[GRASS5] Feature request

  In the CLI version of 5b11.2, the data entry field for location and mapset
are 14 characters long. If you have a descriptive name for either of those
directories that exceeds that length GRASS doesn't see it.

  Can -- in some future version -- the field lengths be extended to, say, 32
chars? That would provide more leeway.

Thank you,

Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President

                       Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. (TM)
              Making environmentally-responsible mining happen. (SM)
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On Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 07:44:06PM -0800, Rich Shepard wrote:

  In the CLI version of 5b11.2, the data entry field for location and mapset
are 14 characters long. If you have a descriptive name for either of those
directories that exceeds that length GRASS doesn't see it.

  Can -- in some future version -- the field lengths be extended to, say, 32
chars? That would provide more leeway.

Next thing we know, you'll be wanting spaces in those names ;).

--
Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net>

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On Mon, 19 Feb 2001, Eric G. Miller wrote:

Next thing we know, you'll be wanting spaces in those names ;).

  No, spaces _for_ the names. Underscores and hyphens will do everyone just
fine. And I've not done Windows for about 3.5 years now; never liked it
before then, either.

Rich

Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President

                       Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. (TM)
              Making environmentally-responsible mining happen. (SM)
                       --------------------------------
            2404 SW 22nd Street | Troutdale, OR 97060-1247 | U.S.A.
+ 1 503-667-4517 (voice) | + 1 503-667-8863 (fax) | rshepard@appl-ecosys.com

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On Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 08:27:30PM -0800, Eric G. Miller wrote:

On Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 07:44:06PM -0800, Rich Shepard wrote:
> In the CLI version of 5b11.2, the data entry field for location and mapset
> are 14 characters long. If you have a descriptive name for either of those
> directories that exceeds that length GRASS doesn't see it.
>
> Can -- in some future version -- the field lengths be extended to, say, 32
> chars? That would provide more leeway.

Next thing we know, you'll be wanting spaces in those names ;).

Hi all,

I agree that the entry field for location and mapset may be longer
than 14 characters. However, I don't know if it is a dangerous
change.

Generally we have to re-check *all* modules when migrating them
to 5.1 for string length. At time the buffer length differ from
module to module. We need some rules for it. I have started such
a list here (needed for PHASE1 - Milestone 3):

grass51/doc/migration_50_51.txt

Probably you need to check out grass51/:

cvs -z3 co grass51

Feel free to add more useful rules!

Markus

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