EDMC_SpanshRouter

Note on norohind's fork

This is fork where I try to maintain working version of SpanshRouter plugin for personal use with the latest version of EDMarketConnector.
I'm not trying to maintain README.md, CHANGELOG.md and auto-update system of the plugin, at least now.

This plugin's purpose is to automatically copy to your clipboard the next waypoint on a route you planned using Spansh.

Install

• If you're on Linux, you'll need to make sure that xclip is installed before using the plugin (sudo apt-get install xclip on Debian based systems).
• Open your EDMC plugins folder - in EDMC settings, select "Plugins" tab, click the "Open" button.
• Create a folder inside the plugins folder and call it whatever you want, SpanshRouter for instance
• Download this fork's code by clicking the green "Code" button above and selecting "Download ZIP", then unzip it.
  • Note: Do not use the old releases from the original repository - they are outdated and incompatible with modern EDMC versions.
• Open the folder you created and put all the files and folders you extracted inside
• Restart EDMC

Wayland Support

If you're using a Wayland desktop environment, you can't use xclip and have to configure the plugin using the EDMC_SPANSH_ROUTER_XCLIP environment variable to use Wayland specific wl-copy tool before launching EDMC. For example:

export EDMC_SPANSH_ROUTER_XCLIP="/usr/bin/wl-copy"
python EDMarketConnector.py

For Flatpak users

You need to grant additional permissions and set an environment variable. You can do this either via command line or using Flatseal:

Option A - Using Flatseal (recommended for most users):

1. Install Flatseal from your software center if not already installed
2. Open Flatseal and select "EDMarketConnector" from the list
3. Under "Socket" enable "Wayland windowing system" (socket=wayland)
4. Scroll down to "Filesystem" and enable "All system libraries, executables and static data" (filesystem=host-os)
5. Scroll to "Environment" and add the following variable:
   • EDMC_SPANSH_ROUTER_XCLIP=/run/host/usr/bin/wl-copy
6. Restart EDMC

Option B - Using command line:

flatpak override --user io.edcd.EDMarketConnector --socket=wayland --filesystem=host-os --env=EDMC_SPANSH_ROUTER_XCLIP=/run/host/usr/bin/wl-copy

Then restart EDMC normally through your application launcher.

This allows the plugin to use wl-copy instead of xclip for clipboard operations.

For more details see this issue

How to use

You can either plot your route directly from EDMC by clicking the "Plot Route" button, or you can import a CSV file from Spansh You can also create your own CSV file, as long as it contains the columns "System Name" and "Jumps" (that last one is optional). A valid CSV file could look like:

System Name,Jumps
Saggitarius A*,5
Beagle Point,324

You can also use a .txt file created with EDTS

Once your route is plotted, and every time you reach a waypoint, the next one is automatically copied to your clipboard.

You just need to go to your Galaxy Map and paste it everytime you reach a waypoint.

If for some reason, your clipboard should be empty or containing other stuff that you copied yourself, just click on the Next waypoint button, and the waypoint will be copied again to your clipboard.

If you close EDMC, the plugin will save your progress. The next time you run EDMC, it will start back where you stopped.

Fly dangerous! o7

Updates

Note: Auto-updates are not maintained in this fork. To update, download the latest code from this repository and replace your plugin files manually.

Known Issues

At the moment, plotting a route while the game is running, and which begins from the system you're currently in, doesn't update your "next waypoint". If you're in that situation, a couple of solutions are available:

• Using the down button below the Next waypoint
• Performing a FSS Discovery Scan
• Go in our out of Supercruise
• Logging back in and out while EDMC is already running.