[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #1554: wxGUI Cartographic Composer: preview broken on Windows

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#1554: wxGUI Cartographic Composer: preview broken on Windows
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 Reporter:  martinl                                 |       Owner:  grass-dev@…              
     Type:  defect                                  |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  critical                                |   Milestone:  6.4.3                    
Component:  wxGUI                                   |     Version:  unspecified              
 Keywords:  cartographic composer, psmap, wingrass  |    Platform:  MSWindows XP             
      Cpu:  Unspecified                             |  
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Comment(by annakrat):

 Replying to [comment:19 wenzeslaus]:
 > Replying to [comment:18 hamish]:
 > > Along the line to make it more obvious: how about if the initial
 preview document loaded a dummy graphic which had a picture of the green
 triangle button circled and an arrow pointing NW saying "click up there to
 generate preview".
 > > ?
 > >
 > Good idea. Generally, we should try to add some hints this and there in
 the GUI to guide user what to do, what does this and that mean.

 I added a message (r55118) which is shown in the statusbar when switching
 to preview tab. It might be enough? Feel free to improve the message if it
 sounds strange.

 Anna

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