[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #570: startup problem with standalone GRASS install

[Markus Neteler]

On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Glynn Clements
<glynn at gclements.plus.com> wrote:
>
> Moritz Lennert wrote:
>
>> >  When GRASS is started from the menu shortcut, there is still an empty dos
>> >  CLI in the background.
>>
>> AFAIK, this DOS CLI is necessary for the functioning of GRASS, notably
>> running the temp file cleaning operations at the end. So, until we have
>> reengineered the Windows startup logic, I don't think we can get rid of it.
>
> If enough users are likely to want to use the wxPython GUI as the main
> interface, I'd consider adding a Python-based startup as an
> alternative to grassXX[.bat] and Init.{sh,bat}.

Yes, this would help to sort out a series of problems.

Markus