[OSM-talk] simplifying mapnik layout definition

[Andy Allan]

On 5/27/08, Nic Roets <nroets at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've never played around with mapnik, but to me it looks like it's
>  trying to be an interpreter when it does not have to be. It's rules
>  file should be the input to a text preprocessor like M4, CPP , bash or
>  whatever this popular this decade. The output of the preprocessor will
>  then have a strict format where every parameter is explicitly
>  specified.

What?

Oh, hang on, I missed this bit:

"I've never played around with mapnik, but to me it looks like it's

 [SNIP]

"

Thanks for your thoughts on the matter, I'm sure you fully understand
the problem.

Cheers,
Andy