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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Diane,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Have you tried to use GRASS plugin in QGIS? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Saber<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Saber Razmjooei<br><b>Lutra Consulting</b><br><a href="http://www.lutraconsulting.co.uk/" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window">www.lutraconsulting.co.uk</a><br>Tel:  +44 (0)1444 848012<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> grass-user-bounces@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:grass-user-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Diane Palmer<br><b>Sent:</b> 30 January 2014 10:13<br><b>To:</b> grass-user@lists.osgeo.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [GRASS-user] Problem with Python GUI Grass 6<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dear List Members<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am very new to Grass and am having a few problems getting started.  I’m running it on Windows 7 Enterprise, 64 bit.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>      </span></span><![endif]>I’ve tried the version 6.4.3 installed with QGIS.  <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>a)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>      </span></span><![endif]>In the Python GUI, when I try to add a vector or raster layer (Spearfish data, Quickstart tutorial), I don’t get a drop-down list.  It adds an empty file with the message “<span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Unable to fetch interface description for command ‘d.vect’/'d.rast'”.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>b)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>      </span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>When I try to import a shapefile of my own, it does import it, but I can only see the attribute table, not the map.  (I did remember to zoom to it and check the colour visibility).    The message is “Command ‘d.vect map=UK_outline@eldp’ failed”.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>      </span></span><![endif]>I <span style='font-size:10.0pt'>installed <a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/binary/mswindows/native/WinGRASS-6.4.3-1-Setup.exe"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>WinGRASS-6.4.3-1-Setup.exe</span></a> and accepted the Microsoft Runtime libraries option.  The Python GUI flickers in the toolbar and then crashes.  Fortunately the old TclTK GUI works.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So I have got a version which works but I’d really appreciate some suggestions on how I can get the attractive Python GUI up and running.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Many thanks.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>--------</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Diane Palmer</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Research Associate</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>CREST (Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology)</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1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