[GRASS5] New OS X versions ready - proposals

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It’s ready last GRASS GIS COMPLETE and GRASS GIS CVS for Mac OS X.

GRASS GIS COMPLETE (108 MB) at http://wwwamb.bologna.enea.it/forgrass/download.htm requires:
Mac OS X 10.2.8 or higher, Apple X11 and includes:

  • one single installer for libraries (Grass_Lib_050202.pkg): the libraries for Grass are installed in /usr/local/grasslib folder;
  • Grass folder (drag this folder in Applications folder): into this folder there is grass54 app (grass 5.4.0) and grass60 app (grass 6.0.0beta1), DOC folder and LINKS folder;
  • grassdata folder with demo data (drag this folder anywhere);
  • useful links for Apple X11 for 10.2 or 10.3 (if you have not installed X11).

GRASS GIS CVS (12.5 MB) at http://wwwamb.bologna.enea.it/forgrass/downloadcvs.htm requires:
GRASS GIS COMPLETE and includes:

  • one single app, grass60cvs (050205): drag this app inside /Applications/Grass folder.

Features:

  • Grass Libraries are all inside /usr/local/grasslib folder. Nothing is outside. Nothing wish link in /usr/bin: I’ve modified GRASS_WISH=/usr/local/grasslib/bin/wish in etc/Init.sh file;
  • many libraries updated with last version;
  • Multisessions: you can open more locations with a double clic on grass60 app every time;
  • I’ve used this flag for C compiler “-O3 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64” for file larger than 2 GB;
  • GDAL 1.2.5 has GRASS support;
  • Grass is stable in OS X (I hope).

The next revision for GG Complete is for 6.0.0 official. Until that date you can download GG CVS.

PROPOSALS

  • 1 -

Now Grass 6.0 is multisessions and this feature is important to open more LOCATION(s) but now you have more windows with the same name.

I’ve made these changes useful for all (this is in CVS version but is the same in beta version):

in etc/Init.sh

row 621

  • echo “GRASS 6.0.cvs > '” >> “$cshrc”
  • echo “GRASS 6.0.cvs - $LOCATION_NAME > '” >> “$cshrc”

row 663

  • echo “PS1='GRASS 6.0.cvs:\w > '” >> “$bashrc”
  • echo “PS1='GRASS 6.0.cvs:\w - $LOCATION_NAME > '” >> “$bashrc”

in etc/dm/d.m.tcl

row 205

proc Dm::_create_intro { } {

global dmpath

global GRASSVERSION

  • global location_name

variable max_prgindic

set top [toplevel .intro -relief raised -borderwidth 2]

wm withdraw $top

wm overrideredirect $top 1

set ximg [label $top.x -image [image create photo -file “$dmpath/intro.gif”] ]

set frame [frame $ximg.f -background white]

  • set lab1 [label $frame.lab1 -text “GRASS $GRASSVERSION GIS Manager” \
  • set lab1 [label $frame.lab1 -text “GRASS $GRASSVERSION GIS Manager - $location_name” \

row 846

proc main {argc argv} {

global auto_path

global GRASSVERSION

  • global location_name

wm withdraw .

  • wm title . [G_msg “GRASS $GRASSVERSION GIS Manager”]
  • wm title . [G_msg “GRASS $GRASSVERSION GIS Manager - $location_name”]

These changes modify the name of prompt in terminal and the GIS Manager window name. For better integration is need to modify another part:

  • x0, x1, etc… Monitor window name (in display/drivers/XDRIVER/XDRIVER24/Graph_Set.c);
    (the xterm window name is impossible to modify, I think)

and add the location name.

  • 2 -

GIS Manager is very useful and it’s powerful. One very useful adding is:

  • DUPLICATE button
    Now there is a delete button but it’s useful select the row in GIS Manager and duplicate this row for modifying.

Hi all

Only for Mac users:
HELP FROM MAC DEVELOPERS.

Now GDAL has many formats but it lacks:

  • OGDI
  • MrSID
  • ECW

My problem is 10.2.x compatibility. 10.3.x is much powerful but I prefer much more compatibility. ECW format is out now in source code but it lacks darwin flags.

Who can help me?

|| Lorenzo Moretti e-mail: lorenzo.moretti@bologna.enea.it
||/|/| ENEA prot/idr Web: http://wwwamb.bologna.enea.it/
|| | via Don Fiammelli, 2 FTP: ftp://ftpamb.bologna.enea.it/ (res.)

Download GRASS for MAC OS X:
http://wwwamb.bologna.enea.it/forgrass/
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