[GRASS-dev] EPSG list search

[Michael Barton]

I would love to add this, but haven't been able to take the time to figure
out how to do it. I'll definitely look at this 'cookbook' recipe. Thanks.

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: Hamish <hamish_nospam at yahoo.com>
> Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 18:38:14 +1300
> To: grass5 <grass-dev at grass.itc.it>
> Subject: [GRASS-dev] EPSG list search
> 
> Hi,
> 
> how hard would it be to add a "search" function to the GUI startup epsg
> code browser?
> 
> It would be nice to have a line at the bottom of the window:
> 
> Search: [_______________________] [Go]   Forwards [x]  Backwards [x]
> 
> I would suggest hardcoding it case-insensitive.
> 
> 
> I don't know enough tcl to do this, but here's the recipe in the
> cookbook:
> 
> http://www.dci.clrc.ac.uk/Publications/Cookbook/msg.html
>   add command -label Forward -com {FindWord  -forwards $seltxt}
>   add command -label Backward -com {FindWord -backwards $seltxt}
> 
> and there's some sample code from "tcltextedit" in lib/findreplace.tcl.
> (proc FindIt {}, "tkTextSetCursor"?)
> hmph:  http://www.dbforums.com/showthread.php?t=691545
>        http://wiki.tcl.tk/3082
> 
> license is in lib/edit.tcl.
>   http://tcltextedit.sourceforge.net
> 
> 
> this would make that EPSG box much more useful. (currently it's not very)
> 
> 
> thanks,
> Hamish
> 
>