Remove XML mappaint support

[Don-vip]

We have today 81 styles listed on styles.

Only 7 of them are still in XML format. I propose to rewrite them in MapCSS and drop support for old XML styles:

1. ​https://github.com/avar/osmis-josm-style/blob/master/elemstyles_is.xml ==> to rewrite
2. ​http://www.freietonne.de/ft_icons/josm/FreieTonne_rules_presets_zip.php ==> To rewrite
3. Styles/FrenchEPCI ==> to rewrite
4. Styles/LegacyStandard ==> to remove from list
5. Styles/Lit ==> to rewrite
6. Styles/MaxspeedIcons ==> to drop (integrated in core)
7. Styles/Traffic_signs ==> to rewrite

I don't remember how we switched from XML to MapCSS: is there a transformation script somewhere? All styles are quite small except traffic signs...

[stoecker]

For FreieTonne: I wonder that Jan should not react. Are you sure he got the mail? Dropping that style without informing him is not ok I think. Did you also try the email from here: ​http://www.jesse.de/HTML/impressum.shtml ?

[stoecker]

I'll try to send him an mail.

[yopaseopor]

Well, I understand JOSM has to be improved...but removing capabilities? You say ok, rewrite it. It is not easy for me (I will have to investigate if it is possible to me) . I don't know anything about programming or codes, I have only learned to open something and If I understand how it works I can change it and improve it. I did the style traffic signs tweaking Speedlimit Signs code from Martin Koppenhoefer. The style is good, it works...Now you tell me I have to change it, "translate the code" ...but How? Can you help me? Can you give me some examples to understand how MapCSS works? Can you make some lines of code of my style to rewrite the whole style? How I have to change the code? Anybody can help me? I have dedicated a lot of hours to make it possible. Can you help me?

[bastiK]

Replying to Don-vip:

I propose to rewrite them in MapCSS and drop support for old XML styles

I'm not as eager to get rid of the xml format, but I see no reason to keep it, either.

I don't remember how we switched from XML to MapCSS: is there a transformation script somewhere?

Wasn't very sophisticated, I don't think I have saved anything.

[yopaseopor]

Replying to bastiK:

Replying to Don-vip:

I propose to rewrite them in MapCSS and drop support for old XML styles

I'm not as eager to get rid of the xml format, but I see no reason to keep it, either.

I see one powerful reason: I don't know how to change my style so my style won't work without XML support :(

[stoecker]

Replying to stoecker:

I'll try to send him an mail.

Vincent: Jan answered immediately. Also for the preset I don't understand the error - The URL which is told as error is not in the presets file. Did you maybe mix something here?

[bastiK]

Replying to yopaseopor:

Well, I understand JOSM has to be improved...but removing capabilities? You say ok, rewrite it. It is not easy for me (I will have to investigate if it is possible to me) . I don't know anything about programming or codes, I have only learned to open something and If I understand how it works I can change it and improve it. I did the style traffic signs tweaking Speedlimit Signs code from Martin Koppenhoefer. The style is good, it works...Now you tell me I have to change it, "translate the code" ...but How? Can you help me? Can you give me some examples to understand how MapCSS works? Can you make some lines of code of my style to rewrite the whole style? How I have to change the code? Anybody can help me? I have dedicated a lot of hours to make it possible. Can you help me?

Please don't panic! :)

You don't have to be a programmer, to understand MapCSS. Especially for your Traffic sign style it shouldn't be too hard: Have a look at the first example in the tutorial (And maybe some other available styles). If you cannot get it to work, we will help!

Sorry for the inconvenience, but sometimes this happens in the open source world...

[yopaseopor]

Replying to bastiK:

Please don't panic! :)

You don't have to be a programmer, to understand MapCSS. Especially for your Traffic sign style it shouldn't be too hard: Have a look at the first example in the tutorial (And maybe some other available styles). If you cannot get it to work, we will help!

I panic because first thing I have done before write these lines is open some MapCSS style and I did not understand anything. Also I have opened https://josm.openstreetmap.de/wiki/Help/Styles/MapCSSTutorial and https://josm.openstreetmap.de/wiki/Help/Styles/MapCSSImplementation and I don't understand how it works . I am so worried. Please help me.

[Don-vip]

Replying to stoecker:

Replying to stoecker:

I'll try to send him an mail.

Vincent: Jan answered immediately.

I don't know who Jan is. I sent an e-mail on 24/10/2015 to fta at freietonne.de (which is the only contact listed on ​https://www.freietonne.de home page) and nobody answered. I also sent an e-mail about this (same day) on josm-dev and nobody replied neither.

Also for the preset I don't understand the error - The URL which is told as error is not in the presets file. Did you maybe mix something here?

You're right. The presets have been modified on 2015-10-27, 3 days after my e-mail, but I wasn't notified. I'm going to restore it, that's good news :)