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It is evolutionary rather than revolutionary. But it still has a number of new features that I hope will continue to make the many functions of GRASS more accessible. I’ve posted it to my website at<BR>
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<http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton/files/grass_gismgr/><BR>
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The file is GIS_manager050909.tgz<BR>
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It includes a replacement $GISBASE/etc/dm directory with all files and a new script, d.out.file, for the $GISBASE/scripts directory.<BR>
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Features of the GIS Manager update include a major display functions are now GIS Manager layers with options panels. This makes them much easier to manipulate AND to save in workspaces. All options panels now have integrated help buttons. I also added a print to default printer via lpr in the file menu.<BR>
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Getting rid of the display menu led to a little rearrangement of the menu structure. Several items have moved to file: primarily gis file management functions (this was a suggestion a long time back). The GIS menu (which some people didn’t like) has changed to a configuration menu. Slope arrows in raster cells moved to raster/terrain and histograms moved to image/reports and stats. <BR>
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The GIS Manager is somewhat more compact, with a new arrangement of functions: monitor control down the left side, general display controls and tools on the top toolbar and layers on bottom toolbar. I’ve also added color. Grey is OK for the eyes, but grey on grey is hard to see and pretty dull. Grass is green, so the GIS Manager is green.<BR>
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Let me know what works and what doesn’t. I’ve tested it a lot, but probably missed something.<BR>
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Enjoy!<BR>
Michael<BR>
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Michael Barton, Professor of Anthropology<BR>
School of Human Evolution and Social Change<BR>
Arizona State University<BR>
Tempe, AZ 85287-2402<BR>
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phone: 480-965-6213<BR>
fax: 480-965-7671<BR>
www: <a href="http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton">http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton</a> <BR>
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