Re: [Gpsbabel-code] garmin_gpi format

[Robert L. <rob...@gp...>]

The patch is easy fix and I'm attaching it, together with a second patch I
had

> to apply to get debug code compiled with newest gcc (won't harm on older
>

Thanx.  Applied in r4390.

> They've changed the image format a few times.  Historically, GPSBabel has
> > relied on making the user provide the 'right' images, but now that we
> have
> > Qt available, we could probably use QImage to take some of the edges off.
>
> It's not so easy. It seems that both QImage and QPixmap needs QtGui stuff,
> and I
> think it will require X running. I will take a look into it later.
>

Ah, if it's not in QtCore, it's not quite trivial.   I was probably going
to have to bring in QtGui in near days for KML thumbnail processing anyway.
 Thinking about it more, especially for Garmin GPI geocaching, manually
preparing a dozen static icons in the correct set via imagemagick or
whatever it's probably not worth adding image processing to GPSBabel for
that case.



> > Everything we know about that format is in the code.
>
> Not much, but it seems to work. I still want to find how to fit multiple
>

So it's more than any other program and enough to work.  That seems like
more than "not much". :-)

If you do support a single icon per shot, there's the additional problem of
how you associate a POI/waypoint with the icon.  You'd have to replace
getting it from the command line with something associated per-waypoint.
 Sticking a pathname in the icon field is probably a reasonable compromise.

Good luck.
RJL