[GRASS5] 4 more questions about d.vect for improving GIS Manager

[Radim Blazek]

Michael Barton wrote:
> There are 4 more questions I have about the vector panel in the GIS Manager
> so that I can update it.
> 
> There are 2 checkboxes labeled "print query output as text in terminal" and
> "edit attributes"
> 
> The first call the -x flag which, according to the docs (and d.vect) is
> "Don't add to list of vectors and commands in monitor". The latter *sounds*
> like it is keeping the d.vect results out of the list that d.redraw checks.
> Is this what it is doing? If not, what IS it doing. I have yet to see the
> query output printed as text in the terminal. This does not seem to be a
> correct description of the flag. Is it worth keeping in the GIS Manager
> version of d.vect?
> 
> The second calls a -e flag. There is no such flag listed in the docs. Is
> this a holdover from an earlier version? Should I get rid of it?
> 
> As I thought I understood it, the print width setting only works with
> ps.map. But perhaps it is called if you use the print dialog in the GIS
> Manager? I guess the question is does this setting actually do anything from
> within the GIS Manager or is it something that people will only be able to
> use via ps.map?
> 
> Finally, an option that is NOT in the GIS Manager vector panel is the -c
> flag. This fills areas with random colors based on the cat field. I thought
> I'd add this if there is interest.
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> Michael

You are mixing d.vect and d.what.vect, I guess.

Radim