#911: v.parallel: user interface change in 6.x line
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Reporter: msieczka | Owner: grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: blocker | Milestone: 6.4.0
Component: Vector | Version: svn-develbranch6
Keywords: | Platform: All
Cpu: All |
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There is a user interface change to v.parallel in GRASS 6.x. The option
`distance' does not accept negative offsets anymore, and introduces a new
`side' option to distinguish left/right, instead.
Before v.parallel2, v.parallel used to accept negative numbers for dist.
Now it fails:
{{{
$ v.parallel in=lines out=lines_par dist=-1
ERROR: value <-1> out of range for parameter <distance>
Legal range: 0-100000000
}}}
I guess such a change to user interface within a stable release line is
not allowed.
#911: v.parallel: user interface change in 6.x line
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Reporter: msieczka | Owner: grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: blocker | Milestone: 6.4.0
Component: Vector | Version: svn-develbranch6
Resolution: | Keywords: v.parallel
Platform: All | Cpu: All
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Changes (by hamish):
* keywords: => v.parallel
Comment:
fixed in devbr6 with r41042. please test.
module is still rather buggy, & it gets differently worse after
v.build.polylines. (test map: railroads@spearfish)
- see v.buffer bug report, it's the same lib fn causing problems AFAIK.
I didn't figure out how to get angle= to work. maybe I need minordistance
for that? (docs needed)