[GRASS5] [bug #920] (grass) d.vect.line does not draw lines

[Eric G. Miller]

On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 11:59:05AM +0100, Request Tracker wrote:
> this bug's URL: http://intevation.de/rt/webrt?serial_num=920
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> 
> Subject: d.vect.line does not draw lines
> 
> Platform: Linux/Intel
> Linux distro: Debian
> linux cpu: Intel (i486, i586, pentium ...)
> Xwindows version: Xfree 4.0.x
> Xwindows manager: WindowMaker
> TclTk version: tcl/tk 8.2
> grass downloaded at: Trento site
> grass binary for platform: I compiled the sources myself
> grass sources source: exp_snap_13202
> c compiler name: gcc
> 
> When I launch 
> 
> d.vect.line mapname
> 
> I just get a line saying
> 
> drawing lines ... 0%
> 
> and then it exits without anything on the monitor.
> 
> With 
> 
> d.vect mapname
> 
> I see the map, just as with
> 
> d.vect.area mapname
> 
> I had to compile d.vect.line individually with gmake5/gmakelinks5 after the general compilation with make (see relevant message in grass-developers list), so maybe that causes the problem.

d.vect.line only draws labelled lines.  If the line doesn't have a
category number, it doesn't get drawn.  This is so area boundaries may
be distinguished from lines representing things.

-- 
Eric G. Miller <egm2 at jps.net>