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Users Guide to FlightGear panel configuration
Version 0.4, October 11 2000
Version 0.5, November 8 2000
Author: John Check <j4strngs@rockfish.net>
This document is an attempt to describe the configuration of
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Using Custom Panels:
The default panel location is $FG_ROOT/Panels/Default/default.xml.
The default panel location is $FG_ROOT/Aircraft/c172/Panels/Default.
$FG_ROOT is the place on your filesystem where you installed FG
data files. Alternate panels can be specified on the command line
or set as the default in the $HOME/.fgfsrc or $FG_ROOT/system.fgfsrc
using a property specification. The format is as follows:
or set as the default in the $HOME/.fgfsrc or $FG_ROOT/preferences.xml
using a property specification. The command line format is as follows:
--prop:/sim/panel/path=Panels/Default/default.xml
--prop:/sim/panel/path=Aircraft/c172/Panels/Default
The path description shown is relative to $FG_ROOT. An absolute
path may also be used for locations outside $FG_ROOT. I would
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<PropertyList>
<name>Example Panel</name>
<background>Panels/Default/Textures/panel-bg.rgb</background>
<background>Aircraft/c172/Panels/Textures/panel-bg.rgb</background>
<instruments>
<clock> <!-- the "unique_name" -->
<path>Instruments/Default/clock.xml</path>
<path>Aircraft/c172/Instruments/clock.xml</path>
<x>110</x>
<y>320</y>
<w>72</w> <!-- optional width specification -->
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</instruments>
</PropertyList>
The default location for instrument files is $FG_ROOT/Instruments/Default/.
The default location for instrument files is $FG_ROOT/Aircraft/c172/Instruments/.
Alternate locations may be specified in the panel configuration, paths
must be absolute to use files outside $FG_ROOT.
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in an LED display), or a combination of both.
A switch layer is composed of two or more nested layers and will display
one of the nested layers based on a boolean property. For a simple example
of a switch see $FG_ROOT/Instruments/Default/brake.xml. Textures used in a
switch context *must* have width and height specified to be visible.
Each layer may contain zero or more transformations.
of a switch see $FG_ROOT/Aircraft/Custom/Instruments/brake.xml.
Textures used in a switch context *must* have width and height specified to be
visible. Each layer may contain zero or more transformations.
A transformation is a rotation, an x-shift, or a y-shift. Transformations
can be static or they can be based on properties. Static rotations are
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weather-radar display or a GPS (though the GPS could be handled with
text properties).