[GRASS-dev] grass63 -text startup screen

[Hamish]

Paul Kelly wrote:
> 
> Yes we only have a limited number of lines to work with! (Without it 
> getting very complicated and having to look at other code and adjust 
> things, which is probably more than it's worth doing for this.)
> 
> So yes Trevor's additions seem quite worthy but a little bit long. I 
> thought there perhaps there is no need to really mention spearfish
> seeing (as Maciek said) that it no longer comes with GRASS by default
> (AFAIK it used to  many years ago) and mentioning it there just
> confuses things. So if we  don't mention spearfish then we can save a
> line from the Location  description and make the Mapset description a
> line longer. Also took on  board all the comments about the Database
> description and here is the  latest version:
> 
> 
> LOCATION: This is the name of a geographic location. It is defined by
> a
>            co-ordinate system and a rectangular boundary.
> 
> MAPSET:   Each GRASS session runs under a particular MAPSET. This
> consists of
>            a rectangular REGION and a set of maps. Every LOCATION
>            contains at least a MAPSET called PERMANENT, which is
>            readable by all sessions.
> 
> DATABASE: This is a directory (folder) containing the GRASS locations.
> 
>           The REGION defaults to the entire area of the chosen
>           LOCATION. You may change it later with the command: g.region


sorry if I missed the answer, but what became of the idea to use multi-
sentence tool-tips to explain each field?


Hamish