[GRASS-dev] NVIZ startup

[Michael Barton]

Given Paul Kelly's reply, we might want to revert this until the Windows
issues are sorted out. Thanks for trying to help with debugging though.

Michael


On 12/11/06 7:12 AM, "Bob Covill" <bcovill at tekmap.ns.ca> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I have updated NVIZ so that it is now started via a script (still called
> nviz). This update should improve the TCL error catching of NVIZ. TCL
> errors should now be printed to stderr. The previous version would hang
> or dump the user out without any indication of the TCL error causing the
> problem.
> 
> The un-installed script can be found in nviz/scripts. Please check it
> out and see if any improvements can be made.
> 
> This update also includes modifications to the nviz Makefile. The script
> is currently being installed in $GISBASE/bin, but it should probably be
> installed in $GISBASE/scripts. Unfortunately I do not know how to remove
> the old nviz in $GISBASE/bin before installing the script in
> $GISBASE/scripts. There is also a couple lines in Makefile to handle
> moving the binary nvwish to $GISBASE/etc/nviz2.2/. Please check this
> section to ensure that is is correct (particularly Windows developers).
> 
> --
> Bob
> 
> 

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