Examples in manual page are partially wrong

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For years, the examples in the manual page (geotoad.1, converted to geotoad.pdf 
for some platforms) have been wrong - basically because defaults have moved.
Someone should run them (with the -Y option, to save unneccessary server 
requests), and write new explanatory texts - or the other way around: create 
new command line examples that fit the description that's already there.

This issue is tightly related to issue 282 - both aim at improving the quality 
of GeoToad documentation, and make it easier for new users to get some basic 
skills.

Any takers?

Original issue reported on code.google.com by Steve8x8 on 22 Oct 2013 at 10:42

• Merged into: #282

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With the latest commit (r1487), a few of those problems have been addressed - 
with the pleasurable side-effect of cleaning up some other dirty spots 
(inconsistencies between --help output, README, and manual page, etc.).
You are still invited to review the command-line examples, and contribute 
something that looks more useful to you - and attempts to cover a bigger part 
of what's possible to do with GeoToad.

Original comment by Steve8x8 on 25 Oct 2013 at 11:28

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Someone willing to proof-read the current version that comes with 3.19.0?

Original comment by Steve8x8 on 20 Nov 2013 at 1:09

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all tested on win7 64
dos shell

geotoad -u user -p password -q coord "N56 44.392, E015 52.780"  -y 3
is working fine
geotoad -u user -p password -q coord "56 44.392 15 52.780"  -y 5km
is working fine
geotoad -u user -p password -x gpx -o threezipcodes.gpx 35466:99722:99788
is working fine
geotoad -u user -p password -x text -o nc.txt -n -q state 34
is working fine
geotoad -u user -p password -t 2.5 -x gpx -E "helixblue:Sallad" -o 
charlotte.gpx 28272
is working fine
geotoad -u user -p password -x html -b -K 'stream|creek|lake|river|ocean' -o 
watery.html -q country 72
is NOT WORKING; I found no separator which is working from commandline. It is 
only working via GUI

If I should continue ...

Original comment by erwin123...@gmail.com on 22 Nov 2013 at 8:28

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If I remember correctly, there was some personal communication confirming that 
#3 was a problem with the batch file used.
Merging into issue 282 (examples should be revised when writing up the 
handbook).

Original comment by Steve8x8 on 22 Dec 2013 at 1:05

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