[GRASS-dev] 6.3.0 release - need to set default font

[Glynn Clements]

Michael Barton wrote:

> >> In any case, the user still has to manually edit this file, which is
> >> difficult in a non-Linux environment.
> > 
> > if you can find a command prompt on mac/linux and you use Bash:
> >   echo "export GRASS_FONT=Vera" >> ~/.grass.bashrc
> 
> If someone knows enough to open a terminal and do something from the command
> prompt, they can also use pico. But most Mac users are not really 'terminal
> people'.

They'll need to change that outlook to make significant use of GRASS. 
The GUI will only get you so far; e.g. how are you going to get the
equivalent of:

	r.foo in=`g.mlist ...` ...
or:
	for map in ... ; do ...

in the GUI?

As a general principle, GRASS commands don't replicate functionality
which is already provided (usually far better) by the shell.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>