[GRASS5] [bug #4024] (grass) d.m, v.in.ascii: columns hint leads to errors

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Subject: d.m, v.in.ascii: columns hint leads to errors

Platform: GNU/Linux/x86
grass obtained from: Trento Italy site
grass binary for platform: Compiled from Sources
GRASS Version: cvs 2005.01.10

In the v.in.assci GUI there is a hint for the "column" option:

    Columns definition for points mode in SQL style, for example:
    'x double precision, y double precision, cat int, name varchar(10)'

...as this is how option "column" is described in the manual.

If one now inputs as advised using ' ' the hole string gets translated as

'columns='\''x double precision, y double precision, cat int, name varchar(10)'\'''

which leads to a failure of course.

I have searched the all the manuals for a similar case, but it seems v.in.ascii manual is the only one to cause such an erroneous advice in GUI. Does the manual have to be changed or could this be fixed other way?

Maciek

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