QNavitCtl - Navit Bookmarks via dbus

[Ed Kapitein]

Hi Christian,

I hacked a script together, so you can now route from A to B via C.
( or via  C,  D,  E etc ;-) )
I put it on the navit website [6]
Please feel free to take a look and use (parts of) it for your own program.
Erasing the current waypoint would be nice to do in a gui, now you need
to edit the itinerary file.

Thanks for your help with this, i couldn't have done it without you!

Kind regards,
Ed

[6] http://trac.navit-project.org/ticket/533

Christian Rüb wrote:
> Hi Ed,
>
> Happy New Year as well!
>
> I found the path by looking at the newer wiki page example at the bottom [1] and the source [2].
>
> Meanwhile I built a newer version of qnavitctl for SHR-U, you can find a package here [3] and source here [4].
> I also enabled flickcharm "kinetic scrolling" [5].
>
> I also noticed, that on my Frerunner navit was started automatically if it was not running yet, when passing a dbus call via qnavitctl...
>
> Cheers,
>  Christian
>
> [1] http://wiki.navit-project.org/index.php/Dbus
> [2] http://navit.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/navit/trunk/navit/navit/binding/dbus/binding_dbus.c?view=markup
> [3] http://openmoko.senfdax.de/shr-new-unstable/
> [4]http://git.senfdax.de/?p=qnavitctl;a=summary
> [5] http://labs.qt.nokia.com/blogs/2009/07/19/kinetic-scrolling-on-any-widgets/
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>   
>> Hi Christian,
>>
>> Thanks a million, it works like a charm!
>>
>> How did you come to use "default_navit" ?
>> I took a look at the source code, but i couldn't find out how to use it.
>>
>> Happy new-year, my has started perfectly ;-)
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Ed
>>
>>
>>
>> Christian Rüb wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi Ed,
>>>
>>> try this:
>>>
>>> dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.navit_project.navit /org/navit_project/navit/default_navit org.navit_project.navit.navit.set_center string:"12.1906 48.999"
>>>
>>> I had a look at [1] and after several tries this worked (on my PC). I will update qnavitcl soon - New Year's Eve is too close right now ;-)
>>> Not sure if this is the correct way though - no reply on navit user ML yet...
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>  Christian
>>>
>>> [1] http://navit.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/navit/trunk/navit/navit/binding/dbus/binding_dbus.c?view=markup
>>>
>>> Am Mittwoch, 30. Dezember 2009 schrieb Ed Kapitein:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> Hi Christian,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks a lot for your explanation!
>>>> I think i had the same problem you had, i can't set a destination with
>>>> the current version of navit.
>>>> (Dbus is enabled)
>>>> So, i will ask the people from the navit team on how to use dbus with
>>>> the current version.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks again and "happy new year" everybody.
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>
>>>> Ed
>>>>
>>>> Christian Rüb wrote:
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> Hi Ed,
>>>>>
>>>>> to build it on your PC, you need to have qmake (from Qt) installed.
>>>>> Then simply run
>>>>> #qmake
>>>>> (the name may differ, liket qmake-qt4 or something)
>>>>> This will create your Makefile, then simply run
>>>>> #make
>>>>> and you are done, you will get one binary called "qnavitcl" - that's it.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you want to build for your Openmoko phone, use my bitbake recipe here (simply copy to your OE tree) and it will build the package for you.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you want a prebuilt binary - get it from here [1] (you'll also get dependencies from there). It is built for SHR-U.
>>>>>
>>>>> Have you enabled dbus in navit.xml? This is essential.
>>>>>
>>>>> Use dbus-send to get a navit instance and then you can control it through the path you get back. Have a look at [2] how I did it in Qt:
>>>>> registerNavitInstance() and setCenter() will be of most interest for you.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you use dbus-send, you also need to print the replies - otherwise you cannot use them ;-) - see man page for futher details
>>>>>
>>>>> BUT - with current version of navit I could not get it to work as the dbus interface seems to have changed - "iter" does not exist anymore and I have not found a way yet to get an instance and set destination :(
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>  Christian
>>>>>
>>>>> [1] http://openmoko.senfdax.de/shr-new-unstable/
>>>>> [2] http://git.senfdax.de/?p=qnavitctl;a=blob;f=src/mainwindow.cpp;h=a7b076db790971245b2d4c6769f13ba92b194b3e;hb=a3d4e3ea1506321d09a735e69810e3be01ccc860
>>>>>
>>>>>   
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>>>> Hi Christian,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> i am trying to use navit and dbus, but so far i haven't find out how to
>>>>>> do it.
>>>>>> I did download your source, but how do i build it?
>>>>>> ( real noob here...)
>>>>>> Could you explain how to build it from source?
>>>>>> I am used to ./configure, make, make install
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can you give an example of dbus-send to set a destination in navit?
>>>>>> i want, like you, to have a list of waypoints and i want to set waypoint
>>>>>> 2 as destination, as soon as i am near waypoint 1.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks a lot in advance.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>>> Ed
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Christian Rüb wrote:
>>>>>>     
>>>>>>         
>>>>>>             
>>>>>>> I wrote a little Qt app to send destination or position to Navit via dbus (needs to be activated in navit.xml first) or center the map.
>>>>>>> package [1]
>>>>>>> source [2]
>>>>>>> screenshot [3]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> How to use it:
>>>>>>> create a file with name;lat;lon per line and start the program. If the file is named bookmarks.csv and placed in $HOME or the directory where qnavitctl is started this file is automatically loaded.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Why a program that does what Navit already can do?
>>>>>>>  - for me it is a quick fix for #352 in navit
>>>>>>>  - for my 1k+ trip I have to prepare intermdeiate stops as otherwise route calculation would take very long (if it would succeed at all), so I can have my navit window and another window to set next destination easily
>>>>>>>  - it is an example how to talk to navit via dbus and could be used for other apps (e.g. litephone) to get coordinates (e.g. from opimd) and start navigation in navit through a button (e.g. you receive a text containing coordinates, press "take me there" and the coordinates are send as destination to navit via dbus)
>>>>>>>  - I am still learning Qt :)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That's all
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [1] http://openmoko.senfdax.de/shr-unstable/
>>>>>>> [2] http://git.senfdax.de/?p=qnavitctl;a=summary
>>>>>>> [3] http://openmoko.senfdax.de/screenshots/qnavitctl.png
>>>>>>>
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