# Tiny Bug - Map Reports - -< should be ->

**URL:** <https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/tiny-bug-map-reports-lt-should-be-gt/11759>\
**Category:** Technical Support & Bugs\
**Created:** [March 3, 2021, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/tiny-bug-map-reports-lt-should-be-gt/11759 "2021-03-03T17:15:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Korval](https://forum.vassalengine.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/ecc23a/32.png) [@Korval](https://forum.vassalengine.org/u/Korval)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/tiny-bug-map-reports-lt-should-be-gt/11759/1 "2021-03-03T17:15:42Z")

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When creating a new map window

The default formats for both “Auto report format for movement within this map” and “Auto report for movement to this map” uses … $previousLocation$ -\< $location$ \* and thus displays as  
Example Armor USA -\< Britain

Both of these formats should use → so it correctly displays as  
Example Armor USA → Britain

Also, is the “previous” prefix functionally identical to “old”? Or are there subtle differences…?

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**Author:** ![Cattlesquat](https://forum.vassalengine.org/user_avatar/forum.vassalengine.org/cattlesquat/32/241_2.png) [@Cattlesquat](https://forum.vassalengine.org/u/Cattlesquat)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/tiny-bug-map-reports-lt-should-be-gt/11759/2 "2021-03-24T17:48:56Z")

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Thanks - I pushed a fix to bug 14255 (PR 819)

As for your question there are several of these kinds of things (e.g. Report State traits) that report various legacy properties. I think those existed _before_ the main standard ones (e.g. OldLocationName) existed. Either these legacy ones or the current standard ones should both work.

Here are the legacy ones I see in Map:  
public static final String LOCATION = “location”; //$NON-NLS-1$  
public static final String OLD\_LOCATION = “previousLocation”; //$NON-NLS-1$  
public static final String OLD\_MAP = “previousMap”; //$NON-NLS-1$  
public static final String MAP\_NAME = “mapName”; //$NON-NLS-1$  
public static final String PIECE\_NAME = “pieceName”; //$NON-NLS-1$