[GRASS-dev] GRASS init.sh

[Glynn Clements]

David Finlayson wrote:

> > The only environment variable set in grass61 is GISBASE. That has to
> > be set there because the rest of GRASS (including Init.sh) is
> > referenced relative to $GISBASE.
> >
> > > 2. Many system-wide environment variables are determined at run-time
> > > by init.sh. This means that there is a lot of platform specific code
> > > looking for libraries and executables. Routines are different for each
> > > shell and each major platform. Surely there is a better way to do
> > > this? Maybe a configuration wizard that helps the user write or update
> > > their system-wide config file?
> >
> > Different users may have different values for $SHELL and $PATH.
> > Init.sh needs to work for all users, not one specific configuration.
> 
> I guess my point is this:
> 
> It was fine to put configuration information in the init script when
> there was effectively only 1 type of shell. Now that we are
> considering alternative environments for GRASS such as Java or Python
> or R or DOS, etc. it would be nice to get the configuration
> information into a proper config file. That way the configuration
> (static info about GRASS) is separated from the initialization process
> (unique to each environment/shell).

What type of configuration information are you referring to?

GRASS doesn't have any configuration files. Everything which can be
configured is done so through the environment.

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Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>