[Mapserver-dev] include directive for mapfiles

[Paul Ramsey]

Tom,
Have you tried and given up on using cpp as a means of managing map 
files? I recently used a cpp/make combination for a larger project, and 
I thought it worked pretty OK.
Paul

On 29-Oct-04, at 6:44 AM, Kralidis,Tom [Burlington] wrote:

> During a spirited conversation with Frank and Dave last night, I was
> encouraged to send a post w.r.t. this subject, so here goes:
>
> For those of us running MapServer with multiple datasets, definitions,
> etc., it would be nice to be able to 'compartmentalize' mapfile chunks
> which other mapfiles can refer to.
>
> I'd be interested in hearing others' thoughts of defining a new mapfile
> object called 'INCLUDE', which does just that, include contents of
> another mapfile, i.e.:
>
> INCLUDE 'roads.map'
>
> Comments?
>
> Thanks
>
> ..Tom
>
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