[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #366: ValueError: unsupported format character '<' (0x3c) at index 4

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#366: ValueError: unsupported format character '<' (0x3c) at index 4
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 Reporter:  scizmeli                                 |       Owner:  grass-dev at lists.osgeo.org
     Type:  defect                                   |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  major                                    |   Milestone:  6.4.0                    
Component:  wxGUI                                    |     Version:  svn-trunk                
 Keywords:  ValueError: unsupported format characte  |    Platform:  Linux                    
      Cpu:  x86-32                                   |  
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 On a fresh Debian testing upgrade, I installed grass-6.4.svn-i686-pc-
 linux-gnu-11_10_2008.tar.gz. I launch grass, select the spearfish dataset
 and when I press the "Start GRASS" button, it creashes, giving me the
 following error in the command line :

 GRASS 6.4.svn (spearfish60):~ > Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/usr/local/./grass-6.4.svn-11_10_2008/etc/wxpython/wxgui.py", line
 1566, in <module>
     sys.exit(main())
   File "/usr/local/./grass-6.4.svn-11_10_2008/etc/wxpython/wxgui.py", line
 1559, in main
     app = GMApp(workspaceFile)
   File "/usr/local/./grass-6.4.svn-11_10_2008/etc/wxpython/wxgui.py", line
 1481, in __init__
     wx.App.__init__(self, False)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/wx-2.8-gtk2-unicode/wx/_core.py",
 line 7836, in __init__
     self._BootstrapApp()
   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/wx-2.8-gtk2-unicode/wx/_core.py",
 line 7433, in _BootstrapApp
     return _core_.PyApp__BootstrapApp(*args, **kwargs)
   File "/usr/local/./grass-6.4.svn-11_10_2008/etc/wxpython/wxgui.py", line
 1497, in OnInit
     workspace = self.workspaceFile)
   File "/usr/local/./grass-6.4.svn-11_10_2008/etc/wxpython/wxgui.py", line
 177, in __init__
     self.NewDisplay(show=False)
   File "/usr/local/./grass-6.4.svn-11_10_2008/etc/wxpython/wxgui.py", line
 1162, in NewDisplay
     auimgr=self._auimgr, showMapDisplay=show)
   File "/usr/local/grass-6.4.svn-
 11_10_2008/etc/wxpython/gui_modules/wxgui_utils.py", line 81, in __init__
     self.Map = render.Map()    # instance of render.Map to be associated
 with display
   File "/usr/local/grass-6.4.svn-
 11_10_2008/etc/wxpython/gui_modules/render.py", line 386, in __init__
     self.InitRegion()
   File "/usr/local/grass-6.4.svn-
 11_10_2008/etc/wxpython/gui_modules/render.py", line 413, in InitRegion
     self.GetWindow()
   File "/usr/local/grass-6.4.svn-
 11_10_2008/etc/wxpython/gui_modules/render.py", line 458, in GetWindow
     sys.stderr.write("%s %<s>: %s" % (_("Unable to open file"), windfile,
 e))
 ValueError: unsupported format character '<' (0x3c) at index 4

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