Method do_load_layer_props

src/laybasic/laybasic/layLayoutViewBase.cc:2788–2862

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void 
LayoutViewBase::do_load_layer_props (const std::string &fn, bool map_cv, int cv_index, bool add_default)
{
  std::vector<lay::LayerPropertiesList> props;
  bool single_list = false;

  //  read the layer properties from the file
  try {
    tl::XMLFileSource in (fn);
    props.push_back (lay::LayerPropertiesList ());
    props.back ().load (in);
    single_list = true;
  } catch (...) {
    props.clear ();
    tl::XMLFileSource in (fn);
    lay::LayerPropertiesList::load (in, props);
  }

  //  expand the wildcards and map to the target cv.
  for (std::vector<lay::LayerPropertiesList>::iterator p = props.begin (); p != props.end (); ++p) {
    std::map <int, int> cv_map;
    if (map_cv) {
      cv_map.insert (std::make_pair (-1, cv_index));
    }
    p->attach_view (this, p - props.begin ());
    p->expand (cv_map, add_default);
  }

  transaction (tl::to_string (tr ("Load layer properties")));

  if (single_list) {

    //  a single list will only replace the current tab
    if (map_cv && cv_index >= 0) {
      lay::LayerPropertiesList new_props (get_properties ());
      new_props.remove_cv_references (cv_index);
      new_props.append (props [0]);
      set_properties (new_props);
    } else {
      set_properties (props [0]);
    }

  } else {

    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < props.size (); ++i) {

      if (i < layer_lists ()) {

        if (map_cv && cv_index >= 0) {
          lay::LayerPropertiesList new_props (get_properties (i));
          new_props.remove_cv_references (cv_index);
          new_props.append (props [i]);
          set_properties (i, new_props);
        } else {
          set_properties (i, props [i]);
        }

      } else {