[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS-CVS] michael: grass6/lib/init gis_set.tcl, 1.24, 1.25

[Michael Barton]

I agree with this. This is why the wording turned out awkward. It would be
much easier to just come up with more generic descriptions of what is needed
to start the program, but it is important to maintain the link with existing
terminology. And the terminology is not bad--better than the terminology in
some other programs, IMHO. It's just that it is specific to GRASS only and
must be faced to simply start the program.

So maybe a better idea is to keep the GRASS terminology and offer a brief
definition rather than to create a hybrid like I did. What about something
along the lines of...

Select GIS database
(directory containing GRASS data)


Select location
(projection and optional geographic extents)

Select mapset
(GIS files)

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

phone: 480-965-6213
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> From: Markus Neteler <neteler at itc.it>
> Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 22:43:15 +0200
> To: <grass-dev at grass.itc.it>
> Subject: Re: [GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS-CVS] michael: grass6/lib/init gis_set.tcl,
> 1.24, 1.25
> 
> 
> I just want to avoid that we break with the existing wealth of documentation
> and also a bit with tradition (we have many long term users who even took a
> while to switch to GRASS 5 or GRASS 6). It is already quite hard to keep
> presentations reasonably updated, but for tutorials (there are many) and books
> it is even worse.
> 
> Well, let's hear the others. It's worth to get this discussed.
>  
> 
> Markus