[GRASS-user] GUI equivalent of command

Mr. Rai,

First, which version of GRASS are you using? The GUI in the current GRASS
6.3.0 works with a TclTk canvas, not an x-mon (e.g., x0). If you are using
an old version of GRASS, I highly recommend that you upgrade to 6.3.

Second, if you want to interact with a display--show a map, interactively
query a map, etc--you need to do so through the GUI, not by running d.*
commands. GRASS display commands (d.rast, d.what.rast, etc) will not work in
the GUI display without a lot of programming. Instead, use the buttons on
the display toolbar for zooming, querying, profiling, etc.

There is pretty good on-line help for the GUI. Look at GIS Manager help
under the Help menu in the main GUI window. This should be a good start for
your tutorial.

I hope this helps.

Michael

On 5/31/08 8:13 AM, "grass-user-request@lists.osgeo.org"
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Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 10:50:31 +0530
From: H.S.Rai <hs@raiandrai.com>
Subject: Re: [GRASS-user] GUI equivalent of command
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On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 10:21 AM, Michael Barton <michael.barton@asu.edu>
wrote:

It will be
difficult for beginners (who never worked on Linux/Unix and in Command
Line CUI mode) to GRASS to work with X-monitor (Monitor X0) and Map
Display 1.

I don't understand this at all. You have the equivalent FUNCTIONS in the
GUI,

As I came to know from above discussion, it is not available for all
such commands in category d.*
<snip>

Instead of running d.rast from the command line to display in an x-monitor,
you add a raster map to the GUI layer manager and press the display button.

IMHO, this is considerably easier for beginners to do than to run commands.

Only for this reason, I want develop a tutorial using GUI only. That's
where I am facing problems, and I started this thread. Otherwise for
me, commands in terminal window rules. I am putting this effort to
attract beginners.

Have you actually TRIED either the TclTk or wxPython GUId???

Yes. I only post on mailing list, after trying at my level best to
find the solution at my level.

I appreciate help rendered by you all nice GRASSians!

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H.S.Rai

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On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 8:56 PM, Michael Barton <michael.barton@asu.edu> wrote:

First, which version of GRASS are you using?

GRASS6.2.2, which is default in Ubuntu Linux 8.04 (Hardy Heron).

The GUI in the current GRASS
6.3.0 works with a TclTk canvas, not an x-mon (e.g., x0). If you are using
an old version of GRASS, I highly recommend that you upgrade to 6.3.

Will try just now.

Second, if you want to interact with a display--show a map, interactively
query a map, etc--you need to do so through the GUI, not by running d.*
commands. GRASS display commands (d.rast, d.what.rast, etc) will not work in
the GUI display without a lot of programming. Instead, use the buttons on
the display toolbar for zooming, querying, profiling, etc.

I have experimented with all buttons of 6.2.2, will revert back about
my experience with 6.3 shortly.

There is pretty good on-line help for the GUI. Look at GIS Manager help
under the Help menu in the main GUI window. This should be a good start for
your tutorial.

Thanks for your advise and help.

--
H.S.Rai

On Sat, May 31, 2008 18:12, H.S.Rai wrote:

On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 8:56 PM, Michael Barton <michael.barton@asu.edu>
wrote:

First, which version of GRASS are you using?

GRASS6.2.2, which is default in Ubuntu Linux 8.04 (Hardy Heron).

You can get 6.3 from here:
http://www.les-ejk.cz/ubuntu/

Moritz

Here is effort to give mouse stroke to work in GUI, if someone knows
the command.

   http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pB-ffIn4C2dTcTacV_W1cOA

Let me know, if something is missing there.

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H.S.Rai
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