Re: [Flightgear-devel] MSVC observations

[Curtis L. O. <cu...@fl...>]

FWIW, with the new plib-1.3.2 release which includes a lot of low
level networking support, I am tempted to redo the entire
flightgear/simgear networking layer to use that instead.  Some of
these things may get cleaned up then.

Regards,

Curt.


Christian Mayer writes:
> "Curtis L. Olson" wrote:
> > 
> > > PS: What do I have to do if I want to telnet into my local FGFS?
> > 
> > Add this to your command line:
> > 
> >     "--props=socket,bi,5,,5500,tcp"
> > 
> > Then once FlightGear is running, from another window type:
> > 
> >     "telnet fgfs.host.name 5500"
> > 
> > Press enter or type help to get a list of supported interactive
> > commands.
> 
> Ok, testing it (MSVC compilation under and with the W2k telnet):
> 
> connecting: nothing happens 
> 
>  OK, but I'd expect a litte greeting message
> 
> typing 'ls'.
> 
>  Nothing happens. Do I have to set local echo? Why? Normally I
>  don't have to.
> 
> hitting return
> 
>  Ah, now there's an output. But it looks really strange. After 
>  every '/' it continues in a new line. So it looks like:
> 
> >position/
> >         orientation/
> >                     sim/
> >                         velocities/
> >                                    environment/
> >                                                controls/
> >                                                         input/
> >                                                               radios/
> >                                                                      steam/
> >                                                                            fdm/
> >                                                                                engines/
> >                                                                                        consumables/
> >                                                                                                    autopilot/
> >                                                                                                              panel/
> >                                                                                                                    />
> 
>  Shouldn't this be a single line?
> 
> Typing 'set' as I want to figure out how to set the telnet settings.
> 
>  I get an endless loop as FGFS seems to try to set something.
> 
> So I'm trying again: New FGFS setting (couldn't reset the old one), 
> enabling LOCAL_ECHO and sending CRLF
> 
>   The output stays the same.
> 
> Doing different things. 
> 
>   After hitting the second key of commands (ls and cd that it) I 
>   already get some output (looking very close - if not exactly - 
>   like the quoted 'line'). Hitting return after that FGFS gets
>   into its endless loop.
> 
> Conclusion:
> 
> Well, nice that the networking code does work. But IMHO it needs some
> improovement (at least under MSVC if that's only there)
> 
> CU,
> Christian
> 
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