Describe on Wiki ability to call external application/program

[bino]

Dear All ...

It'll be great if Navit can call external program.

Let's say something like :

<osd enabled="yes"  
    type="button" x="0" y="0" 
    command="gui.excall('/usr/local/bin/myprog')" 
    comment="'param1' 'param2'"
    src="mybutton.xpm"
/>

And when pressed/clicked , navit will call it in a fire and forget manner. just like :

bino@bino$ /usr/local/bin/myprog 'param1' 'param2' &

I'm prettysure that with this, user can extend Navit using their own programming language preference (python, perl, ruby, etc etc)

Sincerely -bino-

[tryagain]

Bino, we already have that feature. Just use

<osd enabled="yes"  
    type="button" x="0" y="0" 
    command='spawn("/usr/local/bin/myprog","param1","param2")' 
    src="mybutton.xpm"
/>

Leaving the ticket opened to update wiki documentation.

[zoff99]

seems to be duplicate of ticket:461

[korrosa]

I have started a complete re-write of the Configuring Navit page on the wiki (​http://wiki.navit-project.org/index.php/User:Korrosa/Configuring_Navit). I will add this information into the 'Advanced' section.

(I did start this page a while back and then got sidetracked - I'll try and finish it soon!)

[mvglasow (2)]

Are you aware of ​http://wiki.navit-project.org/index.php/The_Navit_Command_Interface, which documents all the commands available from the menu and OSD? I just added it there, maybe someone can have a look at it and correct/extend it if necessary - I am not sure about some things.

[usul]

both aspects seem to be fullfilled, so ticket closed. If I missed something, please reopen it. Thanks for you folks :)