[GRASS-GUI] Re: [GRASSGUI] wxgrass wishes: have 1 GUI window instead of many

[Trevor Wiens]

On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:54:17 -0700
Michael Barton <michael.barton at asu.edu> wrote:

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> On 11/26/07 3:00 PM, "twiens" <twiens at interbaun.com> wrote:
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> > ----- Original Message Follows -----
> > From: Markus Neteler <neteler at fbk.eu>
> > To: grass-gui at lists.osgeo.org
> > Subject: [GRASS-GUI] Re: [GRASSGUI] wxgrass wishes: have 1
> > GUI window instead of many
> > Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:48:49 -0800 (PST)
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> >> Hi wxgrass developers,
> >> 
> >> let me repeat my wish from earlier this year (which I
> >> share with many users, I get regularly asked about this):
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> >> Markus Neteler wrote:
> >>> 
> >>> - would it be possible to optionally merge the two
> >>>   main wxgrass windows into a single one? I have my
> >>>   screen all cluttered with windows - it would be
> >>>   way easier to have them in one. I ask optionally,
> >>>   since other folks may think differently
> >>> 
> >>> Keep up the good work,
> >>> Markus
> >>> 
> >> 
> >> I am sure that there is a way to put the wxgrass windows
> >> into a single frame (legend left and map on the right or
> >> so).
> >> 
> > 
> > IMVAO, this is the wrong approach. The clutter with wxgrass
> > and with the tcltk gis manager is the "command" window that
> > isn't really a command window. I've not used the wxgui since
> > it became function, but the command window is the tcltk
> > interface just wastes my desktop space because an xterm is
> > much more functional and useful. Hopefully the wxgui command
> > window is more useful, however in either case, it would be
> > much more reasonable to put the command window on a tab in
> > the main window. Putting the command line interface on one
> > tab and legend on another is natural as command line users
> > tend to avoid using gui's and vice versa.
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> This *IS* how wxPython GRASS works. There is no separate command I/O window.
> Please try it out.
> 

Oops. Sorry. I would like too, but simply haven't had the time to grab it yet. :( 

Michael, I had no intention of disrespecting your hard work on GIS.m or wxPython GRASS. I just recall the earlier discussions on this and have been pleased with the general direction you and the GUI team have been moving and I wouldn't want to see that side tracked by the ever present influence of ArcView (warts and all) on GIS user interfaces. If my comments offended, I apologize.

Now, given that there isn't an extra command window I can't understand what is the concern about two windows, this is hardly, "my screen all cluttered with windows". I suppose the user might be commenting on the individual GUI's for each command. This might be bothersome to some people and I suppose there is not easy or obvious solution to deal with this, although if they could be docked onto new tabs in the main window this might be a desirable solution although I have no idea how easy or difficult this would be or even how functional that type of interface might work. Another option would be to have a third tab to which these commands could be minized to and perhaps later tied together into some sort of graphical script writing tool? 

T
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