[GRASS-dev] Default content for the "answer" to G_OPT_F_INPUT

[Nikos Alexandris]

* Moritz Lennert <mlennert at club.worldonline.be> [2018-04-17 15:56:10 +0200]:

>On 17/04/18 15:31, Nikos Alexandris wrote:
>>Dear developers,
>>
>>is there a way to set a string as the content of a default "answer" for
>>the G_OPT_F_INPUT option? I am trying to identify potential cases in the
>>grass-addons repository, but I am not sure I have seen something related.
>>
>>The G_OPT_F_INPUT offers a field to enter a filename. The default
>>"answer", for the parser, will be the name of the file.
>>
>>In addition, a field to "enter values directly" is created. The
>>description of this field is: "Enter file content directly instead of
>>specifying a file. Temporary file will be automatically created."
>>
>>Can this field be filled with a pre-defined content?
>>The use case is to expose, to the user, a pre-defined set of
>>reclassification rules. These will help a beginner to get started,
>>understand easier and modify rules as he sees fit.
>
>Use the 'answer' parameter:
>
>#% answer : myfilename
>
>Moritz

It works: it loads the content of an external file. Are we forced to use
external files in such a case? Which means an extra file has to be
shipped with the source code. 

Can we not use an in-script hardcoded string for example?

Thank you Moritz, Nikos
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