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Subject: d.vect help: where=string looks better
From: Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org>
Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 06:53:58 +0800
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-------------------------------------------- Managed by Request Tracker
On Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 08:38:23PM +1300, Hamish wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 12:14:32AM +0100, Request Tracker wrote:
> > this bug's URL: http://intevation.de/rt/webrt?serial_num=2815
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > $ d.vect help
> > Usage:
> > [field=value] [cats=name] [where=name] [color=name] [fcolor=name]
> > where=name?
> > where=string looks better.
>
> This would require a change in
> lib/gis/parser.c
>
> (G_OPT_WHERE)
>
> Not sure that it is trivial, probably all 'name' above would get
> changed to 'string' then.
>
> Desired?
does "string" mean anything to non-programmers besides a piece of rope?
> > Not sure that it is trivial, probably all 'name' above would get
> > changed to 'string' then.
> >
> > Desired?
>
> does "string" mean anything to non-programmers besides a piece of
> rope?
Main Entry: [1]string
Pronunciation: 'stri[ng]
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English streng; akin to Old High
German strang rope, Latin stringere to bind tight -- more at STRAIN
[...]
11 : a scanty bikini -- called also string bikini
12 : a hypothetical one-dimensional object that is infinitely thin but
has a length of 10¯33 centimeters, that vibrates as it moves through
space, and whose mode of vibration manifests itself as a subatomic
particle
