[GRASS-dev] gis.m/geocoding tool broken?

[Michael Barton]

On 7/2/07 4:07 PM, "Markus Neteler" <neteler at itc.it> wrote:

> 
> Great, Michael. I'll test tomorrow.
> 
> Concerning 6.2:
> 
> cd clean_releasebranch_6_2/gui/tcltk/gis.m
> grep GRASS_RENDER_IMMEDIATE *
> georect.tcl:    set env(GRASS_RENDER_IMMEDIATE) "TRUE"
> georect.tcl:    unset env(GRASS_RENDER_IMMEDIATE)
> mapcanvas.tcl:  set env(GRASS_RENDER_IMMEDIATE) "TRUE"
> mapcanvas.tcl:  unset env(GRASS_RENDER_IMMEDIATE)
> 
> Apparently nothing to do there?

Looks like it's fine the way it is. No change needed. Thanks for checking.

Michael

> 
> Markus
> 
> 
> Michael Barton wrote:
>> 
>> Found and fixed this. Now in the CVS
>> 
>> What I think happened is that several months ago, it became (or I learned
>> that it was) no longer necessary to set and unset GRASS_RENDER_IMMEDIATE
>> for
>> the GUI. Just set it and leave it set. I took this out of the main GUI
>> code
>> (mapcanvas.tcl), but forgot to take it out of the georect.tcl code (which
>> does a replication of the same rendering commands to display a georect
>> map.
>> the result was that every time you displayed a map in the georectifier
>> window, it would set, then UNSET GRASS_RENDER_IMMEDIATE. With this
>> environmental variable unset, the main GUI (which no longer set and unset
>> this variable at each display) was looking for a driver for outputting the
>> display. 
>> 
>> I took this unnecessary code out of georect.tcl and it all works fine.
>> 
>> ***How can I find out if this needs to be backported to 6.2.2?******
>> 
>> It WILL need to be backported if the command to set/unset
>> GRASS_RENDER_IMMEDIATE has been removed from mapcanvas.tcl. If this
>> command
>> is still in mapcanvas.tcl, georect.tcl ALSO needs this command (i.e., what
>> I
>> just removed).
>> 
>> Michael
>> 
>> 
>> On 7/2/07 9:53 AM, "Markus Neteler" <neteler at itc.it> wrote:
>> 
>>> Michael,
>>> 
>>> On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 09:49:53AM -0700, Michael Barton wrote:
>>>> Markus,
>>>> 
>>>> The error you get indicates that the PNG driver has been 'turned off'.
>>>> There
>>>> is no clue in the list of commands you sent as to why this is so. Do you
>>>> have the TclTk error message?
>>> 
>>> I'll try to generate it again but it was than x0 isn't found (I think
>>> as in the error log).
>>> 
>>>> Today is kind of busy, but I'll try to do some testing here as soon as I
>>>> can.
>>> 
>>> thanks!
>>> 
>>> markus
>>> 
>>>> Michael
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 7/1/07 1:02 PM, "Markus Neteler" <neteler at itc.it> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Michael,
>>>>> 
>>>>> this evening I wanted to update the geocoding section
>>>>> in the upcoming GRASS book, but it failed... Some weeks
>>>>> ago I co-registered two raster maps successfully, today
>>>>> I tried the first time to register against a geocoded
>>>>> vector map. It fails to find the tcl "monitor", see error.log
>>>>> attached.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I would be gratefule if you could take a look.
>>>>> thanks
>>>>> markus
>>>>> 
>>>>> ------------------
>>>>> ITC -> dall'1 marzo 2007 Fondazione Bruno Kessler
>>>>> ITC -> since 1 March 2007 Fondazione Bruno Kessler
>>>>> ------------------
>>>> 
>>>> __________________________________________
>>>> Michael Barton, Professor of Anthropology
>>>> Director of Graduate Studies
>>>> School of Human Evolution & Social Change
>>>> Center for Social Dynamics and Complexity
>>>> Arizona State University
>>>> 
>>>> phone: 480-965-6213
>>>> fax: 480-965-7671
>>>> www: http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> ------------------
>>> ITC -> dall'1 marzo 2007 Fondazione Bruno Kessler
>>> ITC -> since 1 March 2007 Fondazione Bruno Kessler
>>> ------------------
>> 
>> __________________________________________
>> Michael Barton, Professor of Anthropology
>> Director of Graduate Studies
>> School of Human Evolution & Social Change
>> Center for Social Dynamics and Complexity
>> Arizona State University
>> 
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>> fax: 480-965-7671
>> www: http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton
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__________________________________________
Michael Barton, Professor of Anthropology
Director of Graduate Studies
School of Human Evolution & Social Change
Center for Social Dynamics & Complexity
Arizona State University

phone: 480-965-6213
fax: 480-965-7671
www: http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton