[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #858: Display command from the Output window not working

GDAL · January 8, 2010, 10:16am

#858: Display command from the Output window not working
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Reporter: clerici | Owner: grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: 6.4.0
Component: Tcl | Version: unspecified
Keywords: | Platform: Linux
Cpu: Unspecified |
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I tried to run commands from the lower part of the Output window in gis.m
GUI. The command with results listed in the Output window (as g.list rast)
run well. I opened a Monitor with: d.mon x0 and Run button. The Monitor
was opened. Then I deleted the command d.mon x0 and I wrote the command to
display the raster map geology (spearfish): d.rast geology and Run
(background) button but nothing was displayed in the monitor (same result
with d.vect).
This with: GRASS6.3, GRASS6.4, GRASS6.5. With GRASS6.2 everything run
well.

A. Clerici

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GDAL · January 8, 2010, 11:55am

#858: Display command from the Output window not working
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  Reporter: clerici | Owner: grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org
      Type: defect | Status: closed
  Priority: normal | Milestone: 6.4.0
Component: Tcl | Version: unspecified
Resolution: wontfix | Keywords:
  Platform: Linux | Cpu: Unspecified
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Changes (by hamish):

* status: new => closed
* resolution: => wontfix

Comment:

It is not designed or supposed to work from the new gis.m GUI, so this is
not surprising.

well, you can launch one from that command line, and d.mon -L reports it
as selected, but d.rast shows nothing and d.where goes nuts. d.info
reports the correct initial window size but doesn't update if you change
it by hand. You can work the xmon from the real terminal command line, but
you might as well launch it from there as well.

Interestingly (or not, DOYPOV) if you run a Xterm from the gis.m output
window, after setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH it still didn't work for me, but it
would write to $GRASS_PNG_FILE which I could look at in an image viewing
program. I expect that's just a useless curiosity though.

If you want to work with d.* commands + a gui you have to use the old
tcl/tk GUI (d.m). you can still do that with any 6.x GRASS by entering
"d.m" or "g.gui oldtcktk" on the (real) terminal's command line.

Hamish

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GDAL · January 9, 2010, 10:54am

#858: Display command from the Output window not working
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  Reporter: clerici | Owner: grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org
      Type: defect | Status: closed
  Priority: normal | Milestone: 6.4.0
Component: Tcl | Version: unspecified
Resolution: wontfix | Keywords:
  Platform: Linux | Cpu: Unspecified
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Comment (by clerici):

Which is the new gis.m GUI? The one currently opened in GRASS6.5 (and 6.4)
or a new one? If, as I suppose, is the currently opened one, what's for
the lower part of the window? Just for input of the commands others than
d.* ? And what's for the Run(background) button? As there are many others
more convenient ways of command line input, shouldn't it better to
entirely delete the lower part of the window and related buttons?

A.Clerici

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GDAL · January 9, 2010, 4:02pm

#858: Display command from the Output window not working
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  Reporter: clerici | Owner: grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org
      Type: defect | Status: closed
  Priority: normal | Milestone: 6.4.0
Component: Tcl | Version: unspecified
Resolution: wontfix | Keywords:
  Platform: Linux | Cpu: Unspecified
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Comment (by hamish):

Replying to [comment:2 clerici]:
> Which is the new gis.m GUI?

typing "gis.m" at the GRASS> prompt will explain it better than me. but
I'll try.

> The one currently opened in GRASS6.5 (and 6.4) or a new one?

well the one that opens with grass 6.4 or 6.5 is the one you've
set to be the default GUI. There are three to choose from. Look in
~/.grassrc6. (GRASS 7 only has the one wxPython one)

gis.m has been around 2 years or so. It took over from d.m (still
available in 6.x btw), which took over from GRASS 5's tcltkgrass GUI. The
wxPython GUI first shipped as an optional extra with 6.3.0 but is only now
reaching real maturity.

see the user interface section of the screenshots page on the main
grass website for some pics.

> If, as I suppose, is the currently opened one,

(I've got no idea at what you are looking at)

> what's for the lower part of the window? Just for input of the
> commands others than d.* ?

yes. The OSGeo4W native MS Windows build doesn't launch a terminal
box by default. IIRC Lorenzo's Mac build gave you the choice not
to have one either. As most of the books, tutorials, and help examples
rely on command line entry there needs to be a way for folks without a
command line (or who are frightened by it) to enter commands.

> And what's for the Run(background) button?

The regular Run button waits for the program to finish before it gives you
back control. For example if you Run "d.mon x0" the button will be greyed
out until you close the monitor window. Where as run in background will
break it away from the GUI and it will be free to run on its own.

> As there are many others more convenient ways of command line
> input, shouldn't it better to entirely delete the lower part of
> the window and related buttons?

there are better and more convinient ways of doing lots of things in this
world /if you already know how/. Some people prefer working entirely in a
GUI, others spend most of their time in `screen` or emacs or Facebook.
shrug. One size does not fit all so it's just more choices to suit more
people.

Hamish

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