[GRASS-dev] Re: d.thematic.area

[Glynn Clements]

Glynn Clements wrote:

> > see previous discussions about default render mode for d.vect.
> > this reminds me that we still need  an answer for that question before
> > releasing 6.3.0.
> 
> Realistically, I think that it needs to be "c". "g" doesn't work with
> vector-based drivers. The others all risk exceeding the 16-bit range
> of XDRIVER, and modifying XDRIVER to perform its own clipping is too
> radical a change at this stage.
> 
> That still leaves the problem with clipping polylines (segments
> introduced by clipping are stroked), which I'll look into.

My mistake. Clipped polylines are broken into individual line
segments. It's culled polylines where the problem arises, but that
isn't really an issue if the default is "c".

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Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>