[GRASS-dev] Re: [osgeo4w] #37: grass: wxpython gui issues

[Michael Barton]

On Feb 23, 2009, at 10:00 AM, <grass-dev-request at lists.osgeo.org> <grass-dev-request at lists.osgeo.org 
 > wrote:

> Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 08:28:23 -0000
> From: "OSGeo4W" <trac_osgeo4w at osgeo.org>
> Subject: [GRASS-dev] Re: [osgeo4w] #37: grass: wxpython gui issues
> Cc: osgeo4w-trac at lists.osgeo.org
> Message-ID: <056.8a03d6f20996fc3bcddbd6f26d4a3b23 at osgeo.org>
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> #37: grass: wxpython gui issues
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> +-----------------------------------------------------
>  Reporter:  jachym   |       Owner:  osgeo4w-dev at lists.osgeo.org
>      Type:  defect   |      Status:  new
>  Priority:  major    |   Milestone:
> Component:  Package  |     Version:
> Resolution:           |    Keywords:  GRASS
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> +-----------------------------------------------------
> Comment (by hamish):
>
> Replying to [comment:19 hamish]:
>> Hi, just attempting my first OSGeo4W GRASS install. Downloaded today.
>>
>> packaging issues re. the wxpython GUI & epsg file:
>>
>> wxPython Startup: [Create new location from EPSG code]
>> Error window:
>> {{{
>> "Unable to read EPSG codes: [Errno 2] No such file or directory:
> u'/c/OSGeo4W/share/proj\\epsg'
>> }}}
>> [Ok], Choose EPSG Code window comes up.
>>
>> Path to the EPSG-codes file: [c/OSGeo4W/share/proj\epsg]
>>
>> [Browse], find it in the above location, [Ok]
>>
>> Error window:
>> {{{
>> Unable to read EPSG codes: string index out of range
>> }}}
>> [Ok]
>>
>> but if I know the number and put it in, it accepts it and expands  
>> to the
> correct +proj terms. (I tried # 4326 ll/wgs84)
>>
>> So it's just the code browser which is unhappy in the end. But  
>> without
> browsing to fix the "/c/...\epsg" to "C:\...\epsg" it gives me a  
> Traceback
> error in the DOS console (line 1567 KeyError: 4326).
>
> Martin:
>> Hopefully fixed in http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/changeset/35981.
>
> Hi,
>
> similar problems in the Tcl/Tk GUI. From the startup screen:
>
> {{{
> Define new locations with ... [EPSG codes]
>
> Path to the EPSG-codes file: /c/OSGeo4W/share/proj/epsg
> EPSG code number of projection __________ [Browse]
> }}}
>
> if you click "browse EPSG codes", you get an error that the file  
> can't be
> found. If you browse for the EPSG file, the path becomes
> `C:/OSGeo4W/share/proj/epsg` and then it all works: ie the nice code  
> table
> browsing, searching, & grabbing.
>

There is a PROJ_SHARE environment variable that is supposed to be set  
and put into init.sh at compile time. This variable can be set  
manually to point to the epsg directory. Then it should pop up  
automatically.

Michael