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<p style="margin: 0 0 1em 0; color: black; font-family: sans-serif;">On 7
October 2016 1:26:09 pm Moritz Lennert <mlennert@club.worldonline.be>
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On 07/10/16 11:35, Blumentrath, Stefan wrote:<br>
>> Ahhh, yes, there was that branch of the discussion too...<br>
>><br>
>> g.extension is great and I do not see any limit with that, esp.
not<br>
>> for single user environments.<br>
>><br>
>> However, on our server I download, compile and install centrally
all<br>
>> addons from source using a script. Thus, the main perceivable<br>
>> difference between core modules and addons would be visibility in
the<br>
>> GUI...<br>
>><br>
>> For me personally, that is no issue. But people who start with
GRASS<br>
>> likely often explore GRASS "graphically", thus a toolbox-approach<br>
>> would be very nice I think. Having an "Addons" entry in the menu
(if<br>
>> there is space for that) where all installed addons register,
would<br>
>> be a demonstration of existing addional functionality...<br>
><br>
> [...]<br>
><br>
> On 05/10/16 23:10, Anna Petrášová wrote:<br>
> > Hmm, this is already implemented (several years I would
say). Look<br>
> > into the tab Modules in layer manager. At least we now
know, that<br>
> > nobody here is using it...<br>
><br>
> Yes, I have to admit that I rarely use the other tabs in the GUI, to
my <br>
> own disadvantage most probably...<br>
><br>
> But maybe we can think more radically. Just as several OS have moved <br>
> away from the classical menu paradigm to search-based access to <br>
> functionalities (e.g. gnome-shell, etc), why not completely get rid of
<br>
> the menus and only leave the modules tab as entry point ?</p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 1em 0; color: black;">That works for some but surely
not all users.<br>
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> Again, just brainstorming...<br>
><br>
> Moritz<br>
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