[Therion] symbol-hide doesn't work

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Thanks Tarquin!
It worked!

On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 11:45 PM Tarquin Wilton-Jones via Therion <
therion at speleo.sk> wrote:

> Your problem is the order of your statements:
>
> layout local
> symbol-hide group centerline
> symbol-set UIS
>
> These directives are processed in order, so if the second one overrides
> the symbol hiding, it will win. "symbol-set UIS" includes centreline
> symbols defined as a line. It is defined second, so it overrides the
> line before it. You need to swap the lines around:
>
> layout local
> symbol-set UIS #overall symbol set
> symbol-hide group centerline #override specifics
>
> In the same way, your .thconfig file's "layout local" says "copy
> LayoutScalebar1".
> I guess that is defined in:
> F:\Omri\Therion\Layout\StdFiles\LayoutStandards.thc
>
> You did not share that file, so I cannot be certain if it also could
> cause problems. You copy that layout *after* you set the symbol-hide. If
> LayoutScalebar1 overrides the symbol hiding, it will win. This is risky:
>
> layout local
> symbol-hide group centerline
> ...
> copy LayoutScalebar1
>
> This is better:
>
> layout local
> copy LayoutScalebar1
> symbol-hide group centerline
>
> This is probably not causing problems in your particular case, but this
> is why I always do my "copy" statements first, then the local layout
> settings afterwards, so I never bump into this kind of hidden problem.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Tarquin
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