[GRASS5] Re: Specifying 'database' in various modules

[Radim Blazek]

Michael Barton wrote:
> Radim and Markus,
> 
> This is a request for a bit of fine tuning on the database modules. But I
> also want to see what everyone thinks about it as it wouldn't do to make
> things more difficult.
> 
> V.in.db and other database modules have a common format for specifying
> attribute tables--which is a very helpful thing. There are two fields to
> identify which table to use for attributes: one is called "database" and the
> other is called "table". In some cases, the "database" field is a
> host/database specification string (as in mysql). In other cases it is
> simply a path to a table location (as in ASCII or dbf tables). I'd like to
> suggest that the descriptive text that appears in the autogenerated GUI be
> called "specify database or path to data table". This will make it easier
> for new users (and forgetful old users like me) to know what to put in this
> field.
> 
> A browse button would be nice here too, though only useful for those cases
> where database is a path.
> 
> Thanks
> Michael

OK, note that you can use 'label' (name/short description) and 
'description' (long description), so something like

database_opt ->label       = "Database";
database_opt ->description = "For dbf driver the path to the directory..."

Radim