[GRASS-dev] [bug #4905] (grass) gis.m: d.text.freetype does not allow spaces in text

[Glynn Clements]

Request Tracker wrote:

> this bug's URL: http://intevation.de/rt/webrt?serial_num=4905

> Subject: gis.m: d.text.freetype does not allow spaces in text

> As the postscript text layers do not survive saving the map display
> to a graphics file, I am trying to use d.text.freetype as a command.
> 
> This works perfectly until the text I want to display contains
> spaces. When I use the following command line:
> 
> d.text.freetype -n -b text="Population totale" east_north=2,95 size=3 col=black path=/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera/Vera.ttf
> 
> I get:
> 
> Sorry <totale"> is not a valid option
> 
> I have tried with single quotes and brackets, but I get the same error.

Using braces works, i.e.

	d.text.freetype -n -b {text=Population totale} ...

There doesn't appear to actually be a space, but the same problem
occurs when running d.text.freetype from the command line, i.e. it's a
problem with d.text.freetype.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>