[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #2509: d.mon output overwrite

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#2509: d.mon output overwrite
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 Reporter:  martinl      |       Owner:  martinl    
     Type:  defect       |      Status:  assigned   
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  7.0.0      
Component:  Display      |     Version:  unspecified
 Keywords:  d.mon        |    Platform:  Unspecified
      Cpu:  Unspecified  |  
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Comment(by martinl):

 Replying to [comment:27 glynn]:

 > So if you want to retain the existing semantics for MONITOR, all
 references to it should be removed from the display library. Instead,
 wxGUI would set GRASS_RENDER_COMMAND to refer to a program or script which
 implements the MONITOR behaviour. Any future changes to the wxGUI monitor
 mechanism would only affect wxGUI and its utility programs, not the
 display systems.

 it's not only about wxGUI. The reason for having (GRASS) variable MONITOR
 is the module `d.mon` which allows to manage "file-based monitors" (like
 cairo output) and also standalone wxGUI monitors. This feature is
 requested by many of GRASS users, there is strong interest to have `d.mon`
 in GRASS 7.

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