[GRASSGUI] Re: [GRASS5] Embedding GRASS display in my application

[Glynn Clements]

Sajith VK wrote:

> 	Sorry if the question is already answered.
> I am creating a s/w using grass at the backend.
> I want to show GRASS Display in my app.(in grass
> it is in a seperate window). I am using GTK, not Tcl/TK.
> Someone please suggest me how to do it?
> 
> Currenlty I use PNG driver, create an Image and load that
> image into my application, but it is not a good way.

Why not?

> Does
> implimenting another driver solve the problem? Or can my
> application communicate with grass through some fifo, pipe etc\
> Or some other simple solution?

Under X, you can set the environment variable XDRIVER_WINDOW to the
XID of an existing X window, and XDRIVER will use that window instead
of creating its own. That won't work on Windows, though.

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Glynn Clements <glynn.clements at virgin.net>