[GRASSGUI] Re: missing items in manual pages

[Michael Barton]

Part of the GRASS "culture" is for the GUI to also help teach the command
syntax, rather than hiding it from the user. As you say, there are pros and
cons to this. But I guess I'd recommend putting it in.

Michael


On 5/5/07 1:33 AM, "Daniel Calvelo" <dca.gis at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Michael.
> 
> Indeed, those sections, which describe the options are skipped on
> purpose. I borrowed the idea from QGIS. The rationale AFAICT is that,
> since you already have description and options list in the other tabs,
> it would be redundant.
> 
> Coming to think about it, it's true that in QGIS the idea is not to
> give access to raw commands but simplified versions thereof, so it is
> debatable whether the full options listing should appear in the man
> page.
> 
> I can put it back, of course, but some opinions and arguments might
> come in handy.
> 
> Daniel.
> 
> On 5/5/07, Michael Barton <michael.barton at asu.edu> wrote:
>> 
>>  Daniel,
>> 
>>  I just noticed that in the really nice manual pages that show up in the
>> options dialogs for wxgrass, the section that shows the command and its
>> arguments is missing.  These include the sections labeled SYNOPSIS, Flags:,
>> and Parameters:
>> 
>>  Odd that the rest of it would show up and this piece is missing.
>> 
>>  Michael
>> 
>> 
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__________________________________________
Michael Barton, Professor of Anthropology
School of Human Evolution & Social Change
Center for Social Dynamics & Complexity
Arizona State University

phone: 480-965-6213
fax: 480-965-7671
www: http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton