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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Am working towards answering
this question of mine, but not quite there yet.</span></font><span lang=EN-NZ><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> If there are multiple ‘selected’ maps
and ‘source’ surveys for a particular projection, then a blank
output map ‘title’ is produced.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>> </span></font><span
lang=EN-NZ>Is it possible to <font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>do something
along the lines of</span></font> the following pseudo-code?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>></span></font><span
lang=EN-NZ><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>></span></font><span
lang=EN-NZ> code tex-map<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>></span></font><span
lang=EN-NZ> If \cavename IS EMPTY OR <font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'>ZERO LENGTH STRING</span></font> THEN
\cavename={Terikan <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">River</st1:PlaceType>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Cave</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>} ELSE
\cavename = \cavename<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>></span></font><span
lang=EN-NZ> endcode<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I suspect that \cavename is
never empty, but rather is set to an empty string by Therion in the above
scenario<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I have got as far
as…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>code tex-map<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>
\edef\therioninferedmaptitle{\the\cavename} %save existing
calculated cavename to variable<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>
\ifx\therioninferedmaptitle\empty
%test
if therioninferedmaptitle is empty (undefined?)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>
\cavename={Caves of the Flora
Area}
%if therioninferedmaptitle is empty set a title that describes all the caves
selected as a group<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>
\else <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>
%if it's not empty, do nothing, ie keep the map title value set by therion<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> \fi<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>endcode<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>This works, except that
the line \cavename={Caves of the Flora Area} is never run, even when
\cavename appears empty.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I have tried using \ifx\therioninferedmaptitle\””
as an alternative test to no avail.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>(All the above run
without syntax errors, so I am making some progress at
least)
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>What I need is a bit of
guidance on the correct test for an empty \cavename <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Any ideas?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Bruce <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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