[GRASS-dev] Re: grass-dev Digest, Vol 22, Issue 31

[Michael Barton]

On Feb 9, 2008, at 12:01 AM, grass-dev-request at lists.osgeo.org wrote:

> Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 14:32:23 -0800 (PST)
> From: Hamish <hamish_b at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [GRASS-dev] rename wxgrass / g.gui
> To: Martin Landa <landa.martin at gmail.com>,	GRASS developers list
> 	<grass-dev at lists.osgeo.org>
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> Martin Landa wrote:
>> I remember there was discussion about renaming wxgrass [1]. Before
>> wxgui will be used by users, I would like to raise this question
>> again.
> ...
>> [1]
>> http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/grass-dev/2007-August/032604.html
>
> the whole thread, more ideas:
>  http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.grass.devel/21880
>
>
>> I think we should rename wxgrass script to wxgui
>
> +1, although it is a bit generic?
> eg possible namespace collision with python-gnuradio. [apt-file  
> search]
> (that seems just to be a directory name, but ...)
> I guess as long as it's an internal grass module and not in /usr/bin
> it's ok?

+1

When do you want to do it? ASAP as far as I'm concerned.

>
>> and create module like g.gui or whatever (?)
>
> +0 for the name. Sounds ok.

+0 for me too.

Sounds OK. I can help if it's a Python or Bash script, not if it's in C

Michael

>
> I suppose g.gui will be a script, and it should use the normal parser
> unless there is some big reason not to. So --tcltk option would become
>   g.gui gui=[wxpy|tcltk|oldtcltk]
> or whatever names you like, with the default set to ...
>
> IIUC d.m and gis.m will be dropped for GRASS 7. I think it is ok to
> mandate Python for GRASS 7 but we should keep it optional for GRASS 6.
> .... So what language to write g.gui in?
> Both /bin/sh + .bat versions depending on platform via Makefile magic?
> Do it in C?
>
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>
> Hamish
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