Better filestructure for TopSkyMaps

Adrian Bjerke (1339353)

Hello.

As we are getting more and more Topsky maps in our sectorfile, the file is getting rather long and "overwhelming" to manage. Would is be possible to have a way where we can split out the maps into multiple files?

The idea would then be that colordef, symboldef and folderstructure is defined in the TopSkyMaps.txt file, and we could then generate new files for each folder such as:
TopSkyMapsLOA.txt
TopSkyMapsCenterlines.txt
TopSkyMapsVFR.txt
and so on.

Ricardo Sousa (1110850)

I'd like to see something like this too, our maps file is huge and cumbersome to maintain. I'd only add a way to sort maps within a folder. Like a new optional line on each map that defines if it's the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc, map of that folder.

Juha Holopainen (839337)

You can create the data files from as many parts as you like with no changes to the plugin code (or use a text editor that supports organizing/hiding/etc the information in one large file in a way that suits your needs). When using multiple files, just merge the data into one to use with the plugin (something like "copy file1.txt + file2.txt + file3.txt TopSkyMaps.txt" in command prompt).

Adrian Bjerke (1339353)

Juha Holopainen (839337) When using multiple files, just merge the data into one to use with the plugin (something like "copy file1.txt + file2.txt + file3.txt TopSkyMaps.txt" in command prompt).

This is not very pratical for our usecase where we are multiple peoeple who develop using GitHub which is directly connected with our GNG sectorfile - we would then have to constantly run this command everytime we make a minor change or when debugging stuff. I do believe my suggestion is more useful for us - alternatively add a way for us to get maps info from other text files.

Bernardo Reis (1096507)

Adrian Bjerke (1339353)

How do you connect the GitHub directly to GNG?

Adrian Bjerke (1339353)

Bernardo Reis (1096507)
I sent you a message on discord on how to do it.