build_html_index.sh: put photo modules in imagery section

[hamish]

Hi,

the photo.* modules should be listed at the end of the imagery module section in imagery.html and full_index.html. I'm not sure how to do that..

thanks, Hamish

[glynn]

Replying to hamish:

the photo.* modules should be listed at the end of the imagery module section in imagery.html and full_index.html. I'm not sure how to do that..

The build_html_index.sh iterates over prefixes, generating one HTML file for each prefix. You would need to significantly change the script to allow multiple prefixes in a single HTML file.

In any case, I'm not sure that these modules should even appear in the index, as they're only usable via i.ortho.photo. IMHO, the indices should only list user-visible modules in $GISBASE/bin and $GISBASE/scripts, not the utility modules in $GISBASE/etc. The latter should be referenced from the manual of the module(s) which invoke them.

[hamish]

Replying to glynn:

The build_html_index.sh iterates over prefixes, generating one HTML file for each prefix. You would need to significantly change the script to allow multiple prefixes in a single HTML file.

hence this ticket.

In any case, I'm not sure that these modules should even appear in the index, as they're only usable via i.ortho.photo. IMHO, the indices should only list user-visible modules in $GISBASE/bin and $GISBASE/scripts, not the utility modules in $GISBASE/etc. The latter should be referenced from the manual of the module(s) which invoke them.

In the case of i.ortho.photo, it seems to me that the submodules could all be renamed i.* and i.ortho.photo replaced with their own enumerated submenu from the Imagery menu in the GUI.

Hamish

[glynn]

Replying to hamish:

In any case, I'm not sure that these modules should even appear in the index, as they're only usable via i.ortho.photo. IMHO, the indices should only list user-visible modules in $GISBASE/bin and $GISBASE/scripts, not the utility modules in $GISBASE/etc. The latter should be referenced from the manual of the module(s) which invoke them.

In the case of i.ortho.photo, it seems to me that the submodules could all be renamed i.* and i.ortho.photo replaced with their own enumerated submenu from the Imagery menu in the GUI.

Right. If you rename them to i.photo.*, they would appear alongside other imagery modules in the indices. As i.ortho.photo itself is nothing more than a menu, it may as well be removed in 7.0.

FWIW, I really don't agree with changing any of this in 6.x.

[neteler]

Closing as wontfix?

[wenzeslaus]

Replying to neteler:

Closing as wontfix?

Yes. Closing because these modules were dropped and perhaps there is no big need for reintroducing them since there are other projects such as ​OpenDroneMap (​https://github.com/OpenDroneMap/OpenDroneMap). If any modules with similar focus are (re-)introduced in 7+, they will be properly named with proper interface (e.g. no menu module hiding useful command line tools), so this ticket would be invalid anyway. For 6.4, there is no need for changing anything in this direction.