Stacho Mudrak schrieb: > Well, currently we have 3 symbols in therion: floor-step (for steps > where no equipement is needed), pit (= step where equipement is > needed) and overhang. > > As far as I understand Austrian symbol set - your > floorstep:filled/unfilled should be applied to pit symbol, not > floorstep symbol. I guess you're right, it should be applied to the pit symbol. My first thought was, that a pit symbol should always be a closed line. But as the symbol is the same, a single name makes it simpler.
> But are you really in reality using different > symbols for pits over and under 10 m, especially when there is allways > number right beside the symbol? How is it in other countries - do > other people have experience with using different symbols for > different pit depths? > I'm checking this with people who were involved in the creation of the standard and use it more frequently than I do... > For me the correct solution for this problem would be to add parameter > to the pit/floor-step/overhang symbol with assigned depth, that would > be automatically shown on the map and available in metapost if you > would like to fill/unfill rectangles. > For the symbol I agree, yet I think the depth label should be placed manually for a nice position. > Another small issue is chimney/ceiling-step. You have there in your > symbol set "+" sign in the middle. If there will be separate height > symbol (e.g. +5 m) in the middle of the chimney, there will be two > times "+", which will not look very well. Here I would also suggest > adding chimney height as an argument to the chimney line and "+" > symbol will be shown, only if it will be assigned using this argument. > Yes, I wasn't happy with the '+' in the middle of the chimney anyway... > Your changes in a zip file are OK. I will diff and patch our sources. ok, I'm not sure wheter I'll get the way arguments are passed to metapost, but we'll see... Thanks for the good suggestions Georg.
