WXP version 5
File Reference

Map List File (.mpl)

The map list file provides a means for specifying complicated map plots.  This mimics the map_file resource but often it is impossible to specify complex maps on the command line.

FORMAT

The map list file is a list of map files along with flags and attributes:

[flag:]map_file[:attributes...]
[flag:]map_file[:attributes...]
...

where:

EXAMPLES

An example of a block from the cnty.mpl file:

>20:wxp.map
<10:dlg/cnty.bmap:red
>10<20:dlg/nation.bmap:red
>10<20:dlg/state.bmap:red
>10<20:dlg/coast.bmap:red
<10:dlg/nation.bmap:lred:w2
<10:dlg/state.bmap:lred:w2
<10:dlg/coast.bmap:lred:w2
<2:dlg/rd_state.bmap:dgray
<3:dlg/rd_us.bmap:dgray
<10:dlg/rd_int.bmap:brown
<3:rf:counties.raw-Name:co=cyan:te=.75

SEE ALSO


Last updated by Dan Vietor on August 10, 1998