[GRASS-dev] Regarding "d.frame"-like functionality in grass 7

[Glynn Clements]

Nikos Alexandris wrote:

> I have found only two threads related to "d.frame" and grass 7 (in which 
> version of course d.frame does not exist).
> 
> (2008) http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/grass-dev/2008-October/040353.html
> (2010) http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/grass-user/2010-September/057769.html 
> 
> 
> Alsom, in <file:///osgeo/src/grass7_trunk/dist.x86_64-unknown-linux-
> gnu/docs/html/variables.html> there is:
> 
> ,--%<---
> GRASS_FRAME
> contains 4 coordinates, top,bottom,left,right, defining the initial frame.
> `--->%--
> 
> Is there elsewhere a "d.frame" like functionality, for inside grass7, 
> documented?

No. In GRASS 7, the display drivers are libraries, not persistent
processes, so there's no way to write a command which affects
subsequent display commands.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>