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| author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2006-10-30 20:12:27 +0000 |
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| committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2006-10-30 20:12:27 +0000 |
| commit | 9ac8c5912cd4e6df8a01684b6c581cbfd165be5f (patch) | |
| tree | 153d88011f4f474fd6a42b2842098d11659c2740 /gps.xml | |
| parent | 10ced5f74b5600be56e074896117ea12eb9dd76d (diff) | |
| download | gpsd-9ac8c5912cd4e6df8a01684b6c581cbfd165be5f.tar.gz | |
Client code cleanup and simplification.
The new sprintf(3)-like behavior of gps_query() makes some things
easier. Turn off smoothing in the xgps client by default.
Diffstat (limited to 'gps.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | gps.xml | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -115,10 +115,11 @@ value 's' produces degrees, minutes, and decimal seconds.</para> <para>The <option>-s</option> option sets the number of received sentences to process after any fix is received before blanking any -field. By default it is set to 4, which prevents annoying display flicker -on NMEA devices that send several difference sentence types per -update cycle, only one of which is a true fix. Set this option to zero to -disable smoothing and see each update exactly as it is sent. </para> +field. By default it is set to 0, so you see each update exactly as +it is sent. Setting it to a higher value prevents annoying display +flicker on NMEA devices that send several difference sentence types +per update cycle, only one of which is a true fix. (This option is +redundant with the GPD J request and may be removed in the future.)</para> <para>There is a known bug in <application>xgps</application>; it assumes the default font size is no more than 18 pixels. If this |