[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:  minor         |   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 marisn):

  * priority:  major => minor

Comment:

 Replying to [comment:2 hamish]:
 > > 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.
 Sorry, I was wrong. Actual startup goes like this:
  * init.sh checks presence of .grassrc6 or whatever it's called for
 current version
  * if there is no one, it creates one with GISDBASE=pwd, '<UNKNOWN>'
 location etc.
  * gis_set.tcl searches for .grassrc6 file and parses it
  * after parsing rc file, it validates GISDBASE, location and mapset. As
 '<UNKNOWN>' most likely will not be valid location in current directory,
 validation procedure displays a warning.
 >
 > > 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.
 Can You, please, explain usefullines of .grassrc6 file with location
 <UNKNOWN> and mapset <UNKNOWN>?
 >
 > > As goes for GISDBASE creation, I will take a look into this
 > > problem later this weekend.
 >
 > thanks.
 Would r35911 make things better? svn up Your develbranch, rm .grassrc6 and
 start GRASS. If it's OK, merge to release branch.
 Still it may be a good idea to set GISDBASE for first run to user home dir
 on windows. Still I have no idea how to do that. And will it work safe
 with spaces in path? Do we have windows gurus here? Hamish? Patches
 welcome :)

 Not RTFMing is not a major GRASS issue. It's PEBKAC. And if windows
 doesn't provide multitasking feature (ability to switch to other
 application to create simple folder) then is it worth to run GRASS there?

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