[GRASS5] [bug #2051] (grass) icon archive

[Radim Blazek]

On Tuesday 05 August 2003 21:22, Request Tracker wrote:
> this bug's URL: http://intevation.de/rt/webrt?serial_num=2051
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> Subject: icon archive
>
> Platform: Mac OSX
> grass obtained from: compiled from source via fink
> grass binary for platform: Mac OSX
> GRASS Version: 5.0.2
>
> Given the limited installed point markers (+,x,diamond, box) and the
> potential for limitless icon creation, it might be nice to have an archive
> of user created icons that all GRASS users could access. For example,
> learning how to use the icon generator, I made a 'bug' for the bugsites on
> the sample data. If I still have it, I'd be happy to submit it. I bet a lot
> of GRASS users have made custom point icons, many of which would be very
> useful to others.
>
> Is this no long relevant in GRASS 5.1?

I think that library of icons is very good idea and necessity.
The format for icons is changed and extended in 5.1, see
http://freegis.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/grass51/lib/symbol/

example icon muchomurka:
xdriver: http://mpa.itc.it/radim/g51/symbol.png
ps.map: http://mpa.itc.it/radim/g51/psmap.png

Icons are stored in grass51/etc/symbol/<group>/<icon> (system icons)
or in <mapset>/symbol/<group>/<icon> (user icons)
and selected by <group>/<icon> in modules, e.g. d.vect icon=demo/muchomurka

Unfortunately, there is no visual tool to make icons, I think that 
some script converting (limited) xfig format or similar 
is the solution. Or vim/emacs of course for simple shapes.
demo/muchomurka was made in vim.

If you make some icons for 5.1, send it to me and I'll put it to cvs.

Radim

> Michael Barton
> Department of Anthropology
> Arizona State University