[linux-dvb] Re: Error in vdr output format of scan

[Holger Waechtler <holger@convergence.de>]

Florian Steinel wrote:
> Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
>
> > Florian Steinel wrote:
> >  
> > > But how avoid the use of locale eg. "S99.9E" becomes "S99,9E"?
> > >   
> > Take a look at VDR's cSource::ToString() in VDR/sources.c.
> >  
> Thank, Klaus.
>
> So i should use this:
> fprintf (f, "S%u.%u%s:", orbital_pos/10, orbital_pos % 10, 
> west_east_flag_name[we_flag]); // can't simply use "%g" here since the 
> silly 'locale' messes up the decimal point (from vdr/sources.c)
>
> ok, preparing patch.
> (is "& ~0x0800" some special mask for vdr or should i use that one too?)
I suppose this expression is wiping out the sign bit and makes the 
number always a positive one: (1 << 12)/10 == 409, the next power of 2 
above 360 degree.

looking forward to your patch,

Holger



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