[Xastir] shape files

[vic]

Shapelib is compiled in, etc.
Deleted selected maps sys and maps index sys as you sugested and still no maps 
show up.  
Shall reinstall everthing again from scratch?
Thanks, Vic


>
> Assuming that you still have Shapelib support compiled in, it may be
> that you need to reindex all maps.  If you don't want to do that, you
> can try "touch" against each one of the ones you want to reindex and
> then reindex new maps.
>
> If those methods don't work, go into your .xastir/config/map_index.sys
> file and delete all of the entries, then reindex.  You can also waste
> the entire file and reindex as another option.
>
> Some of the methods I listed will get rid of your layers and other
> parameters you may have originally selected for the maps.  Since the
> directories have changed, I'm not sure they'll carry over anyway unless
> you hand-edit all of the paths in the file.  Might just be easiest to
> waste the file and start over with a reindex.
>
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