*usr_map.txt*          For vim@vim.org           Last change: 15 May 2005 C

			USERS MAP by Mikolaj Machowski


... I thought only that the Vim mailing list was very informative and
fast-responding.  Now I also think that it is one of the kindest I've came
across. :)  Thumbs up!
Leonid Mamtchenkov


This page presents localizations of subscribers of Vim-lists:

    vim@vim.org, vim-dev@vim.org

Of course members of all other |Vim lists| are also invited :)

1.   Maps           |usr-map|
2.   Marker file    |markerfile|
3.   How to join?   |join-map|
4.   HOWTO          |howto|

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1. Maps                                                         *usr-map*

Basic map is 1024x768 and weighs ca. 214K. Current version (15 May) is here:

Vim-list users world map (1024x768, 214K)

Europe and North America are so crowded I decided to place only small red icons
without names. Full descriptions are on continental close-ups:

Europe (800x600, 195K)
North America (800x600, 150K)

Maps are from NASA Visible Earth archive.

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2. Marker file                                                  *markerfile*

Informations about vimmers are here:

|Marker file for xplanet|

This is global file, but actually here are three datafiles:

|File for whole world|

|Europe|

|North America|


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3. How to join?                                                 *join-map*

Send me <mikmach@wp.pl> your data:

{lat} {lon} {name} {additional}



	
{lat} {lon}

	
Latitude and longitude. You can obtain them with:

Some of these methods returns decimal notation (preferred).
Please write which notation (traditional 0°0'0" or decimal 0.0000) 
are you using - this is not always obvious.



{name}


Your name should be recognizable at list - nick, name from sig or 
"From:" field



{additional}


Name of your place, state, country.



You can restrict some informations. If you don't want disclosure your name -
no problem - only icon will be visible. But please, write it precisely,
without that I will assume all information may be available on internet.

If you want another icon send it me. Not bigger than 16x16 pixels. Formats (in
order of preference): png, gif, jpg.

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4. HOWTO                                                        *howto*

You can make your own version of map. You need:


World map is made with:

  xplanet -markerfile vimlist -shade 100 -fullscreen -output vimlistmap.png

Continental close-ups:

  xplanet -markerfile vimlist -shade 100 -geometry 800x600 -radius 180 -output vimeurope.png

Beware: xplanet is not RAM friendly. I am using one of smaller NASA 
Visible Earth maps and xplanet can eat my whole RAM (256M) and up 
to 420M of swap!

It is possible to make some nice effects:

See where is day:
  |1024x768 ca. 116K|

Use xplanet as wallpaper and see where lives author of current post: 
  |1024x768 ca. 220K|

Some time ago I switched to |KDE| and still use xplanet as background.
Start it in .xinitrc: "xplanetbg -output ~/xplanet/kde-bg.png". 
And in KDE desktop background settings I am pointing to this file as source 
of slideshow, refreshed each 3 minutes.