[GRASS-dev] Re: a better console and better diff

[Martin Landa]

Hi,

2009/12/11 Michael Barton <michael.barton at asu.edu>:

> --Type a grass command. When you get to the ".", it brings up an
> autocomplete list of relevant commands. Keep typing (or mouse up/down) until
> you find the one you want and hit return.
>
> --Press <tab> to see full calltips of command syntax for each command
> entered (one command per line please)
>
> --As you type the command arguments, hitting "=" and "," following an
> "=[string]" combination will bring up context-sensitive lists of relevant
> maps or other data sets (e.g. regions where appropriate).
>
> --You can type ctrl-space to bring up a context sensitive list of maps for
> raster, vector, etc. at any place in the command.
>
> --Pressing return on the command line will run it.
>
> This will accept shell commands (redirects and pipes don't work but could),
> grass commands without arguments (brings up the GUI dialogs), and grass
> commands with the short form arguments (r.info mymap) as well as full grass
> commands with argument=value format.

Most of the things are already implemented in GPrompt! Better would be
to make working GPrompt class on Mac.

Martin

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