[GRASS-dev] patch: foreground color in d.rast

[Glynn Clements]

Florian Kindl wrote:

> Attached you find a quick patch which adds a fg=color option to d.rast.
> It draws cells with cat=1 in the specified color.
> I created this for personal use as I frequently overlay binary rasters
> to have a quick visual comparison.
> 
> We probably don't want to have this patch applied to CVS as it
> 1) can be replaced with r.colors
> 2) works with binary (1,NULL) CELL raters only
> 3) it does not adhere to the "new color logic" (uses G_set_color)
> 
> If the developers are of the opinion that 1) is a non-issue and d.rast
> should have the fg=color option added then we have to discuss whether 2)
> should be expanded to for example, "color all non-NULL cells of any
> given raster type". Once this is decided, one can implement the functionality
> using the "new color logic" functions (G_add_color_rule).
> 
> For now, I'll just post the patch as a service for anyone who'd like to
> have the limited functionality today.

FWIW, I don't support applying this to CVS due to #1.

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Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>