[mapserver-commits] r7469 - trunk/docs/references/cgi
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Thu Mar 20 09:42:36 EDT 2008
Author: jmckenna
Date: 2008-03-20 09:42:36 -0400 (Thu, 20 Mar 2008)
New Revision: 7469
Modified:
trunk/docs/references/cgi/controls.txt
Log:
remove mention of rfc
Modified: trunk/docs/references/cgi/controls.txt
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--- trunk/docs/references/cgi/controls.txt 2008-03-19 23:02:56 UTC (rev 7468)
+++ trunk/docs/references/cgi/controls.txt 2008-03-20 13:42:36 UTC (rev 7469)
@@ -249,12 +249,6 @@
Previous versions of the MapServer CGI program allowed certain parameters
to be changed via a URL using a cumbersome syntax such as
map_layer_0_class_0_color=255+0+0 which changes the color in one classObj.
-Not only was this cumbersome for users but also from a code maintenance
-perspective since we had to maintain separate loaders for URL-based config
-and file-based config. RFC-31 attempts to streamline both by migrating to
-a single object loading function that can be used with strings (either in
-MapScript or via URL) or with files.
-
So, in the past you have to change parameters one-at-a-time. Now you can
pass chunks of mapfiles (with security restrictions) to the CGI interface.
The map_object notation is still necessary to identify which object you
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