[GRASS-dev] [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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#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 mlennert):

 Replying to [comment:2 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..?
 >

 One could argue, though, that v.in.ascii is the wrong (and thhus
 confusing) name since you can import files which are in different
 encodings than ASCII. But I agree that 'text' is not necessarily clearer.
 Maybe v.in.delimitedtext ?

 Moritz

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