bpack

This repository is a sample briefing pack customization starter for Autorouter.

Purpose

Use this repo to customize the plog format of the briefing pack by starting with a sample briefing pack and then customize the navlogtemplates/plog_.lua for the desired output. Once you are happy, it can be submitted to autorouter for inclusion as a custom briefing pack format. Note that the generated plog.lua starts with all available information but in case you are missing certain information, you may request it to be included.

The structure of a briefing pack is a directory under src/ with

• briefing.tex (generated LaTeX file to be processed by LuaLaTex)
• icaofplform_ externally generated ICAO flight plan form
• briefingpack- subdirectory containing more files (this normally lives under /tmp so there is path redirection)
  • gramet.pdf externally generated GRAMET weather chart
  • plog.lua generated Lua file with data structures and invocations of ploglib.lua + plog_.lua
  • raob*.pdf external RAOB charts
• vfrnav directory (normally lives under /usr/share so there is directory redirection)
  • gramet directory
    • autoroutercolologo.pdf
  • navlogtemplates directory (the different supported plog formats)
    • plog_pathfromwpt.lua
    • plog_pathmidwpt.lua the default format
    • plog_pathtowpt.lua
    • plog_ugly.lua a simple old style airline log
    • ploglib.lua a library of helper functions, always included before plog format file

Getting started

1. Run ./build.sh.
2. Open build/briefing.pdf.
3. Add your own customization navlogtemplate, update plog.lua in your sample to reference it and keep working on it

Requirements

• lualatex (LuaTeX / TeX Live)

Notes

This repository includes a sample src/briefing.tex and a shell build script for the final LuaLaTeX step.