[GRASS5] g51 v.digit

John A. Preston jpreston at uwimona.edu.jm
Fri Oct 11 13:43:02 EDT 2002


> 
> Christoph Hoegl wrote:
> 
> > I really would like to join a task force for the implementation of 
> > a) a Generic Display API (GAPI)
> > b) the gtk+ Display System (GDS)
> > 	e.g. it may be possible to revamp some NVIZ togl code for 
> > 	GDS
> > 
> > What I personally don't want to see is some kind of monster application
> > that needs 5 minutes to start just to change location
> > so we should keep the console based variants as well (grass scripting 
> > is really fun and beats most of the commercial click-ware interfaces
> > both in routine (production) and experimental work)
> > 
> > It should be more like the tcltkgrass toolbar with plugins/modules
> > for each grass command
> > 
> > like d.rast,v,rast,d.dm,nviz,d.* etc  -> main display routine
> > with helper plugins/modules for typical console work
> > 
> > (just to keep the single system feeling)
> 
> Output-only programs (i.e. most of the d.*) commands aren't really a
> problem; they will fit into any architecture.
What about the case of the CELL and PNG drivers where you want to generate an image
I currently use a version of the PNG driver to do this and I wish to add features for
the display of vectors in other than single solid line (size, style etc).

John Preston
jpreston at uwimona.edu.jm

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