[mkgmap-dev] Suggestions

Tue Dec 8 22:26:55 GMT 2009

Hi Mark,

Windows users don't have the feature.
I will see if I get any other feedback on the styles before I attempt it.

Peter..

On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 8:25 AM, Mark Burton <markb at ordern.com> wrote:
>
> Hello Peter & Suzie
>
>> 1. The first suggestion I have is to output the warning messages in
>> html format so that when the url for a problem is logged, the file can
>> be opened in a browser and just click on the link to problem.
>> I played with this and it seems to work, maybe an extra option could
>> be added to output this format so the default is how it is now?
>
> I don't know what system you are using but on Linux, all I have to to
> is display the log file in a terminal window (using less) and I can
> copy URLs straight from the text by putting the cursor over the URL
> and using the right mouse button to pop up a context menu. No need for
> a browser.
>
>> 2. This may be able to be done already but I could not see how,
>> currently I use my own style files to create the output I desire but
>> every time a new feature is added the the default ones I need to get
>> that and add to all my style sets or reapply my changes to the default
>> ones.
>> It would be good to have the ability to create a set of overide style
>> files that only contain things that are to be changed from the default
>> style you are using and some type of marker so some default ones can
>> be deleted.
>>
>> Are they worth me looking at?
>
> Perhaps, but given that a lot of people use radically different style
> files from the default, it may not be taken up by the hard-core
> stylers? Don't know, just guessing.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mark
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