[GRASS-dev] reducing screen clutter

[Paulo van Breugel]

True that having the same dialogue open several times can be annoying. But
not always, it may come in handy if you want to run the same module several
times with different parameters (run at the same time, or prepare one while
the other is still running; btw, I actually never checked how it is handled
if you run the same function twice in parallel, are they run at the same
time on different cores?).




On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 4:18 PM, Michael Barton <Michael.Barton at asu.edu>wrote:

> This is one way, but not exactly what I was talking about. In fact,
> sometimes it is very useful to keep a dialog box open to rerun the same
> module repeatedly with different parameters.
>
> What I meant is that once it is open, GRASS should not open additional
> dialogs for the same module but simply reuse the one that is open. That way
> you never get 5 windows for v.distance, only 1--even if you leave it open.
>
> Michael
>
>
>
> On May 24, 2012, at 2:26 PM, Moritz Lennert wrote:
>
> > On 24/05/12 12:25, Chemin, Yann (IWMI) wrote:
> >> Maybe we can modify the GUI preferences:
> >>
> >> Default: All dialog boxes close after a run is complete
> >> In Preferences: Tick this box if you want the dialog boxes to be closed
> >> manually (i.e. stay after a run)
> >
> >
> > The tick box already exists, so you are suggesting to make closing the
> dialog the default ? I find it quite useful, especially for newbies, to
> have the dialog open and be able to correct wrong input, instead of having
> to fill the whole dialog out again... But I can confirm that it takes some
> teaching to make them aware of that feature and avoid that they open the
> same command ten times. ;-)
> >
> > Moritz
>
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