Hi Dave, I fear we can document whatever we want, this misunderstanding happens again and again. With the --style option it is very obvious and the user will find out. With other options like --link-pois-to-ways it might take longer as its effect is not so obvious. Maybe mkgmap should warn once when such an option is not the same for all processed tiles?
I've changed the error message a little bit : Severe(Main): name: input file 'name' doesn't exist. Maybe it should be changed to "SEVERE (Main): name: input file 'name' doesn't exist. Was it meant as an option?" because the "filename" has no dot and thus no extension? Gerd ________________________________________ Von: Dave Swarthout <daveswarth...@gmail.com> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 4. Juni 2020 01:11 An: Gerd Petermann Cc: Development list for mkgmap Betreff: Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options file I agree that the bit about parm placement should not be repeated. I saw and read the text you provided but for some reason associated it more with splitter rather than mkgmap as a whole. It doesn't stand out very well the way it's written now. My bad. Also, I think it would be good if the filename in the error message was enclosed in quotes. Again, it might be obvious to you developers that "file name" is different than "filename" but it wasn't to me. If the message had said "SEVERE (Main): name: file "name" doesn't exist, it would have been so much more helpful. I'm all set now. Thanks very much, Gerd. Dave On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 10:24 PM Gerd Petermann <gpetermann_muenc...@hotmail.com<mailto:gpetermann_muenc...@hotmail.com>> wrote: Hi Dave, See r4511. I don't know if it helps, command line parsing depends on the OS / used shell as well. On windows this change allows to use --name-tag-list="name:de,name:en, name" Reg. your other question about the documentation of the importance of order in the options: This is documented and it is true for almost all options, so it makes no sense to repeat the hint for each option: "The order of the options is significant in that options only apply to subsequent input files. If you are using splitter, you probably will need to put most of your options before '-c template.args' (this file is generated by splitter). " Gerd ________________________________________ Von: Dave Swarthout <daveswarth...@gmail.com<mailto:daveswarth...@gmail.com>> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 3. Juni 2020 16:59 An: Gerd Petermann Cc: Development list for mkgmap Betreff: Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options file OMG! An extra space? Yep, that fixed it. Is there some way to make the processing of that parm string more robust? Thank you for your quick response. On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 6:01 PM Gerd Petermann <gpetermann_muenc...@hotmail.com<mailto:gpetermann_muenc...@hotmail.com><mailto:gpetermann_muenc...@hotmail.com<mailto:gpetermann_muenc...@hotmail.com>>> wrote: Hi Dave, I think there is a superflous space in the name-tag-list before name: name:en,loc_name:en,int_name,alt_name:en,short_name:en, name This means that mkgmap searches for an input file with the name 'name' and that also explains the error message. Gerd ________________________________________ Von: mkgmap-dev <mkgmap-dev-boun...@lists.mkgmap.org.uk<mailto:mkgmap-dev-boun...@lists.mkgmap.org.uk><mailto:mkgmap-dev-boun...@lists.mkgmap.org.uk<mailto:mkgmap-dev-boun...@lists.mkgmap.org.uk>>> im Auftrag von Dave Swarthout <daveswarth...@gmail.com<mailto:daveswarth...@gmail.com><mailto:daveswarth...@gmail.com<mailto:daveswarth...@gmail.com>>> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 3. Juni 2020 12:33 An: Development list for mkgmap Betreff: [mkgmap-dev] Options file This is a two-part question. Firstly: I have been trying to change my compilation method to use a config file but am having problems. During my experimentations I managed to insert the style file directive "--style-file=directory|zip-filename|url" _after_ the filespec for the OSM data file. My map compiled without errors but was not using my styles. I was very confused because it had always worked before. It took me 20 or 30 minutes to discover that I had accidentally "misplaced" my style file parameter in the mkgmp parameter list. Once I moved it in front of the filespecs for my OSM data file and custom TYP file, all was well again. I am assuming that the "options" file included with every mkgmap download is the primary help file for running mkgmap. So I guess I'm asking if someone would please add a sentence to the options file where the use _and placement_ of the style file parameter is explained more completely. The way it is now, one cannot know that the placement of that parameter is important. Apparently, the placement of ALL parameters must come before any filespecs in the mkgmap invocation but that important fact isn't obvious (at least to me) from reading the options help file. A line saying "the style file parameter must appear before any references to a file specification for input data or custom TYP file." inserted just after the "=== Style options ===" section divider would be very helpful Or perhaps a line at the very top of the options file saying "Note: all options specified herein must appear on the mkgmap invocation before any reference to an OSM input file or a custom TYP file." ******************************************* Secondly: The problem I'm having with using a configuration file might be related to file specifications, but I'm not sure. My first try used the filespecs in quotes as they appear in my parm specification. That didn't work. When I compile a map using the scenario below, mkgmap produces an error saying "SEVERE (Main): name: file name doesn't exist" but does not supply a filename. Not very helpful. Here is my mkgmap invocation string and the configuration file I'm trying to employ: java -Xmx4000m -jar mkgmap.jar -c DJS.cfg --family-id=18028 --name-tag-list=name:en,loc_name:en,int_name,alt_name:en,short_name:en, name --description="Lanna" --country-name=THAILAND --country-abbr=THA "C:\Users\alask\Downloads\Maps\Lanna.osm" "C:\Users\alask\Dropbox\Mapping\24983djs.TYP" And the config file: DJS.cfg follows: gmapsupp route index bounds=C:\Users\alask\Downloads\Maps\bounds.zip precomp-sea=C:\Users\alask\Downloads\Maps\sea.zip generate-sea=land-tag=natural=background location-autofill=is_in,nearest housenumbers max-jobs drive-on=detect add-pois-to-areas link-pois-to-ways process-destination process-exits code-page=1252 check-routing-island-len=700 remove-ovm-work-files #road-name-config=mkgmap-rel/examples/roadNameConfig.txt split-name-index make-opposite-cycleways order-by-decreasing-area style-file=C:\Users\alask\Dropbox\Mapping\DJS_styles I'm sure you experts will easily see what I'm doing wrong. Thanks in advance. Cheers, Dave -- Dave Swarthout Homer, Alaska Chiang Mai, Thailand Travel Blog at http://dswarthout.blogspot.com -- Dave Swarthout Homer, Alaska Chiang Mai, Thailand Travel Blog at http://dswarthout.blogspot.com -- Dave Swarthout Homer, Alaska Chiang Mai, Thailand Travel Blog at http://dswarthout.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ mkgmap-dev mailing list mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/mkgmap-dev
