Hi,
2011/9/24 Glynn Clements :
> "-" doesn't have to be special-cased for all options, only for options
> with gisprompt == "old,file,input" (output=- isn't a problem). If an
> old,file,input option has a default value of "-", the GUI should
> discard the default.
right, hopefully fixed in r48450
Hamish wrote:
> can anyone think of a case where "-" would ever be used as an
> arbitrary 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.
"-"
2011/9/24 Hamish :
> 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.
Martin wrote:
> >> * `input=-` means that it will read data from standard input,
> >> so the command waits for that (it will wait for eternity if
> >> you do not provide any input;-)
Hamish:
> > I don't have a solution to that (probably common) problem,
Martin:
> try r48444 (trunk). When providing
2011/9/24 Hamish :
> Martin wrote:
>> * `input=-` means that it will read data from standard input,
>> so the command waits for that (it will wait for eternity if you
>> do not provide any input;-)
>
> I don't have a solution to that (probably common) problem, but
> fwiw I suspect less often people
Martin wrote:
> * `input=-` means that it will read data from standard input,
> so the command waits for that (it will wait for eternity if you
> do not provide any input;-)
I don't have a solution to that (probably common) problem, but
fwiw I suspect less often people will try "-" in the gui by
