[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #2396: proposal to rename v.in.ascii/v.out.ascii to v.in.text/v.out.text (or similar)

[GRASS GIS]

#2396: proposal to rename v.in.ascii/v.out.ascii to v.in.text/v.out.text (or
similar)
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 Reporter:  mlennert           |       Owner:  grass-dev@…              
     Type:  enhancement        |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  blocker            |   Milestone:  7.0.0                    
Component:  Vector             |     Version:  svn-releasebranch70      
 Keywords:  ascii, API change  |    Platform:  Unspecified              
      Cpu:  Unspecified        |  
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Comment(by hamish):

 meh, I'm not in favor of this. ASCII is the one universal format which has
 survived for decades and is exactly known and described. "text" is... um,
 a Word document? a pdf? an image scan of observer logs? who knows..?

 IMNSHO if people don't know what ASCII is, then they should learn. This is
 technical software, a minimum level is computer literacy is going to be
 required. And we can help teach them through good tooltips, menu
 presentation/organization, and documentation, and they will be better
 future researchers for it.


 2c,
 Hamish

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