[GRASS-dev] [bug #5094] (grass) r.support from the GUI is broken

[Brad Douglas]

On Thu, 2006-09-28 at 00:38 +1200, Hamish wrote:
> > this bug's URL: http://intevation.de/rt/webrt?serial_num=5094
> 
> > If you launch r.support (r.support.sh actually) from the gis.m menu,
> > you get to pick a map and then launch r.support in an xterm. As soon
> > as you enter "y" or "n" at the prompt the xterm disappears. Replace
> > "execute r.support.sh" with "term r.support" on line ~421 of menu.tcl
> > for comparison with what should happen.
> 
> 
> After some debugging:
> 
> if you answer "Y", it breaks in r.support/front/run.c run_etc_support():
>     G_snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s/etc/support/%s '%s'",
>              G_gisbase(), pgm, rast);
> 
> 
> if you answer "N", it breaks in r.support/front/check.c check_stats()
>     G_snprintf(question, sizeof(question), _("Update the statistics "
>              "(histogram, range) for [%s]? "), name);
> 
> 
> ??
> 
> 
> For now I'm setting this to "term" mode in menu.tcl in the 6.2 release
> branch while we work out a fix in HEAD.

I'm about half way through rewriting r.support (been in that state for
awhile, now).  I'm splitting up the functionality into individual
modules and removing interactivity.  A few of the modules are done, but
I'm waiting for them all to be done before committing to CVS.


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