[GRASS5] ps.map symbol size from DB column

[Moritz Lennert]

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Michael Barton wrote:
> Moritz and Hamish
> 
> A major objective of the changes to the GIS Manager I've been making are to
> move all major display functions to GIS Manager layers with option panels.
> This makes entering options easier. It also allows for much easier creation
> of complex maps that can be modified and redisplayed. Importantly, it makes
> it possible to save all types of display features as a groups, including
> charts, thematic maps, grids, scales, frames, etc--as well as the normal
> raster and vector maps. without having to create commands and save them in a
> command layer.
> 
> One problem that has come up in this is that the print function as currently
> implemented is limited to just doing basic raster and vector maps. I've put
> stubs to all the new layers, but it will require someone with a much more
> intimate knowledge of ps.map than I have to make it possible to directly
> print a complex map made in this way through the current print dialog
> (actually an interface to ps.map).

I have begun looking at the code, but haven't got very far in
understanding what needs to be done... I'll try some more when I
have time.



> 
> While I hope this can happen, I've also created a couple of alternative
> solutions that might help in the meantime. One is a new script that will
> save display monitor output to a larger variety of graphic formats (the
> d.out.file script that I sent out for review a few days ago). Another is a
> simple print menu item that will send the display of the active  display
> monitor to the default printer via lpr.

Sounds good. Looking forward to testing it.

Moritz
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