From d1d782254b5ce378fbf5e31a75392d62061d2000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dane Springmeyer <dane@dbsgeo.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:50:24 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] xml: support 'label-spacing' as alias to 'spacing' - refs
 #1427

---
 src/text_properties.cpp | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/text_properties.cpp b/src/text_properties.cpp
index 293638d42..67fb788e8 100644
--- a/src/text_properties.cpp
+++ b/src/text_properties.cpp
@@ -94,6 +94,11 @@ void text_symbolizer_properties::from_xml(xml_node const &sym, fontset_map const
     if (label_position_tolerance_) label_position_tolerance = *label_position_tolerance_;
     optional<unsigned> spacing_ = sym.get_opt_attr<unsigned>("spacing");
     if (spacing_) label_spacing = *spacing_;
+    else {
+        // https://github.com/mapnik/mapnik/issues/1427
+        spacing_ = sym.get_opt_attr<unsigned>("label-spacing");
+        if (spacing_) label_spacing = *spacing_;
+    }
     optional<unsigned> minimum_distance_ = sym.get_opt_attr<unsigned>("minimum-distance");
     if (minimum_distance_) minimum_distance = *minimum_distance_;
     optional<unsigned> min_padding_ = sym.get_opt_attr<unsigned>("minimum-padding");