[Xastir] dbfawk and tiled shape files

[Curt, WE7U]

On Thu, 26 Apr 2007, Mike Fenske wrote:

>  You can get by with one dbfawk file if the dbf fields are the
>  same for each shapefile and you want each shapefile displayed the
>  same. Sounds like this is what you want. I have done just that
>  here with a large shapefile I split up. Put the dbfawk file in
>  the /usr/local/share/xastir/config directory. The name of the
>  file doesn't really matter. Name it something so you can remember
>  what shapefile set it's for. The important thing is that the
>  "dbffields" list matches the dbf fields of the shapefile set.
>
> I'm not sure, but I think you have to either restart Xastir or
> maybe "re-index all maps" to get it to recognize the new dbfawk
> file. Tom or Curt will know for sure :)

As I recall, the rules are:

*) If it is in the directory listed above, you have to restart
   Xastir to reload that file.

*) If it's a per-map dbfawk that's located with the map file itself,
   loading the map reloads the dbfawk.

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