[GRASS-dev] default GUI in 64

Markus Neteler neteler at osgeo.org
Mon Aug 16 02:19:02 EDT 2010


On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 2:49 AM, Helena Mitasova <hmitaso at unity.ncsu.edu> wrote:
> I am updating the course material and just in case GRASS64 becomes available next week
> I would like to verify what GUI will the users see when they install GRASS64 from the binary
> and open it for the first time and get past the start-up page:
>
> - on MSWindows wxGUI opens
> - on Mac and linux TclTk opens
>
> If that is true I need to add an extra step on how to change the default GUI
> (which is simple to do through TclTk GUI, it just adds to the complexity right at the
> beginning when one tries to make everything look as simple as possible).

I fully agree that it is unfortunate to still open the TclTK GUI on Mac
and Linux. The only solution is to make 6.4.1 asap after the 6.4.0
release and not wait
another year.

Markus


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