[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #2136: Create standard options for map or file base name (prefix)

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#2136: Create standard options for map or file base name (prefix)
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 Reporter:  wenzeslaus                   |       Owner:  grass-dev@…              
     Type:  defect                       |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  normal                       |   Milestone:  7.0.0                    
Component:  Parser                       |     Version:  svn-releasebranch64      
 Keywords:  base name, prefix, basename  |    Platform:  All                      
      Cpu:  All                          |  
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Comment(by wenzeslaus):

 Replying to [comment:11 zarch]:
 > Replying to [comment:10 annakrat]:
 > > Replying to [comment:9 zarch]:
 > > > Personally I like the use of a peculiar character like: », ■,
 > > > or other because user should never insert such characters
 > > > manually and clearly mark which maps are automatically generated
 > > > my GRASS modules, and as far as I know they have not particular
 > > > meaning in other system like shell, trac, etc..
 > > >
 > > >
 > >
 > > Map names can't have this weird characters, check `G_legal_filename`.
 > > I still think '`__`' is the best option.
 >
 > Yes, I know... But we can always change what is considered legal and
 what is not...
 >
 I would not risk anything what is non-ASCII. Moreover, it might be a good
 idea to avoid also all characters which has some meaning or must be
 escaped/quoted in various command lines or SQL. These include
 `(){}[]:.|$!&*`.

 Perhaps one underscore is enough. For GUI, it would be a big improvement
 to know that there was a basename.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/2136#comment:12>
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