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| author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2005-05-17 15:54:59 +0000 |
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| committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2005-05-17 15:54:59 +0000 |
| commit | 313e808ffddcd233f78861f4e33e375617bc527f (patch) | |
| tree | 0e7002e014879e3bd06cd71d08f38a7fc0be93d1 /xgps.xml | |
| parent | 9121efd80b493f817e973391e5774ba4746073fe (diff) | |
| download | gpsd-313e808ffddcd233f78861f4e33e375617bc527f.tar.gz | |
Permit xgps to specify a device.
Diffstat (limited to 'xgps.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | xgps.xml | 31 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 14 deletions
@@ -47,20 +47,23 @@ support the feature) the locations of accessible satellites.</para> <para><application>xgps</application> accepts an -h option as for <application>gpsd</application>, or a -v option to dump the package -version and exit. An optional argument may specify an -server to get data from; a colon-separated suffix is taken as a port -number. The misfeature of previous versions that allowed it to -direct-connect to the serial device has been removed.</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. This option can also be set as the X resource -'speedunits'.</para> - -<para>The -altunits option can be used to set the altitude units for -display; follow the keyword with 'meters' or 'feet'. The default -is feet. This option can also be set as the X resource 'altunits'.</para> +version and exit.</para> + +<para>An optional argument may specify a server to get data from; a +colon-separated suffix is taken as a port number. If there is a second +colon-separated suffix, that is taken as a device name to be handed +to the daemon in an F= command.</para> + +<para>The <option>-speedunits</option> 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. This option can also be set as +the X resource 'speedunits'.</para> + +<para>The <option>-altunits</option> option can be used to set the +altitude units for display; follow the keyword with 'meters' or +'feet'. The default is feet. This option can also be set as the X +resource 'altunits'.</para> </refsect2> <refsect2><title>xgpsspeed</title> |