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Python3/GTK3 Progress:

The d-rats client program in my python3_tyw branch of seems to mostly work on both python3 and python2 now.
The map display is not working.

I made that change and announced it a while back, but have not seen any feedback.

I am now testing it using the msys2.org mingw64 packages of python in addition to anti-x linux.?? mysys2.org has fixed the broken package that was preventing some windows packages from working.

Because I am using the mingw64 packages of python, the shebang launching of d-rats does not work.

My next change to my frok will probably to start disabling python2 support.

The main reason for that is that I have been refactoring the map routines into their own directory, and if I nest it under the d_rats directory, I can not get the module resolution to work with python2.

I have been documenting the refactoring / port of the Map Display with at

It is now functional for displaying the map for any coordinates that I put in.

I have not yet connected that refactoring back to the d-rats client program.? I am still testing it standalone.

I want to be able to test plotting stations on the map before I merge it back in.

Hopefully my wiki articles can help get other programmers as this is a very complex program.

And again, I am still learning both d-rats internals and GTK programming.

73,
-John, wb8tyw

On Dec 18, 2021, at 11:42, John E. Malmberg <wb8tyw@...> wrote:

?On 12/16/2021 10:21 AM, Dave Slotter, W3DJS wrote:

John,
I am speaking for other people I know as well as myself when I say that we're looking forward to a fully-functional Python3-compatible version of D-RATS.
In fact, I am the curator of HamPi, the ham radio software collection for the Raspberry Pi and I had to do some fancy things to get the traditional D-RATS running on the latest version of Raspberry Pi OS based on Debian Bullseye.
Please let me know how I can help you out. Your contributions are heartily welcomed!

Testing my fork is probably helpful. I know that maps don't work yet, and I have the code being a bit more noisy on the logs as I try to figure out what is going on with it.

While I have been playing in my personal fork, I am wondering if anyone here wants to have me add them as reviewers for my PRs. I think you need a github account for me to do that.

While I can not promise to wait for reviews before merging a PR, I will try to respond to any feedback, and some of that can be good content for a wiki page.

This also gives notification of when something is ready for a tests, and why a change was needed.

I am not sure when I will have a significant update, as my next goal is getting a marker to display on the Map, and I found out last night I still have a bit of work to do on that. And I do not know how much time I will be able to spend on this over the holidays.

I am trying to make my changes to the python_tyw branch incremental and would like to use my as help for getting others up to speed on being able to contribute.

Even though I am a professional programmer, this is not the type of programming that I do at work, so I am having to learn a lot as I go.

73,
-John, wb8tyw