[GRASS5] [bug #2815] (grass) d.vect help: where=string looks better

[Hamish]

> > > > this bug's URL: http://intevation.de/rt/webrt?serial_num=2815
> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > 
> > > > $ d.vect help
> > > > Usage:
> > > >    [field=value] [cats=name] [where=name] [color=name]
> > > >    [fcolor=name]
> > > > where=name?
> > > > where=string looks better.
...
> > > Not sure that it is trivial, probably all 'name' above would get
> > > changed to 'string' then.
> > > 
> > > Desired?
> > 
> > does "string" mean anything to non-programmers besides a piece of
> > rope?
> 
> Yes :-)
> 
> http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=string
> 
> Markus


Pertinent sections reproduced here:

Main Entry: [1]string
Pronunciation: 'stri[ng]
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English streng; akin to Old High
German strang rope, Latin stringere to bind tight -- more at STRAIN
[...]
11 : a scanty bikini -- called also string bikini
12 : a hypothetical one-dimensional object that is infinitely thin but
has a length of 10¯33 centimeters, that vibrates as it moves through
space, and whose mode of vibration manifests itself as a subatomic
particle


:)