[GRASS5] ps.map symbol size from DB column

[Michael Barton]

The main code is in $GISBASE/etc/dm/print.tcl (for binaries - easier to test
and debug in binaries); some code (including stubs for panels) is in
$GISBASE/etc/dm/dm.tcl and in $GISBASE/etc/dm/*.tcl for each panel.

Michael
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Michael Barton, Professor of Anthropology
School of Human Evolution and Social Change
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ  85287-2402
USA

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www: http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton


> From: Moritz Lennert <mlennert at club.worldonline.be>
> Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 10:41:48 +0200
> To: Michael Barton <michael.barton at asu.edu>
> Cc: Hamish <hamish_nospam at yahoo.com>, <grass5 at grass.itc.it>
> Subject: Re: [GRASS5] ps.map symbol size from DB column
> 
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> Michael Barton wrote:
>> Moritz and Hamish
>> 
>> A major objective of the changes to the GIS Manager I've been making are to
>> move all major display functions to GIS Manager layers with option panels.
>> This makes entering options easier. It also allows for much easier creation
>> of complex maps that can be modified and redisplayed. Importantly, it makes
>> it possible to save all types of display features as a groups, including
>> charts, thematic maps, grids, scales, frames, etc--as well as the normal
>> raster and vector maps. without having to create commands and save them in a
>> command layer.
>> 
>> One problem that has come up in this is that the print function as currently
>> implemented is limited to just doing basic raster and vector maps. I've put
>> stubs to all the new layers, but it will require someone with a much more
>> intimate knowledge of ps.map than I have to make it possible to directly
>> print a complex map made in this way through the current print dialog
>> (actually an interface to ps.map).
> 
> I have begun looking at the code, but haven't got very far in
> understanding what needs to be done... I'll try some more when I
> have time.
> 
> 
> 
>> 
>> While I hope this can happen, I've also created a couple of alternative
>> solutions that might help in the meantime. One is a new script that will
>> save display monitor output to a larger variety of graphic formats (the
>> d.out.file script that I sent out for review a few days ago). Another is a
>> simple print menu item that will send the display of the active  display
>> monitor to the default printer via lpr.
> 
> Sounds good. Looking forward to testing it.
> 
> Moritz
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