[GRASS-dev] tcl Map Display gui updates

[Michael Barton]

Thanks Hamish. These make the output more readable, as well as aesthetically
pleasing.

Michael


On 4/4/07 1:23 AM, "Hamish" <hamish_nospam at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have just done some cosmetic updates to the Tcl/Tk GUI Map Display
> window.
> 
> 
> Measurement tool now auto-formats. The output is like:
>   "5.939 km" instead of "5939.234567"     (map units = meters)
>   "5.939 miles" instead of "34567.000000" (map units = [US surv] feet)
>   "45.123 minutes" instead of "0.75205"   (map units = degrees)
> etc. I don't think people will parsing the measure tool's output, so it
> changes units on the fly.
>  
> 
> Map Display status bar (bottom of window) is a bit more readable.
> I've only enforced number of sig digits for mouse-over updates, not
> while in zoom, pan, measure mode. I wanted to make sure there were no
> objections before spending the time to do those.
> 
> 
> please test.
> 
> 
> Hamish
> 
> 

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