> Thinking there must be a solution to this, I searched the wiki, and found it (Thanks Bruce!).
Thanks Footleg. In truth my wiki edits are selfishly motivated. They are my personal reminders, and the wiki is a good place to store them. Also an attempt to entice new users, but that has not been successful (yet) in my local community. And also hopefully people will point out when I have not found the best way to do things. >I can use the -station-names option on my scraps in the sketch to say what the full name of the station should be. But my station names do not need a prefix (it is already set from the xvi file by the editor) and with a bit of experimentation I discovered that to omit the prefix I have to put a pair of double-quotes as the prefix. This works, but is there a neater way to do it? e.g. -station-names "" @ShortDryWay.swildons means my station with -name 3.3 will be treated as 3.3 at ShortDryWay.swildons in the scrap and this is what my station in the complete cave centreline data is named so it works. It just seems unintuitive to have to give a blank prefix this way. The way I was advised to do it way back was with square brackets []. Not sure if there is a reason why they are preferred over "". I should have made that clearer in the drawing checklist page. I have hinted at it here. http://therion.speleo.sk/wiki/doku.php/paperless?s[]=station <http://therion.speleo.sk/wiki/doku.php/paperless?s%5b%5d=station&s%5b%5d=na mes> &s[]=names Search for [ >Bruce's example also includes author and copyright options on the scraps. How does Therion use these? Or are they just allowed on the scrap options but not used in any generated output? Copyright information is displayed in pdf headers in the same way as surveyors and explorers if you >While reading Bruce's excellent advice pages on data structures I spotted some places where more recent developments or ways I work make things easier since the section was written. I am deeply embarrassed that I have not been able to finish the 'organisation' pages. It is because I have realized that the system I have adopted does not scale well to large systems. The realization is coming to me that it is good in some circumstances, but I need to clarify what those circumstances are. I have an inkling of a better system, but I need to put it to some use before I write more (and find time.). Still, I think some of the finer detail remains valid regardless of the overall way data is organized. People are welcome to add to and improve 'my' pages. >So I've added a tip on getting data off PDA via memory card, and a link to Andrew's TopParser application to this wiki page: http://therion.speleo.sk/wiki/doku.php/paperless#data_transfer_from_pocketto po_to_therion Thanks Footleg. I think your advice re the memory card is not the way intended by Beat. From memory the better way is to store data to main memory and make sure you have a memory card installed. Pockettopo will automatically save backups regularly to the memory card, and makes sure it is never writing two files simultaneously. That way, only one of the pair of files may be being written to, and thus potentially corrupt at the instant the pda is smashed to pieces. Also, you have two copies of the file, so more chance of recovery. From time to time I have checked and opened the backup files (when the pda is in a safe place) and it seems they are usable files created transparently without any user intervention. (Just make sure the pda OS recognizes there is a card installed). Re using the memory card to transfer data. In the normal course of events, my preference is to leave the card permanently sealed up in the device. Plugging in a usb cable or using bluetooth is quicker and less likely to damage the seals (Our pdas get lots of grit, mud and submersion each trip). Granted there will be variations between devices and user preferences. Bruce -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.speleo.sk/pipermail/therion/attachments/20130616/bb84880f/attachment.html>
