- refactoring to the current addon specification

- usage documentation

addon-main.nas

@@ -8,34 +8,15 @@ var main = func( addon ) {
     var my_addon_id  = "com.slawekmikula.flightgear.VfrNavigator";
     var my_version   = getprop("/addons/by-id/" ~ my_addon_id ~ "/version");
     var my_root_path = getprop("/addons/by-id/" ~ my_addon_id ~ "/path");
+    var my_settings_root_path = "/addons/by-id/" ~ my_addon_id ~ "/addon-devel/";
 
-    var dialogs   = ["vfrmap-settings", "vfrmap", "vfrstarter", "vfrtable"];
+    # persistent save of enable flag
-
+    props.globals.getNode(my_settings_root_path ~ "/showvfrstarter", 1).setAttribute("userarchive", "y");
-    forindex (var i; dialogs) {
-      gui.Dialog.new("/sim/gui/dialogs/" ~ dialogs[i] ~ "/dialog", my_root_path ~ "/gui/" ~ dialogs[i] ~ ".xml");
-    }
-
-    var data = {
-	  label   : "VFR Starter",
-      name    : "vfrstarter",
-      binding : { command : "dialog-show", "dialog-name" : "vfrstarter" },
-      enabled : "true",
-	};
-
-    foreach(var item; props.getNode("/sim/menubar/default/menu[2]").getChildren("item")) {
-      if (item.getValue("name") == "vfrstarter") {
-  		    return;
-      }
-    }
-
-	props.globals.getNode("/sim/menubar/default/menu[2]").addChild("item").setValues(data);
-
-	fgcommand("gui-redraw");
 
     var fdm_init_listener = _setlistener("/sim/signals/fdm-initialized", func {
         removelistener(fdm_init_listener);
 
-        if (getprop("/addons/by-id/" ~ my_addon_id ~ "/showvfrstarter") == 1) {
+        if (getprop(my_settings_root_path ~ "/showvfrstarter") == 1) {
             gui.showDialog("vfrstarter");
         }
     });
@@ -43,7 +24,7 @@ var main = func( addon ) {
     var reinit_listener = _setlistener("/sim/signals/reinit", func {
         removelistener(reinit_listener);
 
-        if (getprop("/addons/by-id/" ~ my_addon_id ~ "/showvfrstarter") == 1) {
+        if (getprop(my_settings_root_path ~ "/showvfrstarter") == 1) {
             gui.showDialog("vfrstarter");
         }
     });

addon-menubar-items.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<PropertyList>
+  <meta>
+    <file-type type="string">FlightGear add-on menu bar items</file-type>
+    <format-version type="int">1</format-version>
+  </meta>
+
+  <menubar-items>
+    <menu>
+      <label>Add-on</label>
+      <enabled type="bool">true</enabled>
+
+      <item>
+        <label>VFR Starter</label>
+        <binding>
+          <command>dialog-show</command>
+          <dialog-name>vfrstarter</dialog-name>
+        </binding>
+      </item>
+    </menu>
+  </menubar-items>
+</PropertyList>

addon-metadata.xml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <addon>
     <identifier type="string">com.slawekmikula.flightgear.VfrNavigator</identifier>
     <name type="string">VFR Navigator</name>
-    <version type="string">1.0.0</version>
+    <version type="string">1.1.0</version>
 
     <authors>
       <author>

doc/usage.md

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+
+# Add-on usage
+
+![alt quickmenu](screens/vfr_overview2.png "Overview")
+
+# General interface
+
+![alt quickmenu](screens/vfr_mainmenu.png "Main menu ")
+
+![alt quickmenu](screens/vfr_quickmenu.png "Quick Menu")
+
+* **MP** - Small Map
+* **PL** - Flight Plan
+* **SW** - Stopwatch
+* **R** - Radio interface
+* **A** - ATC in range
+* **RM** - Route Manager
+* **X** -
+
+* MP - map - small map in lower left corner with route navigation, access to configuration (config button), zoom settings (buttons +/-) and quick action center on the aircraft (C button). On the bottom you can see information about current waypoint name, bearing (B), distance (D), ETA and wind direction/speed (W).
+* PL - flightplan - in upper left corner
+* SW - stopwatch
+* R - radio panel
+* A - ATC in ranges search
+* RM - route manager activation
+
+
+# Small map
+
+![alt quickmenu](screens/vfr_smallmap.png "Small map")
+
+
+**Waypoint | Bearing | Distance | ETA | Wind DIRECTION/STRENGHT**
+
+
+* **CONFIG** -
+* **-/+** -
+* **C** -
+* **X** -
+
+![alt quickmenu](screens/vfr_smallmap_settings.png "Small map - settings")
+
+# Flightplan
+
+![alt quickmenu](screens/vfr_flightplan.png "Flight plan")
+
+# Stopwatch/Radio Interface/ATC in Range/Route Manager
+
+
+# Support/Development

gui/dialogs/vfrstarter.xml

@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@
 
     <nasal>
         <open>
-            setprop("/addons/by-id/com.slawekmikula.flightgear.VfrNavigator/showvfrstarter", 1);
+            setprop("/addons/by-id/com.slawekmikula.flightgear.VfrNavigator/addon-devel/showvfrstarter", 1);
         </open>
 
         <close>
-            setprop("/addons/by-id/com.slawekmikula.flightgear.VfrNavigator/showvfrstarter", 0);
+            setprop("/addons/by-id/com.slawekmikula.flightgear.VfrNavigator/addon-devel/showvfrstarter", 0);
         </close>
     </nasal>
 

readme.md

@@ -1,37 +1,37 @@
 # About
 
-Flightgear VFR flight helper. Mostly helps with VFR flights offering map, route manager interface and helpers to get quickly to most common settings
+Flightgear VFR flight helper. Helps with VFR flights by offering simplified map,
+route manager interface and helpers to get quickly to most common settings.
 
 # Running
 
-- extract zip (if downloaded as a zip) to a given location. For example let's say we have /myfolder/addons/vfrnavigator with contents of the navigator addon.
+* extract zip (if downloaded as a zip) to a given location. For example
-- run flightgear with --addon directive. WARNING this is not "additional settings" window in the launcher ! you have to modify windows shortcut or linux startup script for example to looks like this (in linux):
+  let's say we have /myfolder/addons/vfrnavigator with contents of the navigator
+  addon.
+* run flightgear with --addon directive as in the example below or use Launcher
+  and go to "Add-Ons" section. There add this addon folder to Add-Ons and enable
+  it (checkbox at the line of the addon).
 
 Code:
 ```
-    ./fgbin/bin/fgfs --fg-root=./fgdata --launcher --prop:/sim/fg-home=/myfolder/flightgear/fghome --addon="/myfolder/addons/vfrnavigator"
+  fgfs --fg-root=./fgdata --launcher --prop:/sim/fg-home=/myfolder/flightgear/fghome --addon="/myfolder/addons/vfrnavigator"
 ```
 
 # Running
 
-In main menu Position -> VFR Starter. When activated small window will appear in the upper right corner with links to most common used functions:
+In main menu Position -> VFR Starter. When activated small window will appear
-
+in the upper right corner with links to most common used functions. More info
-* MP - map - small map in lower left corner with route navigation, access to configuration (config button), zoom settings (buttons +/-) and quick action center on the aircraft (C button). On the bottom you can see information about current waypoint name, bearing (B), distance (D), ETA and wind direction/speed (W).
+in the document `usage` in the doc folder.
-* PL - flightplan - in upper left corner
-* SW - stopwatch
-* R - radio panel
-* A - ATC in ranges search
-* RM - route manager activation
-
 
 # History
 
-- 1.0.0 - first public version on github
+* 1.0.0 - first public version on github
-
+* 1.1.0 - structure and initialization changes according to add-ons API manual,
+          usage documentation
 
 # Authors
 
-- Slawek Mikula - source code
+* Slawek Mikula - source code
 
 # Links