[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #1719: GRASS 7 Monitor command line support

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#1719: GRASS 7 Monitor command line support
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 Reporter:  annalisapg   |       Owner:  grass-dev@…              
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  7.0.0                    
Component:  wxGUI        |     Version:  svn-trunk                
 Keywords:  d.mon        |    Platform:  Unspecified              
      Cpu:  Unspecified  |  
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Changes (by cmbarton):

  * type:  defect => enhancement


Comment:

 The old monitor system was fine for Linux in some respects but a problem
 for other platforms. Making GRASS much better cross-platform software
 meant that the very old monitor display architecture had to be replaced.
 However, there are equivalent--and more scriptable--tools for the same and
 other functions in GRASS 7. In fact, GRASS 7 is much more scriptable than
 the old xmonitor architecture. For scripts, a difference between setting a
 region in one way and another is negligible. For interactive use,
 separating the display zoom from the computational zoom has a number of
 advantages, including making the display faster with large maps. But it
 doesn't work like GRASS 5 or even 6.1 anymore. Personally, I'm happy about
 that because there is a lot more interactive functionality than there used
 to be (in early GRASS 5, there was no way to even export the display to a
 graphics file) and scripting is more flexible and reliable. This is not a
 defect. I'm not sure if it is an enhancement request, but improved speed
 is an enhancement that is always appreciated

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