[GRASS-dev] WxPython prototype GRASS GUI. Version 2

[Michael Barton]

These changes, especially the scaled bitmap (which I use for window
resizing) would significantly affect how the app works.

Michael
__________________________________________
Michael Barton, Professor of Anthropology
School of Human Evolution & Social Change
Center for Social Dynamics and Complexity
Arizona State University

phone: 480-965-6213
fax: 480-965-7671
www: http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton


> From: Yann Chemin <ychemin at gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 23:07:06 +0700
> To: Michael Barton <michael.barton at asu.edu>
> Cc: Moritz Lennert <mlennert at club.worldonline.be>, Trevor Wiens
> <twiens at interbaun.com>, David Finlayson <david.p.finlayson at gmail.com>, Jachym
> Cepicky <jachym.cepicky at centrum.cz>, Grass Developers List
> <grass-dev at grass.itc.it>
> Subject: Re: [GRASS-dev] WxPython prototype GRASS GUI. Version 2
> 
> the version installed here is wxPythonGTK2.6-2.6.3.3-2mdv2007.0
> 
> from wxpython www:
> last changes from 2.6.2.1 are dealing with :
> 
> -----------
> Added wx.SizerItem.SetUserData
> 
> A variety of updates to wx.lib.floatcanvas, including Added
> DrawObjects, including a ScaledTextBox, with auto-wrapping, etc, and
> Scaled and Unscaled Bitmap Objects.
> 
>     WARNING: Changed all DrawObjects to take an (x,y) pair rather than
> individual x,y parameters. Also changed rectangles and ellipses to
> take (w,h) pair. This is an API change, but should be easy to
> accommodate, all you need to do is add a parenthesis pair: (...x, y,
> ...) ---> (...(x,y), ...)
> 
> ----------
> 
> maybe somebody can understand more than i can... :-)
> 
> 
> 
> On 08/08/06, Michael Barton <michael.barton at asu.edu> wrote:
>> Moritz and Yann,
>> 
>> I hope to be able to test this on FC4 and Debian soon here. I'll let you
>> know if we have the same issues.
>> 
>> My guess is that if it's a version issue, it's with wxPython, since we're
>> all using Python 2.4.3.
>> 
>> You might check the change log of 2.6.1 to 2.6.3 changes.
>> 
>> Michael
>> __________________________________________
>> Michael Barton, Professor of Anthropology
>> School of Human Evolution & Social Change
>> Center for Social Dynamics & Complexity
>> Arizona State University
>> 
>> phone: 480-965-6213
>> fax: 480-965-7671
>> www: http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> From: Moritz Lennert <mlennert at club.worldonline.be>
>>> Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 09:34:32 +0200
>>> To: Michael Barton <michael.barton at asu.edu>
>>> Cc: Yann Chemin <ychemin at gmail.com>, Trevor Wiens <twiens at interbaun.com>,
>>> David Finlayson <david.p.finlayson at gmail.com>, Jachym Cepicky
>>> <jachym.cepicky at centrum.cz>, Grass Developers List <grass-dev at grass.itc.it>
>>> Subject: Re: [GRASS-dev] WxPython prototype GRASS GUI. Version 2
>>> 
>>> Michael Barton wrote:
>>>> Moritz and Yann,
>>>> 
>>>> I forgot to ask you. Are you using whatever came with Debian unstable, or
>>>> did you install the latest and greatest Python 2.4.2.xx (I'm on 2.4.3.11)
>>>> and wxPython 2.6.3.x?
>>> 
>>> I have tried it with
>>> 
>>> python 2.4.3-7
>>> and wxptyhon 2.6.1.2 (from Ubuntu as the debian version is still
>>> compiled against python2.3)
>>> 
>>> and I still have the same problem with panning.
>>> 
>>> To test with newer version I will have to compile myself. I'll do that
>>> when I find the time.
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Image dragging works very smoothly on my Mac. How does resizing look?
>>> 
>>> I assume you mean window resizing. It doesn't work: I can see the map
>>> flicker at the correct, resized size, but then the display is grey. When
>>> I click on the "display map" button, it appears at the original size,
>>> thus only filling a part of the screen.
>>> 
>>>> A
>>>> buffered DC can be used to reduce flicker, but is a bit of a pain to
>>>> implement. Need to know if it is needed on some systems or the problem is
>>>> an
>>>> issue of different versions of the software.
>>>> 
>>>> Check out the new version I just uploaded.
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers
>>>> Michael
>>>> __________________________________________
>>>> Michael Barton, Professor of Anthropology
>>>> School of Human Evolution & Social Change
>>>> Center for Social Dynamics and Complexity
>>>> Arizona State University
>>>> 
>>>> phone: 480-965-6213
>>>> fax: 480-965-7671
>>>> www: http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> From: Moritz Lennert <mlennert at club.worldonline.be>
>>>>> Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2006 10:28:47 +0200
>>>>> To: Michael Barton <michael.barton at asu.edu>
>>>>> Cc: Grass Developers List <grass-dev at grass.itc.it>, Jachym Cepicky
>>>>> <jachym.cepicky at centrum.cz>, Trevor Wiens <twiens at interbaun.com>, David
>>>>> Finlayson <david.p.finlayson at gmail.com>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [GRASS-dev] WxPython prototype GRASS GUI. Version 2
>>>>> 
>>>>> Panning however causes problems for me:
>>>>> 
>>>>> - first the screen flashes very frequently while the map moves
>>>>> - once the map is in its new position, I cannot use the mouse anymore,
>>>>> only my keyboard. However, when I change to another workspace of my
>>>>> Gnome desktop and then switch back again, the map display is empty, but
>>>>> I can use my mouse again.
>>>> 
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