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authorEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2013-10-01 22:01:42 -0400
committerEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2013-10-01 22:01:42 -0400
commit46ef6a8f8c7fb36fd4d24c49b324388e0e176d4c (patch)
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downloadgpsd-46ef6a8f8c7fb36fd4d24c49b324388e0e176d4c.tar.gz
Update documentation to capture the new behavior around _text attributes
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diff --git a/gpsd_json.xml b/gpsd_json.xml
index 6d31e989..d628361a 100644
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+++ b/gpsd_json.xml
@@ -999,8 +999,7 @@ object.</para>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>boolean</entry>
<entry>If true, apply scaling divisors to output before
- dumping; default is false. Applies only to AIS and Subframe
- reports.</entry>
+ dumping; default is false.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>split24</entry>
@@ -2331,14 +2330,13 @@ JSON object type.</para>
performed for JSON output. Latitudes and longitudes are scaled to
decimal degrees rather than the native AIS unit of 1/10000th of a
minute of arc. Ship (but not air) speeds are scaled to knots rather
-than tenth-of-knot units. Navigation status and positioning-system
-type are dumped as text strings rather than AIS numeric codes. Rate of
-turn may appear as "nan" if is unavailable, or as one of the strings
-"fastright" or "fastleft" if it is out of the AIS encoding range;
-otherwise it is quadratically mapped back to the turn sensor number in
-degrees per minute. Vessel draughts are converted to decimal meters
-rather than native AIS decimeters. Various other scaling conversions
-are described in <citetitle>"AIVDM/AIVDO Protocol Decoding"</citetitle>.</para>
+than tenth-of-knot units. Rate of turn may appear as "nan" if is
+unavailable, or as one of the strings "fastright" or "fastleft" if it
+is out of the AIS encoding range; otherwise it is quadratically mapped
+back to the turn sensor number in degrees per minute. Vessel draughts
+are converted to decimal meters rather than native AIS
+decimeters. Various other scaling conversions are described in
+<citetitle>"AIVDM/AIVDO Protocol Decoding"</citetitle>.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id='subframe'><title>SUBFRAME DUMP FORMATS</title>