On Sep 25, 2011, at 8:17 AM, <grass-dev-requ...@lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
> Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 13:46:37 +0200 > From: Martin Landa <landa.mar...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [GRASS-dev] requring explicit input=- > To: Hamish <hamis...@yahoo.com> > Cc: grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org > Message-ID: > <CA+Ei1Oc1hE7+gc8HYVCfEek_16_tTcs7eKJHup2W0efPi=5...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > 2011/9/24 Hamish <hamis...@yahoo.com>: >> re. r48434 ?(and a number of other places) >> >> it's a PITA to have to type input=- all the time from the command >> line in places where it can be readily inferred. > > well, I don't think that it's a PITA, it's just a little bit more > typing, in this case `i=-` ;-) Personally I would incline to force > user to define that stdin should be read. It leads to the more > readable module interface and probably less confusing for CLI > newcomers. What's your opinion, GRASS power users? On Sep 25, 2011, at 8:17 AM, <grass-dev-requ...@lists.osgeo.org> wrote: > Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 16:34:00 +0200 > From: Martin Landa <landa.mar...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [GRASS-dev] Re: requring explicit input=- > To: Hamish <hamis...@yahoo.com> > Cc: grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org > Message-ID: > <CA+Ei1Od6c-PtN-qy1KuK5ZVAoutGKM9Fj3=Qjr=q5-krjap...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > 2011/9/24 Hamish <hamis...@yahoo.com>: >> can anyone think of a case where "-" would ever be used as an >> arbit'rary string, not meaning stdin? >> I guess it is a similar probability to someone wanting to use a >> literal "-" as a file or map name. g.message is all I can think >> of, but that's not used in the gui menu. > > I don't know, anyway this rude check can be always replaced by full > check (gtask.parse_command/interface). wxGUI is quite over-complicated > (too much commands running on the background), let's try a simple > check first (without checking type of the options). I agree with Martin in both cases. Michael _______________________________________________ grass-dev mailing list grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev
