Include the contents of an additional file within the current map
configuration file.
Allows you to use a common set of definition across several map files. There
are several restrictions:
- INCLUDE can
only be used in the 'global' section of the the map configuration
file - that is, before the first NODE or LINK.
- INCULDEd files must contain complete NODE or LINK definitions.
- If you intend to use the web-based editor, then you can't currently use
any commands other than NODE or LINK definitions
- that is, no SCALEs or FONTDEFINEs etc.
The INCLUDE file can still be useful to define a set of standard templates that
can then be used across maps. Some of the other restrictions will hopefully be
lifted in a future version. The reason for the restrictions is that the way
config files are read and written doesn't keep track of where a particular
setting came from, apart from at the NODE/LINK level. This is also the reason
why comments are 'lost' by the editor.