wingrass: launching gui and shell [was: Re: [GRASS-dev] Wingrass and TclTk]

[Benjamin Ducke]

> 
> Correct. Does this work on Windows though?

Yes.

> 
> ...
>>> Only thing which is a bit annoying: you have to close the two (cmd and
>>> gis.m) seperately (i.e. gis.m does not close when you type exit in
>>> cmd.exe). But that's minor in my eyes.
>> Users who don't normally use the command line may not know to type exit -
>> I think it's a big enough issue not to introduce it as a problem when it
>> wasn't there before - see my comments above.
> 
> I agree. This is a pain for most computer users today. I don't find it a
> problem, but it makes GRASS look somewhat archaic.
>

How about adding an entry "Start GRASS Shell" to the Tcl/Tk menus?
This way, we could do without starting a shell by default from
Init.bat and users can launch as many as they need.
We may assume that someone who intentionally launches a shell
to do some work also has the wits to close it afterwards
(which can be done by simply clicking the little "x" on the
window).

Benjamin

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