FOLLOW ANGLE label property

[lorenzetti@…]

For FOLLOW ANGLE label property, when the line is too windy, the letters in the
label are all garbled (either missing or/and in different order).

[lorenzetti@…]

Bug example

[sdlime]

It would be helpful to see some data samples too. It's almost impossible to 
debug without test cases.

Steve

[lorenzetti@…]

Shape data sample for debug

[lorenzetti@…]

(From update of attachment 623)
Hi Steve I attached a shape data sample like you request for debug

Bye
Walter

[jdenisgiguere@…]

If data are stored in a database, the following dirty function can temporarily
fix the problem. Function is in PostgreSQL syntax:

-- Patch for Mapserver bug number #2020
-- Strange behavior of short label when ANGLE is set to FOLLOW

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION pad(cString TEXT) RETURNS TEXT AS $$
BEGIN
    RETURN cString || repeat(' ', 4 - char_length(cString));
END;
$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;

[sdlime]

Has anyone tried the padding fix suggested? I don't think the fix for this will be trivial otherwise as it will involve extensions to the underlying algorithm.

Steve