[GRASS5] Recommended tweak for 5.1

[Eric G. Miller]

On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 07:21:39AM -0800, Rich Shepard wrote:
>   I'd like to recommend a very minor change in the default behavior of data
> format conversion modules (e.g., m.in.e00, v.in.mif, v.in.shape). Rather
> than the current assumption that the data are stored in someone's desk
> drawer or the back floor of their automobile (necessitating a full-qualified
> path name for the input file), I'd like to see the pwd as the default
> directory.
> 
>   If folks don't have the input file in the pwd, then a FQPN is justified.
> But, most of the time, I think we're working from the mapset and that would
> save a lot of typing.

Me no grok!

Do relative paths not work somehow?  I actually often am in a different
directory than the current mapset, but for all GRASS data, I don't need
to care.  Personally, I like to keep all my non-GRASS files outside of
the GRASS database directories.  So, you would trade one convenience for
another?  I think the common behavior that non-GRASS files need a
correct path to wherever they may live (or will live) is pretty much in
line with just about any other command line tool (and hence is
"intuitive").  Changing that behavior is likely to trip people up as
much as it might provide convenience.

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

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