[GRASS-dev] module header definitions add: text/multiline and latex support?

[Anna Petrášová]

On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 1:07 PM, Nikos Alexandris <nik at nikosalexandris.net>
wrote:

> Moritz:
>
>  I personally am not in favour of such additional text in the module. I
>>> think
>>> it would clutter the interface. There is a reason there are man pages
>>> and we
>>> should not encourage users to skip them...
>>>
>>
> Pietro:
>
>  Why? I don't see the reason why we should educate the users...
>> I provide a tool to user that know what they are doing, I want only to
>> make the meaning of the options clearer and self explanatory.
>>
>
> I share this idea: the GUI should offer an overview at a glance, as simple
> and compact, yet complete as possible.


well, we are still talking about autogenerated dialogs, so you can't expect
a miracle. I agree we should try to reflect the option relations, I just
didn't have time to look at it, besides it's still a very new feature in
parser. I don't expect it to be super simple to implement considering all
the different options and relations.

Regarding the explanatory text, that would have to be implemented in the
parser I guess. The latex part sounds unrealistic (or at least
overcomplicated) in terms of wxPython.

>
>
>
>  Also, how would you integrate that into the command line --help output ?
>>> It
>>> probably wouldn't be as readable and and I'm even more strongly opposed
>>> to
>>> introducing differences in information delivered between the command line
>>> and the GUI.
>>>
>>
>> I would not integrate that information in the --help output, but only
>> on the manual page (to avoid repetitions).
>>
>> Command line and GUI are different things with different scope I see
>> no point to have them as a clone.
>>
>
>  They have different user audience and should be differentiate (imho).
>> For me the module GUI as it is is useless and this is why I just use
>> the command line I don't see any advantage on GUI as it is. I think
>> that make the GUI more clearer could add some value and user don't
>> have to rely on the manual for every single option. The basic info are
>> provided in the GUI and you can find these and further
>> details/material in the manual, e.g. examples, images, etc.
>>
>
> While I don't think that GRASS' GUIs, as of now, are useless, I understand
> Pietro's view and think similarly.  These questions always appear when you
> try to introduce GRASS in someone without prior experience.  Just try to do
> it, and let him/her tell you what they think.
>
> Nikos
>
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