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 works in

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

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 be

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 to

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 future.

[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

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

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 for

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 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. Some

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-arcs?