[GRASS-dev] Making start of GRASS GIS easier for newcomers

[Helmut Kudrnovsky]

>**********
>1) Run GRASS launch script => GUI opens directly
>
>2) Have entries in the 'File'-Menu to
>
>        - 'Open existing location'
>        - 'Create new location'
>        - 'Creat new mapset'
>        - 'Manage locations and mapsets' (could also replace the two last
> entries)
>
>3) When the user tries to add a layer to the display or to run any
>module, a warning pops up saying something like this:
>
>"You have to create a new location or open an existing before being able
>to display any data" with buttons:
>
>        - Open existing location
>        - Create new location
>        - Cancel
>
>The 'Create new location' would bring you to the equivalent of the
>current location creation wizard.
>************ 

what about a minimalistic welcome screen with 2 buttons for the two main
tasks at the beginning of a GRASS session?

(1) Open existing GRASS GIS data => opens our actual (and maybe adapted)
welcome screen to choose existing locations mapset
(2) Create new GRASS GIS data (location, mapset and import your data) =>
opens our nice locations wizzard with re-ordered options while "create
location by data and import it" is the first option

the third button links to a small help page about the location/mapset
structure.



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best regards
Helmut
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