[GRASS-dev] more NVIZ updates

Markus Neteler neteler at itc.it
Thu Nov 23 08:10:23 EST 2006 

Great job, Michael.
NVIZ is back working on RHEL 4!
Thanks for your efforts & patience,

Markus

On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 09:16:09AM -0700, Michael Barton wrote:
> I just put the new fix into the cvs. This will work.
> 
> Michael
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> > From: Markus Neteler <neteler at itc.it>
> > Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:11:41 +0100
> > To: Bob Covill <bcovill at tekmap.ns.ca>
> > Cc: Michael Barton <michael.barton at asu.edu>
> > Subject: Re: [GRASS-dev] more NVIZ updates
> > 
> > Hi Bob,
> > 
> > good point, I didn't see the black arrow in the lower left corner.
> > If I manually close the "wait_ok" extra window with the "Please wait"
> > message, I can enter the menu. but the "show panel" thing doesn't
> > do anything. Also clicking the arrow only changes the direction
> > of the arrow....
> > 
> > Resizing also doesn't help.
> > 
> > Markus
> > 
> > On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 08:42:57AM -0400, Bob Covill wrote:
> >> Hi Markus,
> >> 
> >>> From the screen shot you sent it appears that the panels have loaded.
> >> You just cannot see them! For some reason it appears that your panels
> >> are hidden. Remember that you can hide the panels in "full screen" mode.
> >> The fact that there is a scrollbar at the side and a black arrow in the
> >> lower left corner suggests that the panels have been loaded. Try
> >> clicking (1+ times) on the black arrow in the lower left corner. You can
> >> also use Hide/Show panels from the Appearance menu.
> >> 
> >> Hopefully this will open the menu for you. If it doesn't, try adjusting
> >> the window size or manually setting the canvas size (under File).
> >> 
> >> Let me know how you make out.
> >> 
> >> --
> >> Bob
> >> 
> >> On Wed, 2006-11-22 at 09:40 +0100, Markus Neteler wrote:
> >>> Hi Bob,
> >>> 
> >>> On Tue, Nov 21, 2006 at 09:02:12PM -0400, Bob Covill wrote:
> >>>> On Tue, 2006-11-21 at 22:26 +0100, Markus Neteler wrote:
> >>>>> On Tue, Nov 21, 2006 at 02:10:49PM -0400, Bob Covill wrote:
> >>> ...
> >>>>>> Let me know if you have any problems.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> Strangly no errors show up (last time it did with your modification).
> >>>> 
> >>>> Just to make sure that everything is built cleanly, do a "make clean"
> >>>> first. 
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> When I launch nviz without parameters, the parser GUI pops up,
> >>>>> then I press run and it remains in the initial wait state.
> >>>> This is probably something that needs catching. I am not an expert on
> >>>> the GUI end of things, but it is probably trying to start the nviz
> >>>> parser GUI from inside the parser GUI!
> >>> 
> >>> I don't think so, it seems to be a problem to build the
> >>> panel (so at a later stage)
> >>>  
> >>>>> If I do 
> >>>>>  nviz elevation.dem
> >>>>> instead it gets up the top menu but not the left panel.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Will nviz start up for you with "nviz -q"?
> >>> 
> >>> See attached screenshot for "nviz -q". If I load a map instead, it
> >>> shows in the canvas but remains like this.
> >>> 
> >>>> Also, try enabling the DEBUG
> >>>> variable at the top of nviz2.2_script. This should give you an idea of
> >>>> where it is failing.
> >>> 
> >>> nviz -q
> >>> Adding panels from
> >>> /nfsmnt/bartok0/ssi/neteler/software/cvsgrass63/dist.x86_64-unknown-linux-gn
> >>> u/etc/nviz2.2/scripts
> >>> Nv_(panels)
> >>> Build toplevel window
> >>> toplevel made
> >>> info widget made
> >>> panel area made
> >>> file menu made
> >>> Help menu made
> >>> disabled made
> >>> Nv_mkConfigMenu 1
> >>> Nv_mkConfigMenu 2 0     Position
> >>> Nv_mkConfigMenu 2 1     Lighting
> >>> Nv_mkConfigMenu 2 2     Background Color
> >>> Nv_mkConfigMenu 2 3     Label
> >>> Nv_mkConfigMenu 2 4     Decorations
> >>> Nv_mkPanelMenu 1
> >>> Nv_mkPanelMenu 2 0      Raster Surfaces
> >>> Nv_mkPanelMenu 2 1      Cutting Planes
> >>> Nv_mkPanelMenu 2 2      Scaled Difference
> >>> Nv_mkPanelMenu 2 3      Raster Query
> >>> Nv_mkPanelMenu 2 4      Vector Lines/3D Polygons
> >>> Nv_mkPanelMenu 2 5      Vector Points
> >>> Nv_mkPanelMenu 2 6      Vector Query
> >>> Nv_mkPanelMenu 2 7      Volumes
> >>> Nv_mkPanelMenu 2 8      Animation
> >>> Nv_mkPanelMenu 2 9      Keyframe Animation
> >>> scripting menu 0 made
> >>> scripting menu made
> >>> 
> >>> Then it remains in the state as the screenshot shows.
> >>> 
> >>> Still strange that it hides the tcl errors (last time it showed them,
> >>> too bad that I didn't kept the code).
> >>> 
> >>> Markus
> >>> 
> >>>>>> On Tue, 2006-11-21 at 18:51 +0100, Markus Neteler wrote:
> >>>>>>> Hi Bob,
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> I am afraid that I don't have your tarball any more. I
> >>>>>>> always try to delete as many mails as possible (still
> >>>>>>>> 1300 in the inbox...).
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> I would highly appreciate CVS diffs instead of a tarball.
> >>>>>>> Complete files are very risky to invert a change from
> >>>>>>> someone else (we have some developers who continuously
> >>>>>>> do so :/, anyway). Since it is so easy, please resend
> >>>>>>> it to me as follows:
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> cd grass63cvs
> >>>>>>> cvs diff -u visualization/nviz/ > nviz.diff
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> and likewise for other directories. I hope you don't mind!
> >>>>>>> In the recent months we had more that 10 cases that changes
> >>>>>>> from other developers were overwritten which upsets people
> >>>>>>> of course. And it's so easy to avoid...
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> Thanks
> >>>>>>> markus
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> On Tue, Nov 21, 2006 at 12:16:55PM -0400, Bob Covill wrote:
> >>>>>>>> Hi Markus,
> >>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>> I am just testing the updated nviz here (SUSE 10). The script start-up
> >>>>>>>> stuff I sent earlier should still work with the updated nviz. This will
> >>>>>>>> spit out any tcl errors.
> >>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>> Let me know if you need me to re-send the script tarball. Also, if you
> >>>>>>>> have any suggestions for improving the Makefiles or script (nviz) let
> >>>>>>>> me
> >>>>>>>> know. I will try and get them as clean as possible before submitting to
> >>>>>>>> CVS.
> >>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>> --
> >>>>>>>> Bob
> >>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>> On Tue, 2006-11-21 at 16:41 +0100, Markus Neteler wrote:
> >>>>>>>>> Hi Bob,
> >>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>> while the new NVIZ works on Mandriva 2007, it fails on
> >>>>>>>>> Redhat Enterprise 4. It's again some tcl problem which
> >>>>>>>>> is hidden by the current startup procedure.
> >>>>>>>>> If you could find a way to make the tcl errors show
> >>>>>>>>> up in the terminal, I would be grateful.
> >>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>> thanks,
> >>>>>>>>> markus
> >>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>> 
> >> 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Markus Neteler  <neteler itc it>  http://mpa.itc.it/markus/
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> 

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MPBA - Predictive Models for Biol. & Environ. Data Analysis
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