[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #70: i.target from GUI: strip @mapset part

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#70: i.target from GUI: strip @mapset part
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  Reporter:  hamish   |       Owner:  grass-dev at lists.osgeo.org
      Type:  defect   |      Status:  new                      
  Priority:  minor    |   Milestone:  6.4.0                    
 Component:  default  |     Version:  svn-trunk                
Resolution:           |    Keywords:                           
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Comment (by glynn):

 Replying to [ticket:70 hamish]:

 > if you call i.target from a GUI and select a group it appends @mapset.
 If you run it like that it takes the full name literally and instead of
 updating the group's target it creates a new group of name "group at mapset".
 Either i.target or I_put_target() should check that if the @mapset part is
 given it refers to the current mapset, then strip off the @mapset part.

 > I changed the group option gisprompt from old,group,group to any,gr,gr.
 This makes the GUI group picker button go away, but perhaps the GUI picker
 button should be coded to remain in that case?
 >
 > Or to solve this should we try changing the gisprompt to mapset,gr,gr so
 it calls G_ask_in_mapset()?

 To solve this, i.group needs to be modified to handle the @mapset part
 correctly. That is the only course of action which can accurately be said
 to *solve* the issue.

 There may be workarounds, but a workaround isn't the same thing as a
 solution.

 And any function named G_ask_<something> shouldn't be used for anything.
 Those functions cause problems for GUI use (requiring a terminal), and
 will disappear the moment that 7.x comes into being.

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