[GRASS-dev] Re: GRASS-dev] gis icons

[Robert Szczepanek]

Cytowanie Michael Barton <michael.barton at asu.edu>:
>
> On Jan 4, 2009, at 3:17 PM, Robert Szczepanek wrote:
> >>
> >> 6. Digitizing add various features. A plus is easier to understand
> >> right away than a *. This makes grammatical sense: add a boundary
> >> to a
> >> vector, etc. It also complements the '-' for delete/remove feature.
> >
> > Digitizing you usually create new objects. For me 'create' is not
> > the same as
> > 'add' [1]. The same is with delete and remove.
> > In other case of course we can use just + and -.
>
> One comment here. Technically, the "create" happens when you create a
> new vector file. Then you "add" or "remove" features from the file by
> digitizing or other means (e.g., you can add points or area centroids
> by other modules). Indeed you create the features, but you add them to
> the vector file. Perhaps, this is angels dancing on the head of a
> pin...  ;-)
>
> Michael

Real problem starts when you misunderstand delete and remove.
When applied e.g. to layer what final effect will be?
Will I destroy this layer or just remove from preview?
Create/add is just backwards consequence of that.
But I have also big doubts concerning importance of this issue.

Robert