[Xastir] Maps, Defaults, and Chooser

[Chip G.]

I posted a little about the following a few weeks back. Now I have  
more information and a request.

I just did a CVS update and rebuild of Xastir. Once again upon  
restart I immediately noticed the "worldhi" map overlaying the  
Tigermap. When I brought up the "Map Chooser" I didn't see the  
worldhi map available to change. After fiddling a bit (rebuilds,  
expand dirs, etc) I was able to determine a few things:

1. When the "expand dirs" option is unchecked, the maps in the base  
map directory are not visible. This is counter-intuitive and not what  
I would expect. The only way to get to those maps in the base map  
directory is to "expand dirs." I would prefer to see them there (I  
don't normally keep anything there anyway, only the new default map  
which insists on reapplying itself there.

2. The default configuration of the worldhi.map is that it is  
Automaps=yes and Layer=1000. I am good with the first option but not  
the second. The idea behind the default map is to help those who have  
no maps (i.e., just starting out), not to hurt those who are just  
updating. By selecting a layer of 1000 it is consistently the top- 
most map. So I have ugly and inaccurate map lines drawn over my  
preferred maps until I take action. On the other hand, if the layer  
was defaulted to -999 then newbies would see it and we wouldn't  
(unless we wanted to see it).


So I would advocate a few changes:
1. I would like to see the Map Chooser display maps in the map base  
directory regardless of the state of the "expand dirs" option.
2. I would like to see the worldhi map have a default layer of "-999".
3. I would like to see the worldhi map in a sub-directory vice the  
map base directory. Perhaps a sub-directory called "Default". (This  
would make change #1 unnecessary but still desirable.)

73,
--de Chip (N1MIE) FN41bn