[GRASS-dev] GRASS & cygwin quite slow

[Glynn Clements]

Moritz Lennert wrote:

> >>> Currently, the GRASS TclTk GUI works without X11. Almost all GRASS modules
> >>> work without X11 or there is a TclTk replacement for critical modules.
> >>> v.digit is the only major exception now. NVIZ without X11 may still be in
> >>> transition. It still has problems on Intel Macs and I'm not sure about where
> >>> it is for Windows.
> 
> Using the grass-cvs binaries from http://geni.ath.cx/grass.html which 
> according to the web page date from April 17, 2006, even the gis.m seems 
> to use X. At least, there is a large X in the top left of all the 
> windows. The provided .bat file (http://geni.ath.cx/grass/grass61.bat) 
> starts Xwin and then launches an xterm within that Xwin session.
> 
> So, how can I use the guis without X ?

1. Download the Tcl/Tk source code, and compile it. You might be able
to use the ActiveState Tcl/Tk package for gis.m, although I haven't
tried it. It's less likely that it would work with NVIZ. Cygwin's
Tcl/Tk *definitely* won't work with GRASS, due to the way it handles
filenames.

2. Download the GRASS source code, and compile it.

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Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>