[GRASS-dev] Re: GUI feedback

[Tim Michelsen]

> > * The self completing command line is kicking. I could imagine to see
> > all options of a command when typing it's name but greyed out. When
> > continue typing, they could become active.
> 
> Right, or the complete command could be printed to statusbar.
> 
> > * the completion does at times need a ' ' after the '='
> 
> ?
If I enter:
'd.rast rast=' => no completion happens
'd.rast rast= ' => completion happens

> > * d.zoom map=elevation_shade does not zoom to the layer extends.
> 
> d.zoom works only with X monitors.
But the context menu of the layer manager provides the option
"zoom to (the extends) of this layer"
This could be tied to d.zoom.
What do you think?

 
> > * after adding a new layer group and selecting it, the next layer does
> > not get automatically added to that group.
> 
> It's a bug. Please report it.
https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/834


> > * There are numerous dialogs which still require to enter the layer name
> > manually instead of selecting from a list (g.region, r.region).
> 
> ? E.g. 'rast' parameter enables selecting raster map... ?
Yes, that's what I mean.
In g.region for example. You'd have to type in the 
name instead of being able to
select from all rasters via the drop-down list.
 
> > * Grass Extension manager (Very nice idea!!!) cannot install due to make
> > errors.
> Do you mean gem or g.extension?
The one in the File menu of grass70.

I think there should be a distribution system for 
these addons.
We could use some kind of build farm 
(like PPA in Ubuntu Launchpad) to
precomplie them for the platforms.
On windows, this becomes a issue.
The users would then only download and add the 
binary versions locally.

I really like the plugin system of QGIS with its 
repositories.

Question:
Do you like this kind of feedback or do you prefer it 
directly as tickets in trac?

Thanks for the quick fix on the CTRL+TAB.

Best,
Timmie