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 {{FGCquote|1= at least a big part of it is about having a central location where EFBs built into the aircrafts can find data that all of them need. That are not SIDs or STARs as XML files (or whatever format would be used by the route manager) , but the corresponding approach plates, airport charts etc., i.e. stuff that you want to present to the user as graphics. Of course, there could bne more to such a framework in supporting functionalities shared by all EFBs.|2= {{cite web  | url    = http://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/message/34494204/  | title  = <nowiki>Re: [Flightgear-devel] Electronic Flight Bag</nowiki>  | author = <nowiki>Jens Thoms Toerring</nowiki>  | date   = Sep 27th, 2015  }}}}
+{{FGCquote|1= the whole EFB idea has also been discussed previously, with a focus on using Canvas and Nasal - analogous to how Richard's MFD framework is just a front-end on top of Canvas/Nasal. Obviously, this approach (it not using Phi), has the limitation that it can only display stuff inside the fgfs main window.But we do have code/prototypes doing EFB handling using Nasal &amp; Canvas|2= {{cite web  | url    = http://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?p=258879#p258879  | title  = <nowiki>Canvas MFD framework vs. EFB functionality</nowiki>  | author = <nowiki>Hooray</nowiki>  | date   = Sep 27th, 2015  }}}}
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