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. -- Curt, WE7U. APRS Client Comparisons: http://www.eskimo.com/~archer "Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math." -- unknown "Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates." -- WE7U "The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!" _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
