[GRASS-dev] WxPython front-end to ps.map

[Hamish]

Hamish:
> > ps.map now has an optional 'border' instruction to control the
> > existence, color, and width of the box around the map area.

Paul:
> That's great! Will be a godsend to someone somewhere I'm sure.

The next step is to write a wxPython GUI cartographic composer frontend
which will create a ps.map instructions file and run that to create a
PostScript file. ps.map can make very professional hardcopy maps, but it
needs a user friendly front-end.

see
  http://grass.gdf-hannover.de/wiki/GRASS_GUI#Components

There was a TclTk start for this in d.m, gui/tcltk/d.m/print.tcl.

This is not meant replace a Print button for the current display
monitor, it's a stand alone hardcopy plot generator. That print button
could write to a ps.map file, but maybe it is very easy to write
directly to PostScript from the map canvas, like Michael has done for
gis.m?


Hamish