[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #1900: limiting display vector map using cats doesn't work

[GRASS GIS]

#1900: limiting display vector map using cats doesn't work
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  Reporter:  pvanbosgeo  |       Owner:  grass-dev@…              
      Type:  defect      |      Status:  closed                   
  Priority:  normal      |   Milestone:  7.0.0                    
 Component:  Vector      |     Version:  svn-trunk                
Resolution:  invalid     |    Keywords:                           
  Platform:  Linux       |         Cpu:  x86-64                   
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Comment(by martinl):

 Replying to [comment:1 mlennert]:

 > If you want to use the cat or select option, you have to select the
 specific layer you want to select features in. In grass6 this is layer 1
 by default, but this is no longer true in grass7 where -1 (i.e. all
 layers) is the default (since r45095 two years ago) and so you have to
 explicitely select the layer. See also [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail
 /grass-dev/2011-September/055675.html this thread] where the issue was
 discussed.

 seems like a "tricky feature" even for powerusers. When selecting features
 (by cats, etc), should be probably selected features from all layers
 (`layer=-1`) which pass the condition, not all features (silently ignoring
 given condition or constraint).

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