I remembered this discussion and finally got around to looking for it. Fortunately I had saved this email.
I've now included this in the new menu system I'm working on. You should be able to cut commands built by the menus and then paste them somewhere else (e.g., a text file to save or on the command line to reuse without returning to the menus).
Thanks for figuring this out. It is quite useful.
Michael Barton
On Wednesday, February 18, 2004, at 04:01 AM, grass5-request@grass.itc.it wrote:
From: Hamish <hamish_nospam@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue Feb 17, 2004 9:40:12 PM America/Phoenix
To: Glynn Clements <glynn.clements@virgin.net>
Cc: mlennert@club.worldonline.be, grass5@grass.itc.it
Subject: Re: [GRASS5] grass5.0/5.3 - tcltkgrass: command line in the module windows is not copyableA question that came up on the French speaking list: In the
module windows opened by tcltkgrass, the command line that the
chosen opens create is displayed in the last text field of the
window. Before, one could copy this text field (and thus include
the command in a script, or simply learn how to use the command
line). Now, this field is not copyable anymore (at least under
Debian testing/unstable with XFCE and under Mandrake 9.2).
Anyone know why?...
src/tcltkgrass/main/gui.tcl, lines 241-242:
[create_entry $path num $variable "" 1 ${array}(command_line)] \
configure -state disabled -fg blue -relief solidMy suspicion is that "-state disabled" inhibits selection as well as
modification....
In any case, try removing the "-state disabled" and see if that
helps.Yes, after removing that you can select & paste text from the command box.
If you try typing into the command box, the cusor advances but the text
(and command that is run) doesn't change. The cursor stops advancing
when you get to the end of the displayed text.Hamish
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