[GRASS-dev] wxgui and georectifier ready for testing

[Hamish]

Michael Barton wrote:
> I finally managed to finish the georectifier module for the wxPython 
> GUI for GRASS.

congrats.

> A very nice new digitizing module also is functional and nearing
> completion.

Q: does it use v.edit or 'v.in.ascii format=standard' or ... ?
If the latter, is there any accomodation for preparing a replacement
for r.digit? (r.digit is just a interactive frontend to r.in.poly,
who's ascii format is highly similar to 'v.in.ascii f=std'. I lean
towards prefering that to v.digit+v.to.rast for directness/simplicity
and category+label mangement reasons.


> The wxgui is a fully functional replacement  
> for the venerable TclTk interface. It needs testing, but should  
> useable on a regular basis for both Linux and Mac. It especially  
> needs people to get it up and working under Windows.

It sounds like the MS Windows version only needs a few changes. Is it
functional now using Cygwin?
 
> To compile, you need Python 2.4 or above (the current 2.5.x is  
> preferred) and wxPython 2.8.x (2.8.7 is current). The digitizer also 
> requires C++ and headers from the wxPython dev package to compile. I 
> think binaries should work with just Python installed (this needs to 
> be checked) -- and that requirement should be relaxed eventually if  
> we package it with the distutils.

Instead of C++, is there any posibility of using SWIG+Python for those
parts?

> It's taken a lot of effort on the part of a dedicated group of people
> to get this elegant, new front-end to GRASS ready. Thanks are  
> especially in order to Martin Landa, Daniel Cavelo, Jachym Cepicky,  
> and everyone's expert consultant, Glynn Clements.

!
 
> There are certainly bugs and a few rough corners that need to be  
> fixed. But as with the rest of the GRASS project, we depend on your  
> help to get these ironed. out. So set GRASS_GUI: wx in your .grassrc6
> file and give it a whirl.
> 
> Once the initial round of testing takes place, the most egregious  
> problems surface and are fixed, and the wxPython gui starts to appear
> regularly in distributed binaries, I think an announcement like this 
> is in order for the general GRASS users group too.


For any Debian users wondering when wx2.8 packages will exist, you can
follow the action here:
  http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=403237
 
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.devel.general/114189/focus=115196
  http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.devel.general/120296
  http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.devel.general/122474
  http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.devel.general/124238
  Look for "freewx" projects at http://git.debian.org/ (active)
  http://alioth.debian.org/projects/freewx/ (inactive?)

(I'm not holding my breath)


Hamish



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