[GRASS-dev] Re: r.horizon and r.sun parameter name compatibility issue

[Markus Neteler]

On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 1:09 PM, Markus Neteler <neteler at osgeo.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just discovered that two different parameter names where used:
>
> r.horizon
>         step   For multidirectional horizon: the step size in degrees
>
> r.sun (the new version)
>    horizonstep   Angle step size for the horizon information [degrees]
>
> I vote for changing that (horizonstep both) to simplify the usage of r.sun.
> Yet only RC1 is out first time shipping with r.horizon which isn't yet
> widely published.
>
> Objections that I change r.horizon's "step" -> "horizonstep"?

I got positive feedback from Thomas Huld, so I'll tend to
change it asap.

Markus