[GRASSLIST:10656] Re: [GRASS5] Re: Transparency added

[Michael Barton]

OK. Thanks for the clarification. This might have to be something done in a
system beyond TclTk.

Michael
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> From: Hamish <hamish_nospam at yahoo.com>
> Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 14:12:50 +1300
> To: Michael Barton <michael.barton at asu.edu>
> Cc: <grass5 at grass.itc.it>
> Subject: Re: [GRASSLIST:10656] Re: [GRASS5] Re: Transparency added
> 
>>>> XDRIVER is currently being cleaned up in preparation for being
>>>> killed off altogether. The future of the display architecture is
>>>> for libraster (and thus d.* programs) to generate graphic files for
>>>> use by the GUI.
>>> 
>>> I hope that there will continue to be a simple and fast widget-free
>>> "GUI" window which can be controlled from the command line?
>>> 
>> What do you mean in the wish below? Just trying to understand users'
>> UI needs.
> 
> All I want is a switch to turn off the buttons bar at the top and the
> coordinates under the cursor info bar at the bottom so I can maximize my
> screen real-estate while I work. d.erase, d.rast, d.zoom etc should
> still work from the command line. It doesn't have to be part of gis.m or
> anything fancy, I'm happiest with a simple window like 'd.mon x0' gives.
> I understand that d.zoom will be a problem. Hot keys could be used ('z'
> switches cursor to zoom crosshairs, e.g.)
> This is not a request, just a wish.
> 
> 
> 
> Hamish