[Therion] Using autonamed station named from PocketTopo sketches incomplex projects

[Bruce]

> 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

 

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