[GRASS-dev] [bug #5219] (grass) d.vect display=cat works only for layer 1

[Michael Barton]

I don't have strong feelings either way, but this sounds reasonable and
understandable from a user's point of view.

Michael


On 2/19/07 7:32 AM, "Martin Landa" <landa.martin at gmail.com> wrote:

> BTW, it should fix
> 
> https://intevation.de/rt/webrt?serial_num=4004
> https://intevation.de/rt/webrt?serial_num=5219
> 
> I vote for using layer number given by the layer parameter as default
> layer number for labels.
> 
> Martin
> 
> 2007/2/19, Martin Landa <landa.martin at gmail.com>:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> 2007/2/19, Hamish <hamish_nospam at yahoo.com>:
>> 
>>> easier said than done; the parser can't know before hand what the answer
>>> to another option will be. but it is possible to give it no default and
>>> add to the llayer's option description that it will use the layer= answer
>>> if not given. While possible, I'm still not sure if it's advisable. (shrug)
>> 
>> it could be implemented like this (see the patch) for example. Just I
>> am also not sure, maybe it is better for the user to set up the llayer
>> according to layer parameter(?)
>> 
>> Martin
>> 
>> --
>> Martin Landa <landa.martin at gmail.com> * http://gama.fsv.cvut.cz/~landa *
>> 
>> 
> 

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