[GRASS-dev] gis.m command tool

[Michael Barton]

On 11/15/07 12:35 AM, "Hamish" <hamish_nospam at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> In reviewing the gis.m man page, I notice this:
> 
> <DT><img src="icons/gui-cmd.gif"> Add command layer</DT>
> <DD>Adds a layer in which a GRASS GIS command or command list can be entered.
> For a command list use the pipe symbol as "|" as separator.
> For example:
> 
> <div class="code"><pre>
>   d.rast soils | d.rast -o roads | d.vect streams col=blue
> </pre></div>
> 
> Note that when an option of the command contains spaces, you need to
> escape them with the backslash ('\') character, for example:<BR>
> <tt>d.text.freetype text=Population\ density</tt>
> </DD>
> 
> 
> any reason why that is not using ';' for the command sep? It would seem to
> make a lot more sense, match other bgcmd='s etc.
> 

Tradition.

Seriously, this is simply one of the small fragments of interface code that
has remained untouched since GRASS 5.1 and 5.7. A semi-colon makes a lot
more sense than a bar.

Michael
 

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