Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options file

2020-06-04 Thread Gerd Petermann
nt: 04 June 2020 06:11 To: daveswarth...@gmail.com Cc: Development list for mkgmap Subject: Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options file 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

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options file

2020-06-04 Thread Mike Baggaley
e 2020 06:11 To: daveswarth...@gmail.com Cc: Development list for mkgmap Subject: Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options file 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

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options file

2020-06-03 Thread Gerd Petermann
and in3.osm Normally, this only makes sense for options like --description or --mapname which typically change with each input file. Gerd Von: Dave Swarthout Gesendet: Donnerstag, 4. Juni 2020 07:52 An: Gerd Petermann Cc: Development list for mkgmap Betre

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options file

2020-06-03 Thread Dave Swarthout
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 > > ________

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options file

2020-06-03 Thread Gerd Petermann
ant as an option?" because the "filename" has no dot and thus no extension? Gerd Von: Dave Swarthout Gesendet: Donnerstag, 4. Juni 2020 01:11 An: Gerd Petermann Cc: Development list for mkgmap Betreff: Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options file

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options file

2020-06-03 Thread Dave Swarthout
gt; by > splitter). " > > Gerd > > ____________ > Von: Dave Swarthout > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 3. Juni 2020 16:59 > An: Gerd Petermann > Cc: Development list for mkgmap > Betreff: Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options file > > OMG! An extra

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options file

2020-06-03 Thread Gerd Petermann
re '-c template.args' (this file is generated by splitter). " Gerd Von: Dave Swarthout 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,

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options file

2020-06-03 Thread Dave Swarthout
___ > Von: mkgmap-dev im Auftrag von > Dave Swarthout > 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 meth

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options file

2020-06-03 Thread Gerd Petermann
age. Gerd Von: mkgmap-dev im Auftrag von Dave Swarthout 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 havin

[mkgmap-dev] Options file

2020-06-03 Thread Dave Swarthout
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

Re: [mkgmap-dev] options --process-destination and --process-exits

2015-05-17 Thread Gerd Petermann
Hi again, oops, sorry, meant motorway_link, not motorway_junction: http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/21992225 I think this node should not be ignored, right? Gerd From: gpetermann_muenc...@hotmail.com To: mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk Date: Sun, 17 May 2015 09:40:54 +0200 Subject: [mkgmap-dev

[mkgmap-dev] options --process-destination and --process-exits

2015-05-17 Thread Gerd Petermann
Hi all, the discussion with Dave http://gis.19327.n5.nabble.com/Routing-parameters-tp5844762.html forced me to look at the sources for these two options --process-destination and --process-exits I think there are a few problems in the source LinkDestinationHook.java: I think one is a typo: It

[mkgmap-dev] Options

2015-04-28 Thread Anna Leuchter
Hello Gerd, sorry for the delay. "better than nothing" simply means that this is actually the only possibility, to create Points along a way to mark a hiking trail based on relations. In fact this is not really satiesfying but it is actually the only way. That's the reason why i said "better tha

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options

2015-04-27 Thread Walter Schlögl
need no extra deletion rule. Walter From: Gerd Petermann Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2015 11:10 PM To: mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk Subject: Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options Hi Walter, sorry, did not notice that the way is a polygon, but you probably got me right anyway. On the other hand, I still

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options

2015-04-25 Thread Gerd Petermann
rg.uk Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2015 22:46:43 +0200 Subject: Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options Hi Gerd, a closed loop is an interesting example. I don’t know, what mkgmap:line2poitype=mid would do here. At the moment I would expect to get additional POIs with all 4 tags aerialway, leisure, name, sport If

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options

2015-04-25 Thread Walter Schlögl
aerialway + name. With --add-pois-to-lines=aerialway,name I would expect the same result like after the deletion. Walter From: Gerd Petermann Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2015 8:21 PM To: mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk Subject: Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options Hi Walter, what exactly would you want to

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options

2015-04-25 Thread Gerd Petermann
. The only disadvantage of the existing solution is, that you should not forget the delete the not used pois, otherwise some lines would look really ugly. Walter From: Gerd Petermann Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2015 7:04 AM To: mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk Subject: Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options

2015-04-25 Thread Walter Schlögl
the existing solution is, that you should not forget the delete the not used pois, otherwise some lines would look really ugly. Walter From: Gerd Petermann Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2015 7:04 AM To: mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk Subject: Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options Hi Walter

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options

2015-04-24 Thread Gerd Petermann
Hi Walter, I am using add-pois-to-lines to place overlay symbols on aerialways. Since the option has no parameters, for which tag is shall be applied, I am simply deleting all not needed POIs with some additional lines. leisure=* & mkgmap:line2poi=true {delete leisure} natural=cliff&

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options

2015-04-24 Thread Walter Schlögl
ay, April 24, 2015 7:35 AM To: mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk Subject: Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options Hi Gert, yes, I think it must be useful, I also see it in Minkos styles at http://www.openfietsmap.nl/ I don't fully understand the "better than nothing" part . The current code adds

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options

2015-04-23 Thread Gerd Petermann
for the minimum distance between two generated POI when the way has more than 3 points. Gerd From: aleu...@web.de To: mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2015 19:11:32 +0200 Subject: [mkgmap-dev] Options Hi, accidentally(more or less) i found the thread regarding review of mkgmap

[mkgmap-dev] Options

2015-04-23 Thread Anna Leuchter
Hi, accidentally(more or less) i found the thread regarding review of mkgmap options and the list on wiki http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mkgmap/dev/option-review. --add-pois-to-lines This can be useful if you plan to add marker e.g. for waymarked trails. Ok, in fact it's not the best s

[mkgmap-dev] Options

2015-04-23 Thread Anna Leuchter
Hi,   accidentally(more or less) i found the thread regarding review of mkgmap options and the list on wiki http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mkgmap/dev/option-review.   --add-pois-to-lines   This can be useful if you plan to add marker e.g. for waymarked trails. Ok, in fact it's not the bes

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options

2015-04-14 Thread Gerd Petermann
Subject: Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options Hi Steve, okay, I'll try to update the wiki first. Can't believe that it is already more than two years old :-O Gerd > Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2015 20:59:58 +0100 > From: st...@parabola.me.uk > To: mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk > Su

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options

2015-04-07 Thread Gerd Petermann
Hi Steve, okay, I'll try to update the wiki first. Can't believe that it is already more than two years old :-O Gerd > Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2015 20:59:58 +0100 > From: st...@parabola.me.uk > To: mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk > Subject: Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options > >

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options

2015-04-05 Thread Steve Ratcliffe
Hi Gerd I'd like to change some defaults. My understanding so far is that most people want a routable map with address search and housenumber search. So, I think the following options should be on by default: --route --net --index --housenumbers --x-split-name-index --link-pois-to-ways --driv

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options

2015-04-05 Thread Gerd Petermann
Hi, I don't know the code that creates the indexes that well. Can't say. Gerd From: anorcar...@hotmail.com To: mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2015 12:49:58 -0300 Subject: Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options Gerd beyond, it would be possible to do this also for a city searc

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options

2015-04-05 Thread A. Carlos
From: gpetermann_muenc...@hotmail.com To: mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2015 17:39:52 +0200 Subject: Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options Hi Carlos, you are probably right. I've added this option to my list because it helped with the address search when ref

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options

2015-04-05 Thread Gerd Petermann
s used for housenumbers (mkgmap:street) is also used as a label. If all 4 possible labels are filled with other names, the last one is overwritten. Gerd > Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2015 17:06:34 +0200 > From: cdavi...@orangecorreo.es > To: mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk > Subject: Re: [mkgmap-dev] Opt

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options

2015-04-05 Thread A. Carlos
> Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2015 17:06:34 +0200 > From: cdavi...@orangecorreo.es > To: mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk > Subject: Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options > > In general I agree with your list, but I'm not sure if > --x-split-name-index is a g

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options

2015-04-05 Thread Carlos Dávila
In general I agree with your list, but I'm not sure if --x-split-name-index is a good candidate. First, it's still an experimental option, and second, it was said it's not that useful for English and other languages with street type at the end of street name. El 05/04/15 a las 16:24, Gerd Pete

[mkgmap-dev] Options

2015-04-05 Thread Gerd Petermann
Hi all, I'd like to change some defaults. My understanding so far is that most people want a routable map with address search and housenumber search. So, I think the following options should be on by default: --route --net --index --housenumbers --x-split-name-index --link-pois-to-ways --dri

Re: [mkgmap-dev] options make-all-cycleways and make-cycleways

2014-03-25 Thread Henning Scholland
As I remember correct, the result was: You should use continue or continue_with_actions instead of these cycleway-options. ;) Henning ___ mkgmap-dev mailing list mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/mkgmap-dev

[mkgmap-dev] options make-all-cycleways and make-cycleways

2014-03-25 Thread Gerd Petermann
Hi all, I think this was discussed before, but I don't remember the result. I must confess that I don't fully understand the idea of these two options while make-opposite-cycleways seems to make sense. To allow bicycle traffic for a road that is NOT a oneway, why do we add an additional way? T

[mkgmap-dev] options for overview map

2013-05-08 Thread Gerd Petermann
Hi, the code in the overview2 branch is nearly ready for trunk now, but the configuration and documentaion is not yet ready. The current implementation in the overview2 branch adds these new options: --overview-levels like levels, specifies additional levels that are to be written to the ove

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options

2012-12-10 Thread Henning Scholland
It would be quite hard to understand, if you have a part of it in action-rules and a part in []. So I would like to keep it in []-part. Also I don't like special tags very much. We'll need a maximum for road_speed, a minimum, a fix value (actual road_speed with --ignore-maxspeed) and a default

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options

2012-12-10 Thread Felix Hartmann
well the current behaviour is, that road_speed=* is not set fix at all. It is only used if maxspeed is not found. That concept is clearly flawed. So your proposal would be to keep that concept, but change it to a line like the following: a) highway=motorway [0x01 road_class=4 road_speed=6 road_

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options

2012-12-10 Thread Henning Scholland
Hmm...ok so you want to add eg. road_speed_max=4 and after all style processing mkgmap should convert maxspeed=* to road_speed and take care, that road_speed has a maximum value of 4. I think you wont need something like road_speed=* to set it fix (actual behaviour, I wouldn't change this)and c

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options

2012-12-10 Thread Felix Hartmann
On 08.12.2012 20:40, WanMil wrote: >> --drive-on-left, --drive-on-right -- Could this be included into the >> country abbr list we have in the resources - there are not so many >> drive-on-left countries anyhow, so we just add them, and assume >> drive-on-right for all other countries. Option is a

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options

2012-12-10 Thread Felix Hartmann
On 10.12.2012 14:43, Henning Scholland wrote: Hi Felix Am 10.12.2012 14:20, schrieb Felix Hartmann: road_speed=4 === set current road_speed to 4 or lower - if maxspeed is lower, but not higher (new behaviour) You mean: road_speed>4 {set road_speed=4 } No I don't mean road_sped>4 -- I actual

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options

2012-12-10 Thread Henning Scholland
Hi Felix Am 10.12.2012 14:20, schrieb Felix Hartmann: road_speed=4 === set current road_speed to 4 or lower - if maxspeed is lower, but not higher (new behaviour) You mean: road_speed>4 {set road_speed=4 } road_speed_fixed=4 == set current road_speed to 4 no matter maxspeed, recommended spee

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options

2012-12-10 Thread WanMil
> What sub-options to generate-sea does everyone use? Are the defaults > most likely to result in an un-flooded map or does it depend too much > on which part of the world you are creating a map for? > > ..Steve Hi Steve, I'll try to go more into detail of the suboptions: multipolygon and polygo

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options

2012-12-10 Thread Felix Hartmann
On 10.12.2012 13:34, Steve Ratcliffe wrote: > > Hi Felix > > Thanks for your thoughts. > >> --ignore-maxspeeds , Strong Objection. For a bicycle map it is really >> needed. I don't want mkgmap messing around with maxspeeds. It's also >> about performance, why calculate something if it's not neede

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options

2012-12-10 Thread Henning Scholland
Am 10.12.2012 13:34, schrieb Steve Ratcliffe: > Hi Felix > > Thanks for your thoughts. > >> --ignore-maxspeeds , Strong Objection. For a bicycle map it is really >> needed. I don't want mkgmap messing around with maxspeeds. It's also >> about performance, why calculate something if it's not needed

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options

2012-12-10 Thread Charlie Ferrero
On 10 Dec 2012, at 15:32, Steve Ratcliffe wrote: > > > What sub-options to generate-sea does everyone use? Are the defaults > most likely to result in an un-flooded map or does it depend too much > on which part of the world you are creating a map for? > > . I use generate-sea:polygons,exte

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options

2012-12-10 Thread Henning Scholland
Am 10.12.2012 12:32, schrieb Steve Ratcliffe: > Thanks for the explanation, If there is no option that is clearly > superior in all cases, then there is no problem in having more than > one, it just falls to documentation to explain which one to use in > which case. > > What sub-options to generate

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options

2012-12-10 Thread Steve Ratcliffe
Hi Felix Thanks for your thoughts. > --ignore-maxspeeds , Strong Objection. For a bicycle map it is really > needed. I don't want mkgmap messing around with maxspeeds. It's also > about performance, why calculate something if it's not needed. What do you object to? I'll explain what I mean by

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options

2012-12-10 Thread Steve Ratcliffe
Hi WanMil Thanks for your thoughts. I'm building up a good picture of how many of the options are used now. Just a couple of points. > [ --family-id , --family-name etc ] > Of course keep them. But it would be helpful if at least the wiki gives > some hints where the different values are used (

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options

2012-12-09 Thread Josef Latt
Am 10.12.2012 00:40, schrieb wilpin: > although newbies may not realise tdbs are only required by Mapsource/Bascamp + QLandkarteGT ___ mkgmap-dev mailing list mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk http://lists.mkgmap.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/mkgmap-dev

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options

2012-12-09 Thread wilpin
--add-pois-to-lines I think essential to keep this option so we can display hiking route icons - a feature not encountered in Garmin's Active Route Topos --no-poi-address I don't think it works but we could do with an option to prevent benches,pylons etc to be listed when searching for a poi

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options

2012-12-08 Thread Felix Hartmann
On 08.12.2012 20:03, Henning Scholland wrote: > Am 08.12.2012 19:04, schrieb Felix Hartmann: >> --location-autofil :: If I understand right, it is still a backup if >> bounds fail. I currently use --location-autofill=bounds,is_in,nearest >> because I want is_in first, secon nearest to provide the

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options

2012-12-08 Thread Thorsten Kukuk
On Sat, Dec 08, Geoff Sherlock wrote: > Here are my thoughts: > > -n name, --mapname=name > --description=text > --country-name=name > --country-abbr=abbreviation > --region-name=name > --region-abbr=abbreviation > --latin1, --code-page=number > --levels=levels code > --family-id > --family-name

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options

2012-12-08 Thread WanMil
> --drive-on-left, --drive-on-right -- Could this be included into the > country abbr list we have in the resources - there are not so many > drive-on-left countries anyhow, so we just add them, and assume > drive-on-right for all other countries. Option is a very bad idea, > because you can't use

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options

2012-12-08 Thread Henning Scholland
Am 08.12.2012 19:04, schrieb Felix Hartmann: > --location-autofil :: If I understand right, it is still a backup if > bounds fail. I currently use --location-autofill=bounds,is_in,nearest > because I want is_in first, secon nearest to provide the location if the > precompiled bounds fail. Maybe mak

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options

2012-12-08 Thread Felix Hartmann
Here is my take on it for changes that are different or other input compared to the wiki: --country-name=? --- Well I use the cities list, but actually I would prefer this option for single country maps to take preference. I don't think the region--name is very important, because the search fun

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options

2012-12-08 Thread WanMil
> Hi > > I've written up my thoughts on each option on the wiki at: > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mkgmap/dev/option-review > > I think there are a few obsolete/unworking options that can be removed > straight away. > > I will come up with a mechanism for documenting and applying defaul

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options

2012-12-08 Thread Geoff Sherlock
Here are my thoughts: -n name, --mapname=name --description=text --country-name=name --country-abbr=abbreviation --region-name=name --region-abbr=abbreviation --latin1, --code-page=number --levels=levels code --family-id --family-name --product-id --product-version --series-name --area-name --over

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options

2012-12-08 Thread Steve Ratcliffe
Hi > As one of the "too many" complainers, my issue was not so much that > there were a lot of options, but that the typical new person's strategy > of ignoring them all did not lead to success. What you're doing > addresses that point, and also reduces unneeded options. OK, although calling w

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options

2012-12-07 Thread Henning Scholland
Am 07.12.2012 11:12, schrieb michael lohr: > --ignore-turn-restrictions should be kept for pure walking/cycling maps, > unless this can be achieved in the style. i never tried but something > like type=restriction {delete type} could maybe replace it. I think it's the better way, to move it into

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options

2012-12-07 Thread Chris66
Am 06.12.2012 21:18, schrieb Steve Ratcliffe: > I think there are a few obsolete/unworking options that can be removed > straight away. --adjust-turn-headings Sometimes leads to routing errrors. Should be removed or reworked. Chris ___ mkgmap-dev m

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options

2012-12-07 Thread michael lohr
--ignore-turn-restrictions should be kept for pure walking/cycling maps, unless this can be achieved in the style. i never tried but something like type=restriction {delete type} could maybe replace it. --add-pois-to-lines can be used for hiking path symbols micha Am 06.12.2012 21:18, schri

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options

2012-12-06 Thread Henning Scholland
Am 07.12.2012 00:42, schrieb Greg Troxel: --check-foo: replace with --warnings/--nowarnings, defaulting to warnings. Put in some output warning file, with a prefix by warning type for grep. Don't worry about enabling/disabling them individually. I think such warnings shouldn't be defaul

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options

2012-12-06 Thread Henning Scholland
Hi Steve, here are my thoughts about it: --latin1 should be removed it's the same as --code-page=1252 --index default on could break map-creation on older machines, don't know if this would be good --createbounds keep or put it in a separate tool, maybe together with create precompiled sea -

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options

2012-12-06 Thread Greg Troxel
Thanks for putting time into the options issue. As one of the "too many" complainers, my issue was not so much that there were a lot of options, but that the typical new person's strategy of ignoring them all did not lead to success. What you're doing addresses that point, and also reduces unne

[mkgmap-dev] Options

2012-12-06 Thread Steve Ratcliffe
Hi I've written up my thoughts on each option on the wiki at: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mkgmap/dev/option-review I think there are a few obsolete/unworking options that can be removed straight away. I will come up with a mechanism for documenting and applying default to options and

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options overhaul

2011-04-01 Thread Carlos Dávila
Sorry for my previous message. Clicked on the wrong button. El 29/03/11 17:48, Felix Hartmann escribió: > > On 29.03.2011 17:25, Carlos Dávila wrote: > >> El 29/03/11 16:50, Steve Ratcliffe escribió: >> >>> The aim is not just to remove options, but is much more about >>> improving how it

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options overhaul

2011-04-01 Thread Carlos Dávila
El 29/03/11 17:48, Felix Hartmann escribió: > > On 29.03.2011 17:25, Carlos Dávila wrote: > >> El 29/03/11 16:50, Steve Ratcliffe escribió: >> >>> The aim is not just to remove options, but is much more about >>> improving how it works in the default case without options, or to >>> remove

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options overhaul

2011-03-29 Thread Johann Gail
Also, if I'm not sure whether it is called "Avenida de la > Libertad", "Avenida la Libertad" or "Avenida Libertad", using spell menu > is much faster. Would it be possible to get partial searches working in > address search? > I know that this is technical possible and expect it to work in the near

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options overhaul

2011-03-29 Thread Felix Hartmann
On 29.03.2011 17:25, Carlos Dávila wrote: > El 29/03/11 16:50, Steve Ratcliffe escribió: >> The aim is not just to remove options, but is much more about >> improving how it works in the default case without options, or to >> remove the need for various options altogether that only ever existed >

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options overhaul

2011-03-29 Thread Carlos Dávila
El 29/03/11 16:50, Steve Ratcliffe escribió: > The aim is not just to remove options, but is much more about > improving how it works in the default case without options, or to > remove the need for various options altogether that only ever existed > to work around some bug that is fixed or could b

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options overhaul

2011-03-29 Thread Steve Ratcliffe
The aim is not just to remove options, but is much more about improving how it works in the default case without options, or to remove the need for various options altogether that only ever existed to work around some bug that is fixed or could be fixed very easily. The problem with --remove-shor

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options overhaul

2011-03-26 Thread Charlie Ferrero
On 25/03/2011 17:17, Steve Ratcliffe wrote: > Hi > > There is a new branch for an overhaul of the options. There are a > number of recent (and not so recent!) posts about options that are > badly documented, have the wrong defaults or just plain shouldn't > exist. > > The first couple of things I p

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options overhaul

2011-03-25 Thread Felix Hartmann
On 25.03.2011 18:22, Marko Mäkelä wrote: > Hi Steve, > > On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 01:17:22PM +, Steve Ratcliffe wrote: >> Things already on the list include: --charset, --remove-short-arcs > I agree that --charset (and possibly --latin1) should be removed, but > what is bad about remove-short-

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options overhaul

2011-03-25 Thread WanMil
> Hi > > There is a new branch for an overhaul of the options. There are a > number of recent (and not so recent!) posts about options that are > badly documented, have the wrong defaults or just plain shouldn't > exist. That's great! I think we should invest some time on mkgmap documentation. So

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options overhaul

2011-03-25 Thread Jeff Harris
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/25/2011 06:17 AM, Steve Ratcliffe wrote: > 2. Add a way to document old options and and give a warning that the > option is no longer in use and what should replace it if anything. > This will allow for options to be removed from the help list,

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options overhaul

2011-03-25 Thread Marko Mäkelä
Hi Steve, On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 01:17:22PM +, Steve Ratcliffe wrote: >Things already on the list include: --charset, --remove-short-arcs I agree that --charset (and possibly --latin1) should be removed, but what is bad about remove-short-arcs? I thought that it is useful when the map has

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options overhaul

2011-03-25 Thread Nakor
> Things already on the list include: --charset, --remove-short-arcs, > --ignore-osm-bounds, setting options inside the style (which can > already be done, its just not really used properly). > > . Is there any reason to remove --ignore-osm-bounds or is there any replacement? I use it very often

Re: [mkgmap-dev] Options overhaul

2011-03-25 Thread Henning Scholland
Hi I think it would be better for the user of mkgmap, that they get with the same used parameter the same result. Opt-in is better then opt-out. If I set --route, map should contain routing information and if I don't set --route, there shouldn't be any routing information in the map. I think t

[mkgmap-dev] Options overhaul

2011-03-25 Thread Steve Ratcliffe
Hi There is a new branch for an overhaul of the options. There are a number of recent (and not so recent!) posts about options that are badly documented, have the wrong defaults or just plain shouldn't exist. The first couple of things I plan to do in preparation are: 1. Make it possible to nega

Re: [mkgmap-dev] options: description

2009-08-27 Thread Valentijn Sessink
Valentijn Sessink schreef: > Like in the attached patch? ... which seems to contain a superfluous, but harmless, comment in SubArea.java. Sorry for that. V. ___ mkgmap-dev mailing list mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/mailman/list

Re: [mkgmap-dev] options: description

2009-08-27 Thread Valentijn Sessink
Steve Ratcliffe schreef: > Perhaps it belongs in the splitter doc then? Or the splitter > could leave out (or comment out) the description lines > by default, unless the --description option is given. Like in the attached patch? (Usual disclaimers apply: I'm not a programmer, I don't know Java, b

Re: [mkgmap-dev] options: description

2009-08-25 Thread Valentijn Sessink
Steve Ratcliffe schreef: > Perhaps it belongs in the splitter doc then? Or the splitter > could leave out (or comment out) the description lines > by default, unless the --description option is given. I agree. Although then still a remark about the -c filename "description" could be useful. (As y

Re: [mkgmap-dev] options: description

2009-08-25 Thread Steve Ratcliffe
Hi > But I do understand what you are saying. Does anyone else have an > opinion about this? Perhaps it belongs in the splitter doc then? Or the splitter could leave out (or comment out) the description lines by default, unless the --description option is given. ..Steve ___

Re: [mkgmap-dev] options: description

2009-08-25 Thread Valentijn Sessink
Marko Mäkelä schreef: >> +Please note: if you use "-c template.args", then that file may >> +contain a "description" that will override this option. > I would say "-c filename" instead of "-c template.args", so that it will > be possible to search for that string. And instead of "will over

Re: [mkgmap-dev] options: description

2009-08-25 Thread Marko Mäkelä
Hi Valentijn, > I agree. However, the "--description" not working gave me headaches, > that's why I mentioned it at the --description description. OK, I hope that it is a correct balance. Make the help text too verbose, and people won't read it. Make it too terse, and people won't understand it

Re: [mkgmap-dev] options: description

2009-08-25 Thread Valentijn Sessink
Hi all, Marko Mäkelä schreef: > "on on" should be "or on" Fixed (see attachment) >> +Please note: if you use splitter.jar to build a template.args file >> +and use -c template.args, then that file may contain a [...] > I think that this is a general remark that would better be documented

Re: [mkgmap-dev] options: description

2009-08-24 Thread Marko Mäkelä
Valentijn, Steve, list, On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 07:42:59AM +0200, Valentijn Sessink wrote: > This may be a better description of --description, it sort of warns for > the description that splitter puts in the args file. > Index: resources/help/en/options >

[mkgmap-dev] options: description

2009-08-24 Thread Valentijn Sessink
Steve, list, This may be a better description of --description, it sort of warns for the description that splitter puts in the args file. Best regards, Valentijn -- Durgerdamstraat 29, 1507 JL Zaandam; telefoon 075-7074579 Index: resources/help/en/options ===

Re: [mkgmap-dev] options update

2009-08-04 Thread Greg Troxel
Use this patch instead - minor typo/whitespace fixups. Index: README === --- README (revision 1118) +++ README (working copy) @@ -32,69 +32,43 @@ there. Another way would be to use a USB memory card writer. Another convenient way

[mkgmap-dev] options update

2009-08-04 Thread Greg Troxel
Here's a patch that: adds some options to the help file improves wording in the help file adds TODO items in the help file when I think something should be there but don't know the answer a bit of general cleanup in the help file removes option description from README, pointing pe