[Therion] Labyrinth GUI

[Martin Sluka]

On 13.3.2012, at 8:35, Bruce wrote:

> XTherion is a GUI, admittedly rather modest.  It has reasonably
> comprehensive dropdown boxes for drawing, though I find it is  
> quicker to
> type and let the boxes auto complete.  There are alternatives in
> development, topolinux and inkscape.
>
> If you are referring to http://labyrinth.speleo.sk/ then, while it  
> is a nice
> idea, it suggests doing away with the plain text human readable  
> input I
> think.  If that is the case then one of the key advantages of  
> therion would
> be lost.  With plain text users have control of the data, with machine
> written data users are at the mercy of bugs in the software.  Plain  
> text is
> likely to be a readable file format for quite some time, whereas  
> other (cave
> survey)formats have become obsolete rather frequently and I expect  
> will
> continue to do so.
> Just my two cents.
> Bruce


I absolutely agree with Bruce. Human readable and editable plaint text  
format is one of the main advantages of therion. Compare it with XML -  
so many characters they have no real meaning.

You may use Inkscape as a helper editor. You should download Thomas  
Holder's extensions only. Check wiki for the address. You may use  
Inkscape features to edit existing .th2 files or create new ones. Only  
final edit is necessary in xtherion map editor - defining areas and  
several other features. You may use colors to mark kind of objects for  
example (areas with closed borders too) and preserve it in svg format.  
Only at the end you should save the file as .th2.

My 2 cents (NZ).

Martin s.