Hi Alastair
Is there a way to work with TEXINPUTS and relative paths?
The idea is to have a base folder in TEXINPUTS and to reference from this base
folder to the final files within the thconfig commands.
I tried but couldn't get it to work.
If you have a folder structure with a main folder for all the survey stuff and
subfolders for every cave system/survey project.
And also a subfolder for general stuff (may be with more subfolders).
Within every project you have the thconfig file with e.g. the \loadpicture
command.
Survey-Folder
General-Folder
image.jpg
Project-Folder
thconfig
I would like to reference with relative paths from that thconfig to the 1st
level subfolder with general stuff for example.
I added "....Survey-Folder//;" to TEXINPUTS and tried
"\loadpicture{/General-Folder/image.jpg}" but it didn't work.
If I add "....Survey-Folder/General-Folder//;" to TEXINPUTS it does work with
"\loadpicture{image.jpg}".
But this is not the resolution as you might reference in the thconfig file to
data within the project-folder.
regards,
Torsten
> alastair gott <[email protected]> hat am 27. November 2019 um 12:13
> geschrieben:
>
> HI Torsten and Bruce,
>
> I'm not a "coder" but I implemented the export Texinputs last night for
> relative file locations, It was OK in the end but it took me a while to work
> out where the export texinputs was actually kept.
>
> I broke texinputs on my PC last night by accidentally removing the final
> ;.
> Which meant that it could not find the normal therion functions to work,
> luckily I worked out my mistake.
>
> Do you think it would be possible to create a file within the therion
> software files where absolute file locations can be kept separately to the
> texinputs?
>
> This would allow you to ask anyone using your thconfig to go onto a
> publicly shared file system and copy it into their computer. ie
> C:\Users\alastair\OneDrive\#####
>
>
> If this is possible, would it also be possible to create another window
> in the thconfig which looks to the absolute file locations and allows you to
> "select" images from there. Much like the survey structure.
>
> which then spits out the code:
> code tex-map
> \legendbox{00} {140} {nw} {\loadpicture{<string>/TCP.png}}
> endcode
>
>
> Regards,
> Alastair Gott.
>
> [email protected],
> M: 07931779380.
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------
> From: Therion <[email protected]> on behalf of Torsten Schnitter
> via Therion <[email protected]>
> Sent: 27 November 2019 09:07
> To: List for Therion users <[email protected]>
> Cc: Torsten Schnitter <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Therion] How to rotate XVI?
>
>
> Hi Bruce
>
> Sometimes it is more trick than magic. ;-)
>
> I agree with this shaded line. That would be realy nice to have this
> available.
> May be with a paramter for the "thickness" of the shade.
>
> I have some more statements \def\maplayout{ \legendbox ...
> {\loadpicture...} } for pictures and elevation map. As you already have
> supposed. I deleted all this in the previous example to make it more easy to
> read.
> I'm using absolute paths for loadpicture commands.
> But it would be much better if you can use relative paths like
> ..\logos\picture.jpg
> I'm also looking forward for a better solution to this.
>
>
> regards,
> Torsten
>
> > > Bruce Mutton <[email protected]> hat am 26. November 2019 um 09:37
> geschrieben:
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the comprehensive answers Torsten
> >
> > I was a little disappointed that the surface ‘line’ turns out to be
> > a clever adaption of a long skinny ‘area’, but it is effective I suppose.
> > I seem to recall there was a conversation about creating a line with
> > shading along one side recently… That would be easier for the
> > draughtsperson if someone has solved that one. All the same, I think I may
> > use your method one day.
> >
> >
> >
> > The legend scaling is interesting, and I see now that you posted
> > this previously. I wonder if a similar approach could be taken to scaling
> > all the passage cross sections, with a simple ‘switch’?
> >
> >
> >
> > I guess your \def\maplayout{ also contains a couple of \loadpicture
> > statements, one for the Hidden river logo and one for the elevation. Are
> > you using absolute paths to specify the file to load, or environment
> > variables? I am interested in ways to make it easier for projects that are
> > used with version control across a number of different versioned branches
> > and computer systems. I have not got the time to experiment, but if the
> > environment variable has to point to the exact folder (as this page implies
> > https://therion.speleo.sk/wiki/tex#changing_the_look_or_layout_of_a_map_output),
> > I can imagine it becomes unworkable on a computer system with dozens of
> > cave projects, each comprising a number of caves.
> >
> > This post by Martin B
> > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg05519.html in 2015
> > suggests we can define a root folder with an environment variable, and then
> > spell out an absolute path relative to that. Unfortunately if one uses a
> > version control system that stores different development branches in
> > different folders, both approaches are even more problematic.
> >
> >
> >
> > Sorry that this thread is rambling around topics that bear little
> > relation to the original message.
> >
> >
> >
> > Bruce
> >
> >
> >
> > From: Therion <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Torsten
> > Schnitter via Therion
> > Sent: Monday, 25 November 2019 23:33
> > To: List for Therion users <[email protected]>
> > Cc: Torsten Schnitter <[email protected]>
> > Subject: [Therion] ***UNCHECKED*** Re: How to rotate XVI?
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > I got the answer for rotation XVI file already from Stephen Clark.
> > In the end it's easy and as Alastair also mentioned:
> > export map -fmt xvi -proj [elevation 45 deg] -o ....
> >
> > Concerning the questions from Bruce:
> > 1. Ground profile
> > You have to export a kml file from your passages. But only these
> > survey lines you would like to have the surface profile from.
> > There is a website where you can transform this kml data to surface
> > data. You will get an endless list with stations and added surface
> > altitude. The website ishttp://www.gpsvisualizer.com
> > I can't remember how to get the final file but there was still
> > some work to do on that file.
> > In the end you need a file like this to generate a XVI file from
> > that:
> > survey
> > centreline
> > date ....
> > cs lat-long
> > walls off
> > mark temporary
> > flags surface
> > fix 1 44.1234567 1.345678 123.4
> > .... more fix stations ....
> > data nosurvey from to
> > 1 2
> > 2 3
> > .....
> > endcentreline
> > endsurvey
> >
> > 2. Code for the surface line:
> > scrap
> > line wall -id surface_line -outline none -clip off
> > ...
> > endline
> > line border -id lower_line -subtype invisible -clip off
> > ...
> > endline
> > area u:surface_grey -clip off
> > surface_line
> > lower_line
> > endarea
> > endscrap
> >
> > The code for area surface_grey is attached to this mail.
> > (I'm not realy sure anymore about all the "-clip off" !?)
> >
> > 3. Text boxes and layout changes
> > This is a bit more complex. I will put this infos into an extra
> > email later.
> > Just give me some time to sort it out and to make it "readable" for
> > everyone.
> >
> > regards,
> > Torsten
> >
> >
> >
> > > > >
> > > Bruce Mutton <[email protected] mailto:[email protected] > hat
> > > am 25. November 2019 um 02:32 geschrieben:
> > >
> > > I like your map Torsten.
> > > I hope Alistair’s solution is what you were looking for.
> > > I have some questions so that I might make such a nice map.
> > >
> > > 1. How did you obtain the ground profile? I presume you
> > > may have walked it with a gps to obtain ‘real’ survey data or extracted
> > > it from Google Earth.
> > > 2. I like the line you used for the ground profile. Would
> > > you share the code for that?
> > > 3. I like the layout of the text information boxes. Would
> > > you share an example of the code for those? (cave name, location,
> > > surveyed, thanks, exploration history)
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > Bruce
> > >
> > > > >
> > >
>
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