[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #3575: Associate database/location/mapset with workspace file

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#3575: Associate database/location/mapset with workspace file
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  Reporter:  wenzeslaus  |      Owner:  grass-dev@…
      Type:              |     Status:  new
  enhancement            |
  Priority:  normal      |  Milestone:  8.0.0
 Component:  Startup     |    Version:  unspecified
Resolution:              |   Keywords:  workspace, location, wxGUI,
       CPU:              |  startup, save, load
  Unspecified            |   Platform:  All
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Comment (by wenzeslaus):

 When switch was not successful, the GUI in `glm_in_workspace.diff​` asks:
 "Do you want to proceed with opening the workspace anyway?" with answers
 Yes or No. No is the same as closing the dialog.

 The XML looks like (DTD included too):

 {{{
 <gxw>
     <session>
         <database>/home/vpetras/grassdata</database>
         <location>spearfish</location>
         <mapset>user1</mapset>
     </session>
     <layer_manager dim="43,52,625,628">
     ...
 }}}

 With the current (7.4) behavior, you could open the same workspace in
 multiple locations and load it successfully as long as the map names (and
 mapset names) were the same. Now this is only possible when you delete the
 session element. I used that feature once and I don't think it will be
 missed that much, but let me know.

 Problems (related, but not unique to this, but they just might be of
 greater importance):
 * #3631
 * History goes to different mapset without a warning (same behavior as
 ''Settings > GRASS working environment > ...'')

 ''Unrelated: Please create the 7.8 milestone.''

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/3575#comment:1>
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