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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hello Dave<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I understand your difficulties, i have gone through them as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">But in the mean while I also find out that it is just not that easy unless you make it a very personal execution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I tried to translate your comments into a introduction of ‘the mkgmap command line options manual’ which appears if you use -help or if
you look at the website.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">For now I’m sure It is still not all true, but I like to ask if people think it’s a nice idea to start this manual with this introduction.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">If so… Then I’ll try to enhance it in the same direction and then some unix guy could give his comment and so make it better.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Attached what I have in mind. If to be improved I suggest max another page not a full book…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><b>Van:</b> mkgmap-dev <mkgmap-dev-bounces@lists.mkgmap.org.uk>
<b>Namens </b>Dave Swarthout<br>
<b>Verzonden:</b> donderdag 4 juni 2020 17:05<br>
<b>Aan:</b> Development list for mkgmap <mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk><br>
<b>Onderwerp:</b> Re: [mkgmap-dev] mkgmap-dev Digest, Vol 143, Issue 10<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-GB">"The issue with options and order (of precedence?) still confuses me after using mkgmap for years."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-GB">I reckon that was my point in opening this topic all along. I think I've got it now and it makes sense but the documentation could still be made clearer IMO. For example:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Invoking the mkgmap java program involves supplying a list of parameters or commands that allow the user to control the operation of the program and the output generated by it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-GB">These parameters must be preceded by a double dash (two hyphens with no spaces between them) which are immediately followed by a command string. Each such parameter must be terminated with a
comma with no space before or after it. (example: java -jar mkgmap.jar --parm1,--parm2,--parm3)
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-GB">All input file specifications (filename.ext) must follow the last option in the invocation string. You may use a full path for that filespec as long as it is enclosed in quotes. (Windows/Dos
example: "C:\Users\username\Downloads\Maps\MyState.osm")<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Any type file specification (filename.typ) containing custom bitmaps for Garmin lines, polygons and points must be the last file specification in the list of input files.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Thanks also to Gerd for the latest releases which addressed the spurious space issue and improved the program's error reporting. I'm sure these will go a long way toward smoother operations
for those of us who are only casual users of mkgmap.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Dave<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-GB">On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 9:12 PM Pitney <</span><a href="mailto:mappitney@gmail.com"><span lang="EN-GB">mappitney@gmail.com</span></a><span lang="EN-GB">> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Hello<br>
The issue with options and order (of precedence?) still confuses me after using mkgmap for years. My solution is to not use option files and to hard code all file references. Not good scripting practice but it works.<br>
I think this is a case of where examples are worth a thousand words. I understand in theory option and file order but do not know how to implement it in practice. Examples (in a separate file?) and how to work out which files they will effect may reduce confusion.<br>
I only have a tablet in quarantine so I apologize for any formatting issues.<br>
Pitney<br>
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