[Therion] Error When Adding A new Cave to Master Index - Therion Theory

[Bruce Mutton]

Nick

This may or may not help, but you have stumbled, in part, into a topic I
explored back in July 2017 (if seems much longer than that), with mixed
feedback!

https://www.mail-archive.com/therion@speleo.sk/msg06555.html

 

At the time I made some changes based on feedback received.  I have not
looked at it for a while, but have attached the file in its current state,
with changes tracked.

It is still a bit rough I'm sorry.

 

Bruce

 

 

 

From: Therion <therion-bounces at speleo.sk> On Behalf Of Nick Bairstow via
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Subject: Re: [Therion] Error When Adding A new Cave to Master Index

 

OK as is normally the case with these things I spotted the error within five
minutes of asking for help, but it has raised a another question.

My problem was quite simply I had no survey/end survey wrapper. I have been
using this index file for over two years and never noticed however it has
worked perfectly and produced what I needed.

 

I now ask why did the index.th compile OK with the other 18 surveys listed
in it.

 

The only difference between the first 18 surveys and the last non-working
one was that in each scrap of the 18 previous surveys I used the option
-station-names "" "@surveyname". I was shown this when I started learning
Therion but never really new why. When using this option to make any
survey.th compile I have to make sure the map/endmap is outside the
survey/endsurvey wrapper.

 

With the my latest survey file I did not use the scrap option and just went
with the "normal way" with everything in survey.th within the
survey/endsurvey and then the index .th failed due to having no
survey/endsurvey wrapper.

Clearly I do not yet fully understand the process even though I can make
things work, so lots more reading I think. Does anyone know of a good
explanation somewhere, most thing I read I find a little confusing.

 

Also if someone would like to explain the

-station-names "" "@surveyname" bit I would be very grateful.

 

I suspect I'm not the only one to have struggled with this.

 

Thanks for the previous answers guys.

 

 

Nick

 

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Subject: Re: [Therion] Error When Adding A new Cave to Master Index

 

Nick

I'm guessing you have created a map that contains the survey only for your
new cave, and a map which contains scraps or maps for your other caves.

I do this intentionally while I am drawing up a new  piece of passage, then
remove the survey map once I am finished.

Bruce

 

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Subject: [Therion] Error When Adding A new Cave to Master Index

 

I have just added a small cave to my main index .th. Everything compiles but
the pdf shows the new cave as shots and splays not as the normal walls etc
you would expect in a map. All other caves display correctly as intended.

Has anyone point out what I am doing wrong.

 

Nick                                                                    

 

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