn_4.5.201_setup.exe was okay this morning. There was a crash, and I sent the crash report.

Thanks,
Paul

[CarCode]

Originally Posted by ptulp

Startup on OSX 10.10.5 is now OK.
On Preference->Display->Units page the text of Mag Variation is garbled. See screendump.

Peter

I really don't know why it is needed to make always changes which killed the Mac version of OpenCPN.
There are so many "#ifdefs" in the code. Please use them when changes are done for Raspberry-Pi and the such. But for macOS such changes and the so called optimizations are poison.
Attached is the screenshot of ptulps iMac with 4.5.201 and my MacBookPro with my own version of current beta.

Gerhard

[cagney]

Dave

ENC thumnbnails works again. I can't see any need for all the magenta "dangers", in thumbnails. They just make it difficult to get an overview.



I can't see any changes in *ENC double arrows in traffic separation areas.

Thanks

Thomas

[bdbcat]

cagney....

Screenshot on the ENC double arrows in TSS?

Thanks
Dave

[Hakan]

Originally Posted by .Paul.

OpenCPN 4.5.201 fails to build from source this morning using VS2013. There is a problem with dashboard-i18n.

[code]
...
C:/OpenCPN_Clone/OpenCPN/plugins/dashboard_pi/po/ja_JP.po:437: format specifi
cations in 'msgid' and 'msgstr' for argument 1 are not the same
.....

Paul...@Dave
There's miss match in: C:/OpenCPN_Clone/OpenCPN/plugins/dashboard_pi/po/ja_JP.po row:437(last)
Some Japanese characters aren't recognized correct. To survive for the moment just copy what's before translation to the translated field and save the file.
Make it look like this:

msgid "Max %.1f %s since %02d:%02d  Overall %.1f %s"
msgstr "Max %.1f %s since %02d:%02d  Overall %.1f %s"

BTW:
@ Dashboard dev. Please split out the "%.1f %s" parts from the text to translate. All to avoid confusion for the translator's.

Håkan

[Hakan]

Dashboard translation again:
I mean something like this to:
wind_history.cpp row: 575

wxString sMax = _( "Max" ), sSince = _( "since" ), sOverall = _( "Overall" );
  dc->DrawText(wxString::Format(_("%s %.1f %s %s %02d:%02d  %s %.1f %s"), 
      sMax, m_MaxWindSpd, m_WindSpeedUnit.c_str(), sSince, hour, min, sOverall, m_TotalMaxWindSpd, 
      m_WindSpeedUnit.c_str()), m_LeftLegend + 3 + 2 + degw, m_TopLineHeight - degh + 5);

Håkan