[GRASS5] GUI code cleanup patch

[benducke at compuserve.de]

Excellent work!
May I suggest one little addition:
it would be great to have different coloured
titles or even little icons for commands
from the r.* v.* r3.* etc sections.
On a screen full of command GUIs this would
make finding the right one a lot easier.

Also, it would be nice to have all optional
parameters at the end of the list/in a different
font or even only displayed when wanted
(sth. like a "show all options" tickbox?)

One last thing: a history funtion to recall the
last settings in a GUI form since reopening it
would make life so much easier ...

Best,

Benjamin

----- Originalnachricht -----
Von: Cedric Shock <cedricgrass at shockfamily.net>
Datum: Montag, 13. März 2006 10:38 am
Betreff: Re: [GRASS5] GUI code cleanup patch

> Glynn,
> 
> On Sunday 12 March 2006 22:18, Glynn Clements wrote:
> > That seems reasonable, except that I would suggest leaving the
> > label/desc entries untouched, and either moving the choice to the
> > point where the value is actually used, or creating a separate entry
> > in opts() and copying the label/desc entry to that instead.
> 
> I agree completely. This patch accomplishes nothing, really, except 
> to 
> separate the changes needed to set up for having a better gui.tcl 
> from the 
> new one when it comes. As such I was trying to keep the list of 
> changes to a 
> minimum. The changes included here are just enough to clean up the 
> calling 
> convention and add the guisection attribute which my plans for 
> gui.tcl hinge 
> on. Anyway, I just copied the program logic straight across between 
> languages 
> to have a nice clear and understandable commit.
> 
> I am working quite a bit on gui.tcl, which has a rather low cost of 
> modifying. 
> Right now I've got notification in the output screen with icons 
> when the 
> program starts and finishes running and display and update of the 
> command to 
> be run while the options are edited. I'm playing with balloon help, 
> separate 
> tabs for options and output, contemplating a help tab to go along 
> with them, 
> and am somewhere in the midst of writing my first experimental 
> layout rule.
> 
> --Cedric Shock
> 
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