User manual

XCSoar User Manual
When XCSoar is connected to the Vega intelligent variometer, it
sends commands to Vega’s speech system, to give verbal cues and
warnings such as:
• Final glide through terrain
• Approaching/passing a task waypoint
• Airspace warnings
2.6 Screen
Certain aspects of the look of items on the screen can be adjusted.
The most noticeable of these is whether to display InfoBoxes and
gauges in black on white (called inverse colours) or white on black.
For some hardware platforms, the control of the screen hardware
brightness can be controlled from the brightness dialog accessible
from the menu:
DISPLAY . Bright
Refer to the Altair User’s Manual for details of the brightness di-
alog.
2.7 Help system
A help system now provides descriptive text for properties in most
dialogs. When a property is selected, press and hold the enter
button for two seconds, then release. A window will open with
help text describing the property.
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