[GRASS-dev] G_OPT_V_TYPE cannot be recognized in --interface-description in GRASS GIS

Radim Blazek radim.blazek at gmail.com
Tue Sep 1 02:14:38 PDT 2015


On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 3:31 AM, Vaclav Petras <wenzeslaus at gmail.com> wrote:
> Was: [Qgis-developer] QGIS GRASS plugin - modules upgrade
>> >> 2) define relations between options (e.g. type or column option
>> >> relation with input vector) or special options which has dedicated
>> >> widget in UI (e.g. GDAL/OGR input).
>> >
>> > This should be defined in GRASS GIS. If it is missing in GRASS or in the
>> > --interface-description then it is a bug which should be solved.
>>
>> How can I recognize G_OPT_V_TYPE in  --interface-description? It does
>> not have gisprompt.
>
>
> Right [1]. I think this is a bug. No gisprompt is there. I think wxGUI
> doesn't need it because the values for the combo box are defined there
> already.

How does the wxGUI know that the option should be placed in Selection tab?

Radim

> I suppose we can add something like 'type' or 'vtype' as one of the values
> for gisprompt. No 'type' is currently used in the gisprompt, although it
> might have been used in the past [2]. Probably the following could be the
> gisprompt:
>
> 'old,vtype,vtype'
> 'old,v3type,v3type'
>
> Unfortunately, I'm not sure about 'old' versus 'new' in this context (for
> other things then maps) but hopefully somebody knows. I'm also not sure
> about handing of unknown gisprompts in wxGUI but this can be easily tested.
>
> Vaclav
>
> [1]
> https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/browser/grass/trunk/lib/gis/parser_standard_options.c#L487
> [2]
> https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/browser/grass/trunk/display/d.rast.arrow/main.c#L173
>


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