[Xastir-Dev] Re: [Fwd: First attempt at using dbfawk fails miserably]

[Curt Mills, WE7U]

On Sat, 8 Nov 2003, Alan Crosswell wrote:

> Please do send a sample.  The default when dbfawk is disabled is a
> series of tests for various map types in the code.  However, dbfawk does
> not "break" cleanly when a signature doesn't match.  I will add that to
> the list of things to fix.  No need for a checkbox;  I'll just make a
> default.dbfawk which will be used when no other is found.

A checkbox, hidden away somewhere under the File->Configure menu,
might still be a good idea.  There might be a case where something
isn't handled "just-so" by dbfawk and you need to get usable maps up
in a hurry.

Then again, the current Shapefile code could use some tweaking in
order to make sure that unknown map types are displayed in some
usable default manner.  Right now you can get some odd behavior with
some maps.  Of course labels are the main problem, but you can
always turn them off.

So... Thinking about that last paragraph, perhaps having a default
dbfawk file that just draws points/lines/polygons as white or black
with no labels would be a good idea.  That's what I would do with
the generic hard-coded Shapefile routine anyway.

I think I just talked myself out of the dbfawk disable button idea.

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