[GRASS5] [Updated] Changes between 5.0.0 release and current release branch

Glynn Clements glynn.clements at virgin.net
Tue Feb 18 10:31:13 EST 2003


H Bowman wrote:

> Unfortunately, I've just noticed what seems to be an inconsistency in the
> d.legend at= option: it treats 0,0 as the lower left corner and 100,100
> is the upper right corner of the monitor. As this is different from
> d.frame and d.mapgraph, I guess I got the +y-axis convention
> backwards (?).
> Additionally, the d.frame at= option differs in implementation from
> mine (at=bottom,top,left,right vs at=x1,y1,x2,y2). For consistency's sake
> I guess I should change that as well.
> 
> I've got a lightly tested patch that fixes these things; but for this
> release would you all rather have it 'correct' now or well tested with a
> warning in the man page that these two things will change soon (which is
> how it stands currently) ?

If you're going to change the behaviour of an existing option, it's
best to do it ASAP, before anyone gets used to the existing behaviour. 

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn.clements at virgin.net>




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