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

[Alan Crosswell]

I've added some todo items for map_shp --with-dbfawk in the opening 
comment block for map_shp.c.  Feel free to remove items from that list:-)

/a

Curt Mills, WE7U wrote:
> 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.
>