[GRASS-dev] more NVIZ updates

Michael Barton michael.barton at asu.edu
Thu Nov 23 11:48:42 EST 2006


Markus,

Glad this is working fine. I just realized that I didn't change the makefile
to reflect some panel name changes. Maybe it works anyway.

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

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> From: Markus Neteler <neteler at itc.it>
> Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 14:10:23 +0100
> To: Michael Barton <michael.barton at asu.edu>
> Cc: GRASS developers list <grass-dev at grass.itc.it>
> Subject: Re: [GRASS-dev] more NVIZ updates
> 
> Great job, Michael.
> NVIZ is back working on RHEL 4!
> Thanks for your efforts & patience,
> 
> Markus
> 
> On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 09:16:09AM -0700, Michael Barton wrote:
>> I just put the new fix into the cvs. This will work.
>> 
>> Michael
>> __________________________________________
>> Michael Barton, Professor of Anthropology
>> School of Human Evolution & Social Change
>> Center for Social Dynamics and Complexity
>> Arizona State University
>> 
>> phone: 480-965-6213
>> fax: 480-965-7671
>> www: http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton
>> 
>> 
>>> From: Markus Neteler <neteler at itc.it>
>>> Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:11:41 +0100
>>> To: Bob Covill <bcovill at tekmap.ns.ca>
>>> Cc: Michael Barton <michael.barton at asu.edu>
>>> Subject: Re: [GRASS-dev] more NVIZ updates
>>> 
>>> Hi Bob,
>>> 
>>> good point, I didn't see the black arrow in the lower left corner.
>>> If I manually close the "wait_ok" extra window with the "Please wait"
>>> message, I can enter the menu. but the "show panel" thing doesn't
>>> do anything. Also clicking the arrow only changes the direction
>>> of the arrow....
>>> 
>>> Resizing also doesn't help.
>>> 
>>> Markus
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 08:42:57AM -0400, Bob Covill wrote:
>>>> Hi Markus,
>>>> 
>>>>> From the screen shot you sent it appears that the panels have loaded.
>>>> You just cannot see them! For some reason it appears that your panels
>>>> are hidden. Remember that you can hide the panels in "full screen" mode.
>>>> The fact that there is a scrollbar at the side and a black arrow in the
>>>> lower left corner suggests that the panels have been loaded. Try
>>>> clicking (1+ times) on the black arrow in the lower left corner. You can
>>>> also use Hide/Show panels from the Appearance menu.
>>>> 
>>>> Hopefully this will open the menu for you. If it doesn't, try adjusting
>>>> the window size or manually setting the canvas size (under File).
>>>> 
>>>> Let me know how you make out.
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Bob
>>>> 
>>>> On Wed, 2006-11-22 at 09:40 +0100, Markus Neteler wrote:
>>>>> Hi Bob,
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Tue, Nov 21, 2006 at 09:02:12PM -0400, Bob Covill wrote:
>>>>>> On Tue, 2006-11-21 at 22:26 +0100, Markus Neteler wrote:
>>>>>>> On Tue, Nov 21, 2006 at 02:10:49PM -0400, Bob Covill wrote:
>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>> Let me know if you have any problems.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Strangly no errors show up (last time it did with your modification).
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Just to make sure that everything is built cleanly, do a "make clean"
>>>>>> first. 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> When I launch nviz without parameters, the parser GUI pops up,
>>>>>>> then I press run and it remains in the initial wait state.
>>>>>> This is probably something that needs catching. I am not an expert on
>>>>>> the GUI end of things, but it is probably trying to start the nviz
>>>>>> parser GUI from inside the parser GUI!
>>>>> 
>>>>> I don't think so, it seems to be a problem to build the
>>>>> panel (so at a later stage)
>>>>>  
>>>>>>> If I do 
>>>>>>>  nviz elevation.dem
>>>>>>> instead it gets up the top menu but not the left panel.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Will nviz start up for you with "nviz -q"?
>>>>> 
>>>>> See attached screenshot for "nviz -q". If I load a map instead, it
>>>>> shows in the canvas but remains like this.
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Also, try enabling the DEBUG
>>>>>> variable at the top of nviz2.2_script. This should give you an idea of
>>>>>> where it is failing.
>>>>> 
>>>>> nviz -q
>>>>> Adding panels from
>>>>> /nfsmnt/bartok0/ssi/neteler/software/cvsgrass63/dist.x86_64-unknown-linux-
>>>>> gn
>>>>> u/etc/nviz2.2/scripts
>>>>> Nv_(panels)
>>>>> Build toplevel window
>>>>> toplevel made
>>>>> info widget made
>>>>> panel area made
>>>>> file menu made
>>>>> Help menu made
>>>>> disabled made
>>>>> Nv_mkConfigMenu 1
>>>>> Nv_mkConfigMenu 2 0     Position
>>>>> Nv_mkConfigMenu 2 1     Lighting
>>>>> Nv_mkConfigMenu 2 2     Background Color
>>>>> Nv_mkConfigMenu 2 3     Label
>>>>> Nv_mkConfigMenu 2 4     Decorations
>>>>> Nv_mkPanelMenu 1
>>>>> Nv_mkPanelMenu 2 0      Raster Surfaces
>>>>> Nv_mkPanelMenu 2 1      Cutting Planes
>>>>> Nv_mkPanelMenu 2 2      Scaled Difference
>>>>> Nv_mkPanelMenu 2 3      Raster Query
>>>>> Nv_mkPanelMenu 2 4      Vector Lines/3D Polygons
>>>>> Nv_mkPanelMenu 2 5      Vector Points
>>>>> Nv_mkPanelMenu 2 6      Vector Query
>>>>> Nv_mkPanelMenu 2 7      Volumes
>>>>> Nv_mkPanelMenu 2 8      Animation
>>>>> Nv_mkPanelMenu 2 9      Keyframe Animation
>>>>> scripting menu 0 made
>>>>> scripting menu made
>>>>> 
>>>>> Then it remains in the state as the screenshot shows.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Still strange that it hides the tcl errors (last time it showed them,
>>>>> too bad that I didn't kept the code).
>>>>> 
>>>>> Markus
>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Tue, 2006-11-21 at 18:51 +0100, Markus Neteler wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Hi Bob,
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> I am afraid that I don't have your tarball any more. I
>>>>>>>>> always try to delete as many mails as possible (still
>>>>>>>>>> 1300 in the inbox...).
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> I would highly appreciate CVS diffs instead of a tarball.
>>>>>>>>> Complete files are very risky to invert a change from
>>>>>>>>> someone else (we have some developers who continuously
>>>>>>>>> do so :/, anyway). Since it is so easy, please resend
>>>>>>>>> it to me as follows:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> cd grass63cvs
>>>>>>>>> cvs diff -u visualization/nviz/ > nviz.diff
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> and likewise for other directories. I hope you don't mind!
>>>>>>>>> In the recent months we had more that 10 cases that changes
>>>>>>>>> from other developers were overwritten which upsets people
>>>>>>>>> of course. And it's so easy to avoid...
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>>> markus
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Nov 21, 2006 at 12:16:55PM -0400, Bob Covill wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Hi Markus,
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> I am just testing the updated nviz here (SUSE 10). The script
>>>>>>>>>> start-up
>>>>>>>>>> stuff I sent earlier should still work with the updated nviz. This
>>>>>>>>>> will
>>>>>>>>>> spit out any tcl errors.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Let me know if you need me to re-send the script tarball. Also, if
>>>>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>>>>> have any suggestions for improving the Makefiles or script (nviz) let
>>>>>>>>>> me
>>>>>>>>>> know. I will try and get them as clean as possible before submitting
>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>> CVS.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> Bob
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 2006-11-21 at 16:41 +0100, Markus Neteler wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Bob,
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> while the new NVIZ works on Mandriva 2007, it fails on
>>>>>>>>>>> Redhat Enterprise 4. It's again some tcl problem which
>>>>>>>>>>> is hidden by the current startup procedure.
>>>>>>>>>>> If you could find a way to make the tcl errors show
>>>>>>>>>>> up in the terminal, I would be grateful.
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>> markus
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Markus Neteler  <neteler itc it>  http://mpa.itc.it/markus/
>>> ITC-irst -  Centro per la Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica
>>> MPBA - Predictive Models for Biol. & Environ. Data Analysis
>>> Via Sommarive, 18        -       38050 Povo (Trento), Italy
>> 
> 
> -- 
> Markus Neteler  <neteler itc it>  http://mpa.itc.it/markus/
> ITC-irst -  Centro per la Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica
> MPBA - Predictive Models for Biol. & Environ. Data Analysis
> Via Sommarive, 18        -       38050 Povo (Trento), Italy




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