[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #499: fresh windows startup not very friendly

[GRASS GIS]

#499: fresh windows startup not very friendly
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  Reporter:  hamish        |       Owner:  grass-dev at lists.osgeo.org
      Type:  enhancement   |      Status:  new                      
  Priority:  major         |   Milestone:  6.4.0                    
 Component:  default       |     Version:  6.4.0 RCs                
Resolution:                |    Keywords:  wingrass startup         
  Platform:  MSWindows XP  |         Cpu:  x86-32                   
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Changes (by hamish):

  * priority:  trivial => major

Comment:

 > It's designed to be hard ;)

 I know you are just kidding, but even so I don't think that's an
 acceptable excuse.

 not dumbing things down is one thing. keeping it difficult on purpose is
 another.


 > Tcl/Tk GUI doesn't check presence of .grassrc6 or any other file.

 my wish is that it should check for that, and if it isn't found it should
 pop up a file system browse window to help you choose/create the $GISDBASE
 dir.


 > Probably it would be better to remove completely presetting
 > location etc. in init scripts

 no way, that's super useful. just deal with the lack of .grassrc6
 gracefully, that's all.


 > As goes for GISDBASE creation, I will take a look into this
 > problem later this weekend.

 thanks.


 I'm bumping the priority higher again as I think this is really very
 important. I have spread some links to Lorenzo's nice first time user
 tutorial, which may help.


 cheers,
 Hamish

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