[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #886: improve module wxGUI tab logic

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Sat Feb 13 23:24:51 EST 2010


#886: improve module wxGUI tab logic
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  Reporter:  hamish       |       Owner:  grass-dev at lists.osgeo.org
      Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new                      
  Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  7.0.0                    
 Component:  wxGUI        |     Version:  svn-trunk                
Resolution:               |    Keywords:                           
  Platform:  All          |         Cpu:  All                      
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Comment (by cmbarton):

 Replying to [comment:1 hamish]:
 > Replying to [ticket:886 hamish]:
 > > I propose guisection->_("main") (important|core|primary|...?)
 > > as the first module wxGUI tab, which[[BR]]
 > >  * Required=YES options are automatically assigned to,[[BR]]
 > >  * and other options can be assigned to it as needed...[[BR]]
 > >
 > > the Required tab, while usually doing the right thing, is too
 > > blunt an instrument for all cases.
 >
 > also this allows to have input= or output= on the front tab even if it
 can be optional due to a flag that prints some info to the terminal and
 exits.
 > Forcing users to specify output=dummy to overcome Req=YES + `--list`
 style flags isn't a very nice solution, when Req=YES is just there to
 force the important option on to the front tab for visibility.
 >
 >
 > any thoughts?
 >
 >
 > Hamish

 This sounds like a good idea. It should make GUI tabs more rational.

 Michael

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