[GRASS-dev] path.obstacles

[Wolf Bergenheim]

I agree with both Paul and Daniel. Make a vector command-line module
first. By using the GRASS parser, you will get an automatic GUI for
input selection. Visualization of the resultant vector can be done with
standard GRASS vector visualization. I believe that that will give you
more then enough GUI functionality. When this is done, we can then look
into more GUI functionality.

--Wolf

On 27.04.2007 23:59, Daniel Calvelo wrote:
> On 4/27/07, Paul Kelly <paul-grass at stjohnspoint.co.uk> wrote:
> [...]
>>
>> I think looking at d.path is the wrong way to go. We are moving away from
>> the way modules like that interface with the display drivers directly,
>> and
>> more towards implementing interactive point-and-click display type stuff
>> through a GUI. The idea being that the GUI detects where the user
>> clicked,
>> converts that into easting and northing and passes those co-ordinates
>> directly to the command-line program (in this case v.path.obstacles)
>> which
>> it runs in the background and then displays the vector map output when
>> finished, in another display. If you're not confident with GUI
>> programming
>> there are several other people working on it in GRASS now who could
>> probably help with this. Have you explored gis.m much? As far as I know
>> there are several places where it detects clicks on the Tk GUI canvas,
>> converts those locations into eastings and northings and then runs an
>> analysis with a command-line module. But I wouldn't worry about that too
>> much at this stage - it can be added afterwards - much more important to
>> get the command-line module working reliably and flexibly first.
> 
> Another way to look at it, if you feel adventurous, Maximilian: once
> you have your base library and your GRASS-wrapped functions, create a
> SWIG binding to the latter (ot both) then code the GUI in wxPython.
> 
> Your main GRASS module must be controllable exclusively by
> command-line switches anyway. So I agree with Paul, leave the GUI work
> for later and first concentrate on solid algorithms and user interface
> through CLI.
> 
> Daniel.
> 

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