[GRASS5] i18n for tcltkgrass

[Radim Blazek]

On Friday 17 May 2002 05:47 pm, Eric G. Miller wrote:
> On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 05:11:35PM +0200, Markus Neteler wrote:
> > ... I still dream of an extension to tcltkgrass (or whatever)
> > to utilize the "--interface-description", e.g.
>
> There're still a few problems with the --interface-description
> mechanism:
>
> 1)  There is no way to flag if a command goes interactive.  This is
> necessary for tcltkgrass as it spawns an xterm when the module
> description indicates the command is interactive.  This can be added to
> the GModule struct (and GModule should be renamed as it conflicts with
> an interface in GLIB, case folks want to use that library for something).
>
> 2)  Some commands still don't function with the --interface-description.
>
> 3)  Some commands spew out extraneous info that gets into the XML
> stream, thus making it invalid.
>
> 4)  The tcltkgrass module interface has some extra capabilities not
> directly reflected in the output of --interface-description (file
> browsing, color selection, etc.).  The "standard option" interface will
> help make these recognizable.
>
> 5) ???
>
> I think this can all be tackled in 5.1.

BTW: In g51 Tcl/Tk is already generated from options/flags
if parameters are not given:
http://mpa.itc.it/radim/g51/d.vect-gui.jpg

Radim