Re: [gpsd-users] Suggest a little tweak to the documentation.

[Eric S. Raymond]

Peter da Silva <address@hidden>:
> gpsd.8 reads:
> 
> -n
>     Don't wait for a client to connect before polling whatever GPS is
>     associated with it. Some RS232 GPSes wait in a standby mode (drawing
>     less power) when the host machine is not asserting DTR, and some
>     cellphone and handheld embedded GPSes have similar behaviors. Accordingly,
>     waiting for a watch request to open the device may save battery power.
>     (This capability is rare in consumer-grade devices and nonexistent in USB
>     GPSes which lack a DTR line.)
> 
> It would be useful to change that last comment:
> 
> (This capability is rare in consumer-grade devices and nonexistent in USB
> GPSes which lack a DTR line.)
> 
> To note that some USB GPSes (like the Pharos iGPS-500, bundled with Microsoft
> Streets and Trips) are actually serial devices under the hood and require "-n"
> in applications like acting as an input to nptd.
> 
> Maybe the minimal change would be "...in _those_ USB GPSes which lack a DTR 
> line."?
> 
> At least give users a bit more of a hint where to look.

Done.
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                <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>