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authorEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2013-01-17 09:48:56 -0500
committerEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2013-01-17 09:48:56 -0500
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Chen Wei's nautical-style display is fully merged.
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@@ -228,11 +228,18 @@ position information from the GPS. It accepts an -h option and
optional argument as for <application>gps</application>, or a -V
option to dump the package version and exit.</para>
+<para>The default display mode resembles a car speedometer. With the
+option --nautical you get a more elaborate speed and track presentation
+modeled after a marine navigation display.</para>
+
<para>The -speedunits option can be used to set the speed units for
display; follow the keyword with knots for nautical miles per hour,
kph for kilometres per hour, or mph for miles per hour. The default
is miles per hour. </para>
+<para>In the nautical mode only, --maxspeed sets the maximum on the
+speedometer.</para>
+
</refsect2>
<refsect2><title>cgps</title>