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[gpsd-dev] [PATCH 1/2] Documentation mention for Windows support.
From: |
Robert Norris |
Subject: |
[gpsd-dev] [PATCH 1/2] Documentation mention for Windows support. |
Date: |
Fri, 14 Apr 2017 09:22:28 +0000 |
Only for the C library, gpspipe and gpxlogger and their limitations.
Tested:
'scons www' still results in readable HTML output.
---
www/hacking.html.in | 13 +++++++++++++
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
diff --git a/www/hacking.html.in b/www/hacking.html.in
index 53deac3f..4e290798 100644
--- a/www/hacking.html.in
+++ b/www/hacking.html.in
@@ -182,6 +182,19 @@ hardware for testing, our focus will probably remain on
inexpensive
and readily-available consumer-grade GPS hardware, especially GPS
mice.</p>
+<p>The <code>gpsd</code> daemon and most <code>gpsd</code> tools are for
+Unix like systems since this is where they are developed and tested.</p>
+
+<p>Remote access over sockets via the C library and the simple command
+line tools of <code>gpspipe</code> and <code>gpxlogger</code> are
+supported on Windows platforms, albeit they currently have some minor
+limitations compared to the Unix versions:</p>
+<ol>
+ <li><code>gpspipe</code> and <code>gpxlogger</code> can not be run as
+ daemons on Windows.</li>
+ <li><code>gpspipe</code> can not write to the serial port on Windows.</li>
+</ol>
+
<h2 id="service">The time and location service</h2>
<p>The primary aim of the GPSD project is to support a simple
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- [gpsd-dev] [PATCH 1/2] Documentation mention for Windows support.,
Robert Norris <=