[GRASS5] tcltkgrass and wish error

[Glynn Clements]

Markus Neteler wrote:

> since we get the tcltkgrass/wish questions too often,
> I suggest a change to tcltkgrass startup:
> 
> mv $GISBASE/bin/tcltkgrass $GISBASE/etc/tcltkgrass.start
> 
> new file $GISBASE/bin/tcltkgrass with contents:
> #!/bin/sh
> # the next line restarts using wish \
> if [ "`type -p $GRASS_WISH`" = "" ] ; then
>  echo "wish not found. Install tcl and tk libraries."
>  exit
> else
>  exec $GISBASE/etc/tcltkgrass.start
> fi
> 
> Are there any objections (certainly above message may be modified)?

I doubt that this will achieve anything, other than a different error
message following the "I get the following error" messages.

Even people who have installed Tcl/Tk will still get errors if wish is
installed as e.g. "wish8.3".

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn.clements at virgin.net>