[mkgmap-dev] option --mdr7-del: change or add new option?

Mon Jan 17 16:43:20 GMT 2022

Hi

I was noticing MdrCheck problems in Mdr7 with unicode and string
compression - not using mdr7-del so probably because of the
shield/prefix/sep/suffix markers. Looks like a slightly related
problem.

Ticker

On Mon, 2022-01-17 at 16:20 +0000, Gerd Petermann wrote:
> Hi Mike,
> 
> I fear it is even worth. The usage of mdr7-del seems to corrupt the
> address search index.
> Maybe only that for the PC.
> 
> @Ticker: When mdr7-del is used I see a lot of errors reported by
> MdrCheck and I can
> reproduce wrong search results in MapSource.
> I think the problem is that we calculate the flags based on the name
> which was
> processed by mdr7-del, but instead we should use the real name from
> the label.
> 
> I hope I can fix that...
> Gerd
> 
> ________________________________________
> Von: mkgmap-dev <mkgmap-dev-bounces at lists.mkgmap.org.uk> im Auftrag
> von Mike Baggaley <mike at tvage.co.uk>
> Gesendet: Montag, 17. Januar 2022 16:13
> An: mkgmap-dev at lists.mkgmap.org.uk
> Betreff: Re: [mkgmap-dev] option --mdr7-del: change or add new
> option?
> 
> Hi Gerd,
> 
> My suggestion was simply that it was more logical to remove them from
> anywhere, I don't actually use the option.
> I would be in favour of changing the existing option unless anyone
> states
> they specifically need to only remove the words from the end of the
> label.
> I would not be in favour of adding a new option unless there are
> users that
> need both implementations (which I think is unlikely).
> 
> The removal of words from anywhere would also give better results in
> the
> case where a number of words are added to the label, but one or more
> of the
> words has inadvertently been missed from the --mdr7-del option.
> 
> Cheers,
> Mike
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gerd Petermann [mailto:GPetermann_muenchen at hotmail.com]
> Sent: 17 January 2022 07:58
> To: mkgmap-dev at lists.mkgmap.org.uk
> Subject: [mkgmap-dev] option --mdr7-del: change or add new option?
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> the current implementation only removes words from the right.
> Felix and Mike both suggested to change that so that the listed words
> are
> removed anywhere,
> and I think Arndt's Style would also benefit.
> 
> Should I simply change the implementation and documentation
> or is backward compatibility important?
> If we want to be backward compatible we need a new option.
> This could be something like --mdr7-delx or --mdr7-del-all
> 
> Gerd
> 
> 
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