[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #588: wxGUI: About GRASS GIS window doesn't let you view full lic or devs

[GRASS GIS]

#588: wxGUI: About GRASS GIS window doesn't let you view full lic or devs
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  Reporter:  hamish        |       Owner:  grass-dev at lists.osgeo.org
      Type:  defect        |      Status:  reopened                 
  Priority:  major         |   Milestone:  6.4.0                    
 Component:  wxGUI         |     Version:  6.4.0 RCs                
Resolution:                |    Keywords:  wingrass, license        
  Platform:  MSWindows XP  |         Cpu:  Unspecified              
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Comment (by martinl):

 Replying to [comment:7 cmbarton]:
 > Completely broken on my Mac now. I get the error...
 >
 > Traceback (most recent call last):
 >   File "/Applications/Grass/GRASS-6.4.app/Contents/MacOS/etc
 > /wxpython/wxgui.py", line 551, in OnAboutGRASS
 >
 > copyrightFile = open(os.path.join(os.getenv("GISBASE"),
 > "COPYING"), 'r')
 > IOError
 > :
 > [Errno 2] No such file or directory:
 > '/Applications/Grass/GRASS-6.4.app/Contents/MacOS/COPYING'

 It's seems to me that you are reporting another bug - missing COPYING file
 in your installation (which is critical issue).

 > Why not just make this an HTML file and have it open like the rest of
 the help files?

 Do you mean "about window"? Why not use the default widget which is
 provided by wxPython library?

 Martin

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