<listitem><para><xref linkend="Coordinate"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><xref linkend="Maps"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><xref linkend="GeoRef"/></para></listitem>
+<listitem><para><xref linkend="MapnikRendering"/></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>
For each layer there are a few standard options:
</itemizedlist>
<para>Also gives other options for handling multiple items:</para>
<itemizedlist>
-<listitem><para>Sort. Gives the ability to sort the items in the treeview alphabetically</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Sort. Gives the ability to sort the items in the treeview alphabetically or by date.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Visibility. Offers options to quickly control the visibility of all items within the sublayer, as per <xref linkend="vis_options"/></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section>
<listitem><para>Delete Waypoints from Selection. Same as the layer <link linkend="delete_selection_waypoints">Delete Waypoints from Selection</link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>List Waypoints. Opens a new dialog with the list. As described in the Aggregrate layer <xref linkend="waypoint_list"/></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
+<para>Also gives other options for handling multiple items:</para>
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para>Sort. Gives the ability to sort the items in the treeview alphabetically or by date.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Visibility. Offers options to quickly control the visibility of all items within the sublayer, as per <xref linkend="vis_options"/></para></listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
</section>
<section><title>Waypoint Properties</title>
The list within the treeview can be sorted.
</para>
<para>
-Currently alphabetical (A to Z or Z to A) sorts are available, since only the name can be seen in the treeview.
+Alphabetical and Date sorts are available.
+</para>
+<note>
+<para>
+Generally it is not useful to sort the Top most layer. Sort is mainly intended for Aggregate groups of TrackWaypoint layers.
</para>
+</note>
</section>
<section id="track_list" xreflabel="Track List"><title>Track List</title>
<xi:include href="georef_layer.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
+<xi:include href="mapnik_rendering_layer.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
+
<section id="Coordinate" xreflabel="Coordinate"><title>Coordinate Layer</title>
<para>
This layer is allows drawing of grid lines on the viewport.
</section>
</section>
+<section id="prefs_advanced" xreflabel="Advanced Preferences"><title>Advanced</title>
+<section><title>Save File Reference Mode</title>
+<para>
+ Files referenced within project files can be saved with either absolute or relative paths.
+ Using relative paths can be useful when copying the project file and the associated files between different systems.
+</para>
+</section>
+<section><title>Ask for Name before Track Creation</title>
+<para>A setting to control whether an automatic name is used when creating a new track or route, or whether you are asked to enter a name.</para>
+</section>
+<section><title>Show Tooltip during Track Creation</title>
+<para>A setting to control whether the tooltip with the cumulative track or route distance is shown when creating tracks and routes.</para>
+</section>
+<section><title>The number of recent files</title>
+<para>
+ The number of recent files shown in the <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guisubmenu>Open Recent File</guisubmenu></menuchoice> menu.
+ A value of -1 means all files. The new value applies to New Windows only (or on application restart).
+</para>
+</section>
+</section>
+
<section id="prefs_osm" xreflabel="OpenStreetMap Traces Preferences"><title>OpenStreetMap Traces</title>
<section><title>OSM Username + Password</title>
<para>Store your OSM details here, so that you don't need to enter it in every time in the <xref linkend="osm_upload"/> procedure.</para>
</section>
</section>
+<section id="prefs_mapnik" xreflabel="Mapnik Preferences"><title>Mapnik</title>
+<note>
+<para>If any changes to these settings are made, you will need to restart &appname; to make them be applied.
+</para>
+</note>
+<section><title>Plugins Directory</title>
+<para>The location of Mapnik plugins. An attempt is made to automatically determine the initial value,
+ however if this is wrong or Mapnik is upgraded then the directory can be set here.</para>
+</section>
+<section><title>Fonts Directory</title>
+<para>
+The location of fonts for use with Mapnik. Normally it is best to simply use the System's font directory.
+</para>
+</section>
+<section><title>Recurse Fonts Directory</title>
+<para>Load fonts in any sub-directories of the main font directory.</para>
+</section>
+<section><title>Rerender Timeout</title>
+<para>The time in hours before any tile is rerendered.</para>
+<para>This is useful in case the underlying source data for the tiles changes (e.g. OSM data is continually evovling).
+ &appname; normally has no way of knowing when the data has changed, so this simple timeout method is provided to maintain consistency of the tile images.</para>
+</section>
+<section><title>CartoCSS</title>
+<para>This allows setting the specific location of the <emphasis>carto</emphasis> executable.</para>
+</section>
+<section><title>Threads</title>
+<para>
+ The number of threads to use for Mapnik rendering tasks.
+ By default the value is set to the 1 in case of any multi-threading rendering code chain crashes.
+ Otherwise trying setting the value to the number of the CPUs of the system minus one (so as not to overload the system), in order to minimise the overall rendering times.
+</para>
+</section>
+</section>
+
<section id="prefs_routing" xreflabel="Routing Preferences"><title>Routing</title>
<section><title>Routing engine</title>
<para>You can select the routing engine used by default, ie by features that do not propose a live selection, like <xref linkend="route_finder"/>.</para>
</programlisting>
</para>
<para>You can find more examples in the documentation part of the distribution.</para>
- <section>
+ <section id="map_source" xreflabel="Map Source Extensions">
<title>Map Source</title>
<para>It is possible to add new map's sources. The file is <filename>~/.viking/maps.xml</filename> for <trademark>UNIX</trademark> like systems, <filename>C:\Documents and Settings\<replaceable>username</replaceable>\.viking\maps.xml</filename> on <trademark>Windows XP</trademark> or <filename>C:\Users\<replaceable>username</replaceable>\.viking\maps.xml</filename> on <trademark>Windows 7</trademark> onwards.</para>
<para>An example of the file is in the distribution <filename>doc/examples/maps.xml</filename>. Further examples and values are online in the <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/viking/index.php?title=Maps">Maps Wiki</ulink></para>
<listitem>
<para>maps_scale_smaller_zoom_first=true</para>
</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>mapnik_buffer_size=128 (in pixels)</para>
+ </listitem>
<listitem>
<para>background_max_threads=10</para>
</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>background_max_threads_local=<emphasis>Number of CPUs</emphasis></para>
+ </listitem>
<listitem>
<para>window_menubar=true</para>
</listitem>
projects / andy / viking.git / blobdiff