[GRASS5] [bug #1721] (grass) s.in.ascii should deal with two column input better

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Subject: s.in.ascii should deal with two column input better

Platform: GNU/Linux/i386
grass obtained from: Mirror of Trento site
grass binary for platform: Compiled from Sources
GRASS Version: 5.0.0

s.in.ascii doesn't deal with two column data very well and fails with a cryptic error message.


example:

test.prn:
2101781 5619950
2101781 5619900
2101781 5619850
2101781 5619800
2101781 5619750
2101781 5619700
2101781 5619650


GRASS:~ > s.in.ascii sites=test input=test.prn    
WARNING: error scanning floating point attribute
WARNING: error scanning floating point attribute
WARNING: error scanning floating point attribute
WARNING: error scanning floating point attribute
WARNING: error scanning floating point attribute
WARNING: error scanning floating point attribute
WARNING: error scanning floating point attribute


What's a new user to think! This (along with v.in.shape, et al) is probably the first things they try. Spend a few hours ripping their hair out trying different file formats and then give up on GRASS all together as "too hard, too crude, doesn't work".. and go away feeling bad.