Release 3.1.3

General

• Updates to configuration reader (called by ProtobufConfigurator) to better support creation of command line tools (of the style tool <action> <subaction> [--options]). New goby::middleware::ToolHelper class for tools to use.
  • Support for environmental variables
  • Support for custom positional parameters to replace default <cfg_file> <app_name>
  • Support for custom short (e.g., '-l' for '--library') command line options.
• New goby command line tool that unifies existing tools and apps into a single point of entry and adds new tools (most notable are goby zeromq publish and goby zeromq subscribe, allowing command line publish/subscribe to gobyd):
  • goby log: Manage goby log files
    • convert: Convert .goby log files to other formats [goby_log_tool]
  • goby launch: Launch goby *.launch files [goby_launch]
  • goby zeromq: Interact with ZeroMQ Goby pub/sub [goby_zeromq_tool]
    • terminate: Terminate Goby applications [goby_terminate]
    • publish: Publish a message (on interprocess)
    • subscribe: Subscribe to messages (on interprocess)
    • playback: Playback .goby log files [goby_playback]
    • daemon: Publish/subscribe broker for interprocess and, optionally, intervehicle portal [gobyd]
    • logger: Binary logger of interprocess messages [goby_logger]
    • coroner: Monitoring of process health [goby_coroner]
    • intervehicle_portal: Standalone intervehicle portal [goby_intervehicle_portal]
    • gps: GPSD client that publishes data into Goby pub/sub [goby_gps]
    • frontseat_interface: Interface to vehicle Frontseat system (control system) [goby_frontseat_interface]
    • geov: Interface to Google Earth via GEOV (https://gobysoft.org/geov/) [goby_geov_interface]
    • liaison: Web-based UI for control/monitoring of Goby pub/sub [goby_liaison]
    • opencpn: Interface to the OpenCPN GUI [goby_opencpn_interface]
    • moos_gateway: Gateway to the MOOS middleware [goby_moos_gateway]
  • goby protobuf: Tools for the Google Protocol Buffers (protobuf) marshalling scheme
    • show: Display definition for message