[GRASS-dev] GRASS GUI

[Hamish]

Mohammed Rashad wrote:
> Is there any need of changing GRASS GUI to a better one . i thought of
> using FOX C++ GUI. Its  cross-platform, easy to maintain and better
> look and feel than wxPython .

since we just spent a year+ porting it to wxPython (and the results look
rather nice IMO), I doubt many of the GUI devels have much energy left to
begin again in a new language. Also, C++ has been somewhat avoided in the
core components due to portability issues. You can look up the mailing
list discussions about choosing which new GUI toolkit to use (as a
replacement for Tcl/Tk) in the archives.

> Is there any issues for making a new GUI.

other than the above, not really. In 6.4 there is the Tcl/Tk and wx GUIs
side by side without issue. You are of course free to code whatever you
like, but I suspect you may be working on it all by yourself. (especially
as even the wxPy GUI is short-staffed)

see also the jGRASS project, who work on a Java GUI frontend for GRASS.
(predates grass's move to wxPython)


regards,
Hamish