[GRASS-user] grass 6.4 rc5 and python scripting

Michael Barton wrote:

3. Set the GRASS_ADDON_PATH variable in the .grassrc6 file
(or its equivalent in GRASS 7). For example, I could add...

GRASS_ADDON_PATH: /Users/Michael/Desktop;/Users/Michael/Documents

...and any script on my desktop or in my documents folder
would be accessible to g.parser and GRASS. (Note: I'm not
sure if ";" or something else should be the separator
between paths). This is very convenient for having a
permanent folder outside the main GRASS distribution
location where you can put any custom scripts.

does that really work??
it should be an environment variable, not a g.gisenv GRASS variable.

the path separator on UNIXes is ':', the path sep on MS Win is ';'.
but those shouldn't be needed here (unless you want to define
multiple addon dirs).

Hamish

It really does work. It's pretty nice. I don't know how .grassrc6 handles separators--GRASS specific or OS specific.

Michael
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On Jun 30, 2009, at 9:31 AM, Hamish wrote:

Michael Barton wrote:

3. Set the GRASS_ADDON_PATH variable in the .grassrc6 file
(or its equivalent in GRASS 7). For example, I could add...

GRASS_ADDON_PATH: /Users/Michael/Desktop;/Users/Michael/Documents

...and any script on my desktop or in my documents folder
would be accessible to g.parser and GRASS. (Note: I'm not
sure if ";" or something else should be the separator
between paths). This is very convenient for having a
permanent folder outside the main GRASS distribution
location where you can put any custom scripts.

does that really work??
it should be an environment variable, not a g.gisenv GRASS variable.

the path separator on UNIXes is ':', the path sep on MS Win is ';'.
but those shouldn't be needed here (unless you want to define
multiple addon dirs).

Hamish

Hello all
Thanks for your good advice. I decided to go with the option of
EXPORTing the grass addon path and put my scripts there, which works
ok, well... kind of.

It happens that when I launch GRASS from the terminal, the
GRASS_ADDON_PATH gets correctly added to the PATH and I can load my
test script. However, if I start GRASS from the gnome menu (or
gnome-do) the GRASS_ADDON_PATH gets ignored. Maybe theres some config
file that I have to tweak?

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 5:54 PM, Michael Barton<Michael.Barton@asu.edu> wrote:

It really does work. It's pretty nice. I don't know how .grassrc6 handles
separators--GRASS specific or OS specific.

Michael
______________________________
C. Michael Barton, Professor of Anthropology
Director of Graduate Studies, School of Human Evolution & Social Change
Director, Center for Social Dynamics & Complexity
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287-2402
USA

voice: 480-965-6262; fax: 480-965-7671
www: http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton

On Jun 30, 2009, at 9:31 AM, Hamish wrote:

Michael Barton wrote:

3. Set the GRASS_ADDON_PATH variable in the .grassrc6 file
(or its equivalent in GRASS 7). For example, I could add...

GRASS_ADDON_PATH: /Users/Michael/Desktop;/Users/Michael/Documents

...and any script on my desktop or in my documents folder
would be accessible to g.parser and GRASS. (Note: I'm not
sure if ";" or something else should be the separator
between paths). This is very convenient for having a
permanent folder outside the main GRASS distribution
location where you can put any custom scripts.

does that really work??
it should be an environment variable, not a g.gisenv GRASS variable.

the path separator on UNIXes is ':', the path sep on MS Win is ';'.
but those shouldn't be needed here (unless you want to define
multiple addon dirs).

Hamish

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