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This is not only about BaseSync MFD, but let's take it as an example.
While reading BaseSync MFD pdf documentation, I tried to set Peenemünde up as target (as its tutorial #2 suggests), but since I have an Italian keyboard I can't enter the "ü" letter, nor can I type ALT+0252 in the BaseSync MFD tgt input box.
How is this solvable? Is it "only" a matter of recompiling the MFDs and making them trigger the "hidden" pop-up list, or is it plain impossible?
Surely this is is an old story for Orbiter veterans, but the fact that some MFDs have "complete" menus (think about MAP MFD target selection, where a nice list of targets pops up), while some other MFDs don't, "disappoints" me a bit. These MFDs just display a bare input box, I'm sure you all know...it could be very cool if they showed up the complete list.
It's like add-on creators didn't link their MFDs to a specific Orbiter library or something like this (I know nothing about Orbiter add-on programming). Maybe there are good programmer's reasons that I don't know/understand.
Bases names and coordinates are "internally" coded anyway, so if I input "VDB - Vandenberg", it is recognized as a valid input.
I'd like to know why not using that useful pop-up list instead...
While reading BaseSync MFD pdf documentation, I tried to set Peenemünde up as target (as its tutorial #2 suggests), but since I have an Italian keyboard I can't enter the "ü" letter, nor can I type ALT+0252 in the BaseSync MFD tgt input box.
How is this solvable? Is it "only" a matter of recompiling the MFDs and making them trigger the "hidden" pop-up list, or is it plain impossible?
Surely this is is an old story for Orbiter veterans, but the fact that some MFDs have "complete" menus (think about MAP MFD target selection, where a nice list of targets pops up), while some other MFDs don't, "disappoints" me a bit. These MFDs just display a bare input box, I'm sure you all know...it could be very cool if they showed up the complete list.
It's like add-on creators didn't link their MFDs to a specific Orbiter library or something like this (I know nothing about Orbiter add-on programming). Maybe there are good programmer's reasons that I don't know/understand.
Bases names and coordinates are "internally" coded anyway, so if I input "VDB - Vandenberg", it is recognized as a valid input.
I'd like to know why not using that useful pop-up list instead...
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