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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-NZ link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Just now I was having difficulty remembering how to colour a particular map a specific colour, different to the colour scheme applied to most of the maps being output. My first challenge was to figure out that this could only be done via ‘select’ in a thconfig, and not within the definition of a map.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I think that the Therion Book could do with a small edit to clarify usage of ‘<span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'>select map -colour [r g b]</span>’.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Therion book says…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CMSSDC10",serif;color:black'>‘map’<br></span></b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CMTI12",serif;color:black'>Description: </span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CMR12",serif;color:black'>A map is a collection of …</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CMTI12",serif;color:black'>Arguments:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CMTI12",serif;color:black'>…</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span class=fontstyle01><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>• </span></span><span class=fontstyle21><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>colo[u]r <color> </span></span><span class=fontstyle31><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></span><span class=fontstyle41><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>set the map colour; this option overrides the automatic choice when the layout specifies </span></span><span class=fontstyle21><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>colour map-fg [map]</span></span><span class=fontstyle41><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>From that I had the incorrect impression that specifying a colour when selecting a map for output would always override. What I have found is that this is only sometimes true.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Map select colour overrides when…<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>colour map-fg [r g b]<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>colour map-fg scrap<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>colour map-fg map<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Map select colour does not override when…<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>colour map-fg altitude<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>colour map-fg topo-date<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>colour map-fg explo-date<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For (sub)maps where there is no date set, the map select colour will be shown, otherwise <span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'>select map -colour [r g b]</span> has no effect.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So I suggest an edit to the Therion Book along the lines of…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CMSSDC10",serif;color:black'>‘map’<br></span></b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CMTI12",serif;color:black'>Description: </span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CMR12",serif;color:black'>A map is a collection of …</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CMTI12",serif;color:black'>Arguments:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CMTI12",serif;color:black'>…</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span class=fontstyle01><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>• </span></span><span class=fontstyle21><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>colo[u]r <color> </span></span><span class=fontstyle31><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></span><span class=fontstyle41><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>set the map colour <span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>when selecting a map</span>; this option overrides the <span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>specified colour palette</span> when the layout specifies </span></span><span class=fontstyle21><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>colour map-fg [map]<span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>, [scrap] or [<colour>]</span></span></span><span class=fontstyle41><span style='font-size:12.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>. It has no effect when the layout specifies </span></span><span class=fontstyle21><span style='font-size:12.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>colour map-fg [altitude]. It has no effect when the layout specifies colour map-fg [topo-date] or [explo-date], for the scraps whose associated surveys have dates assigned.</span></span><span class=fontstyle41><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have not assessed how this plays out with <a href="https://therion.speleo.sk/wiki/examples#colour_palette_scales_-_lookups">lookups</a>, but I imagine they should not have any different impacts to those described above.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Bruce <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>