[OZAPRS] Newto bothLinuxandXastir. Havingtrouble gettingthemapsinto the maps dir

[Shaun Pitcher]

Hi Andrew,

First of all thanks.  I now have the inf2geo working however still nothing 
visible in Properties dialogue box.  I tried to fix the permission's as 
root in Konqueror but still no go.  I will do it by line entry as 
described before.

Ray,

As for learning curves, how about crashing windows XP big time on Friday 
(trying to make a primary partition smaller) to installing Linux (helps to 
install a desktop I have found), aMule, Ktorrent, Kmail and now Xastir.

I don't recall more brain power being used in quite some time.

Tell you what though, I LOVE the packages.  How easy are they!



Regards, 
Shaun Pitcher               VK2XPP





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Andrew,

I like your help document re UIView files in xastir. Thank you for 
making it and for making it available.

I've been playing around in Linux since 1992 and seriously for the BBS 
since I switched to it in 1999. I'm far from an expert, with most 
knowledge coming from hard-earned experience rather than (un)help(ful) 
documents. Doing it the "hard way" tends to make the information stick a 
bit better, with me, at least!

My biggest gripe with xastir is that help is often buried in illogical 
places and some of it assumes you have knowledge of what you're trying 
to do which, for a beginner, is usually a long way from reality. This is 
not a complaint because, like many (most?) xastir users I'm pleased the 
developers' efforts have been the program itself rather than having a 
mediocre program with lots of help.

The xastir mailing list is a great place for newbies to get assistance, 
and usually in a helpful, non-sarcastic way. It is strongly recommended. 
I also recommend the xastir wiki for some really useful documentation.

Hang in there Shaun and you'll come to appreciate both Linux and xastir.

Ray vk2tv

Andrew Errington wrote:
> First, welcome to Linux, and welcome to Xastir.
>
> Secondly, don't fear the penguin.  I've been using Linux for a while 
now,
> and to be honest you don't have to be a guru to get it going- just use 
it!
>
> Thirdly, I find xastir a bit "clunky", but I recognise how full-featured
> and powerful it is, so it's worth playing with.
>
> And now my point (and I do have one).  I wrote a brief tutorial on using
> UI-View maps with Xastir.  I hope you find it useful:
>
> <http://zl3ame.blogspot.com/2008/11/using-uiview-maps-with-xastir.html>
>
> If it's not useful, please tell me why, so I can update it.
>
> 73,
>
> Andrew
> ZL3AME
>
> On Mon, April 13, 2009 13:19, Ray Wells wrote:
> 
>> Shaun,
>>
>>>



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