Actually, I think what (I hope) was
envisioned was not a true MDI--which has lost considerable
popularity--but attaching the layer manager to the display
window. Ideally, this could be done by docking or
undocking.
That said, Markus and I had some offline discussions about
this since he was the proposer, in response to some user
comments and his own experiences. The main complaint is
having too many windows open in GRASS.
After some talking about it, the real problem may not lie
primarily with the layer manager/display windows but with
all the module windows which a lot of people don't realize
that you can set to close automatically when you push OK.
Some possible solutions to this would include having all
modules open in a single window with tabs or modally in a
single window or modally in a window attached to the layer
manager to keep down clutter. By focusing a bit much on the
initial display configuration of a couple of other GIS
programs (ArcGIS and QGIS, but not in a lot of others by the
way), we may have missed the real cause of the perceived
screen clutter. Anyway, it's something to think about.
[we should probably move this to the grass-dev ML]
The Output window in the wxPython gui is now a tab of the main control
GUI, so that's one down. Yeah, nice idea- all module GUIs open in a
single window, adding and removing tabs for each at the top as they
live and die. Then (assuming the terminal window is minimized) you have
a max of 3 open windows, which isn't so bad.
it is nice to keep a module gui open so you can tweak one parameter and
run it again. it is nice to keep a couple open and switch between them
if you are doing something on a multi-processor machine (if doing so
within a single mapset, at your own responsibility and risk that the
computation region etc is not changed of course for that reason you
might want to have e.g. 3 r.in.xyz's running at the same time, each
crunching along on a different statistical method.
>it is nice to keep a module gui open so you can tweak one parameter and >run it again. it is nice to keep a couple open and switch between them >if you are doing something on a multi-processor machine (if doing so >within a single mapset, at your own responsibility and risk that the >computation region etc is not changed of course :) for that reason you >might want to have e.g. 3 r.in.xyz's running at the same time, each >crunching along on a different statistical method.
This is something that I do a lot and is extremely valuable when simultaneously bulk processing multiple return Lidar data for different statistics. Please keep this feature of the gui!
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[GRASS-dev] Re: [SoC] Proposal for wxGUI layout modifications
Michael Barton wrote: > Actually, I think what (I hope) was > envisioned was not a true MDI--which has lost considerable > popularity--but attaching the layer manager to the display > window. Ideally, this could be done by docking or > undocking. > > That said, Markus and I had some offline discussions about > this since he was the proposer, in response to some user > comments and his own experiences. The main complaint is > having too many windows open in GRASS. > > After some talking about it, the real problem may not lie > primarily with the layer manager/display windows but with > all the module windows which a lot of people don't realize > that you can set to close automatically when you push OK. > Some possible solutions to this would include having all > modules open in a single window with tabs or modally in a > single window or modally in a window attached to the layer > manager to keep down clutter. By focusing a bit much on the > initial display configuration of a couple of other GIS > programs (ArcGIS and QGIS, but not in a lot of others by the > way), we may have missed the real cause of the perceived > screen clutter. Anyway, it's something to think about.
[we should probably move this to the grass-dev ML]
Hamish
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>it is nice to keep a module gui open so you can tweak one parameter and >run it again. it is nice to keep a couple open and switch between them >if you are doing something on a multi-processor machine (if doing so >within a single mapset, at your own responsibility and risk that the >computation region etc is not changed of course :) for that reason you >might want to have e.g. 3 r.in.xyz's running at the same time, each >crunching along on a different statistical method.
This is something that I do a lot and is extremely valuable when simultaneously bulk processing multiple return Lidar data for different statistics. Please keep this feature of the gui!
Which feature?
C. Michael Barton, Professor of Anthropology
Director of Graduate Studies
School of Human Evolution & Social Change
Center for Social Dynamics & Complexity
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287-2402
USA
The opinions I express are my own and are not representative of the official policy of the U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service or Dept. of Interior. Life is too short for undocumented, proprietary data formats.
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Michael Barton wrote: > Actually, I think what (I hope) was > envisioned was not a true MDI--which has lost considerable > popularity--but attaching the layer manager to the display > window. Ideally, this could be done by docking or > undocking. > > That said, Markus and I had some offline discussions about > this since he was the proposer, in response to some user > comments and his own experiences. The main complaint is > having too many windows open in GRASS. > > After some talking about it, the real problem may not lie > primarily with the layer manager/display windows but with > all the module windows which a lot of people don't realize > that you can set to close automatically when you push OK. > Some possible solutions to this would include having all > modules open in a single window with tabs or modally in a > single window or modally in a window attached to the layer > manager to keep down clutter. By focusing a bit much on the > initial display configuration of a couple of other GIS > programs (ArcGIS and QGIS, but not in a lot of others by the > way), we may have missed the real cause of the perceived > screen clutter. Anyway, it's something to think about.
[we should probably move this to the grass-dev ML]
Hamish
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for that reason you
Hamish 
