#320: the ``default region'' term is somewhat misleading
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Reporter: 1gray | Owner: grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: minor | Milestone: 7.0.0
Component: default | Version: unspecified
Keywords: | Platform: Unspecified
Cpu: Unspecified |
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The region that's currently named !``default!'' is, actually, never used
''by default'' -- it's the !``current!'' region that is.
It seems that the !``default!'' region is accessed only in the following
cases:
* it's ''always'' used when creating a mapset;
* it's used with {{{g.region}}} when explicitly requested by {{{-d}}}.
Doesn't it therefore make sense to retitle !``default region!'' to, say,
!``initial region!'' in GRASS 7?
#320: the ``default region'' term is somewhat misleading
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Reporter: 1gray | Owner: grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: minor | Milestone: 7.0.0
Component: default | Version: svn-trunk
Resolution: | Keywords: region
Platform: All | Cpu: All
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Changes (by hamish):
* keywords: => region
* platform: Unspecified => All
* version: unspecified => svn-trunk
* cpu: Unspecified => All
Comment:
it is the default region when creating new mapsets. thus it is the fall-
back region setting. (if we really want to get into it, native French
speakers can expand on the root of the word; but see closing comments
below...)
-> where in the code or docs do you find it to be confusing? The
description for 'g.region -d' could certainly be improved to explain this
better, tooltips added etc if you like.
I don't think this is important enough to change the DEFAULT_WIND file
name, or to break consistency when referencing that file. The WINDow half
of the filename has already been abandoned as far as the user interface is
concerned.
as with #323, I think most semantic debates are best dealt with by honing
the documentation and being consistent in the descriptions.
#320: the ``default region'' term is somewhat misleading
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Reporter: 1gray | Owner: grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: minor | Milestone: 7.0.0
Component: default | Version: svn-trunk
Resolution: | Keywords: region
Platform: All | Cpu: All
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Comment (by nikos):
Replying to [comment:2 hamish]:
> it is the default region when creating new mapsets. thus it is the fall-
back region setting. (if we really want to get into it, native French
speakers can expand on the root of the word; but see closing comments
below...)
>
>
> -> where in the code or docs do you find it to be confusing? The
description for 'g.region -d' could certainly be improved to explain this
better, tooltips added etc if you like.
>
> I don't think this is important enough to change the DEFAULT_WIND file
name, or to break consistency when referencing that file. The WINDow half
of the filename has already been abandoned as far as the user interface is
concerned.
> as with #323, I think most semantic debates are best dealt with by
honing the documentation and being consistent in the descriptions.