[GRASS-dev] netbook and entering GRASS (wxpython gui + grass7svn)

[Yann Chemin]

Update: Installed KDE4.4 with plasma-netbook, it is still not perfect,
but it is usable now

On 1 May 2010 14:25, Hamish <hamish_b at yahoo.com> wrote:
> see
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> http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/browser/livedvd/gisvm/trunk/doc/descriptions/grass_description.html#L32
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> and
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> https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/509
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> --- On Fri, 4/30/10, Yann Chemin <yann.chemin at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> From: Yann Chemin <yann.chemin at gmail.com>
>> Subject: [GRASS-dev] netbook and entering GRASS (wxpython gui + grass7svn)
>> To: "GRASS developers list" <grass-dev at lists.osgeo.org>
>> Date: Friday, April 30, 2010, 9:07 PM
>> Hello list,
>>
>> when using GRASS (i.e. 7 svn of today) that is the wxPython
>> GUI,
>> the initial dialog box to choose location/mapset/etc is
>> higher than
>> the screen resolution.
>> Thus it is difficult to access the "ENTER GRASS" button.
>>
>> The netbook I used is:
>> eeePC 1000H with Debian Linux, default resolution is
>> 1024x600, the 600
>> height is the limiting factor here, since the button to
>> enter in GRASS
>> is half way more than 600 and the remaining part of the
>> button inside
>> 600 is appearing under the KDE panel (have to enable
>> auto-hide
>> function to see that half-button).
>>
>> That does not happen with tcl/tk gui that is v6.4.rcx in
>> actual Debian
>> Sid. The Tcl/Tk GUI maximizes to the screen height.
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Yann
>>
>> --
>> Yann Chemin
>> Senior Spatial Hydrologist
>> www.csu.edu.au/research/icwater
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Yann Chemin
Senior Spatial Hydrologist
www.csu.edu.au/research/icwater
M +61-4-3740 7019