[Qgis-user] Re: Qgis-user Digest, Vol 39, Issue 16

[Kurt Springs]

It started life as an ascii file I created in Barebone Textwrangler.   
I imported it into GRASS using v.in.ascii to create point vectors,  
hence the extra code.  I just need a way to clean up the unnecessary  
code to create labels for  my maps I intend to put in my dissertation.

Kurt
On May 13, 2009, at 3:17 AM, qgis-user-request at lists.osgeo.org wrote:

> Kurt Springs wrote:
>> I am trying to label certain sites.  I originally used ascii files to
>> put the sites into GRASS.  However, this leaves some ascii codes in  
>> the
>> labels in Qgis.
>>
>> For example, the label comes out:  #1 %51 @"Cat. 51".  All I need is
>> Cat. 51 to appear on the map.  This is in column str_1.  The "toggle
>> editing mode" button is grayed out.  How can I edit this column?
>>
>> Thanks for any help.
>>
>> Kurt
>
> Is this a GRASS layer? What backend did you use for the attribute  
> table?
> If it's dbf, just open the dbf in excel or openoffice calc edit and  
> save
> back to dbf. The files should be in your mapset directory under a dbf
> folder. If you used a database backend the answer will vary by  
> database.
>
> Alex

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