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

[Jachym Cepicky]

Hi Trevor and others. 

I always raised my hand for having the GUI completely manageable from
command line. When I started to work on wxgrass, I tried hard to have
the map windows independent on the manager windows. Set of command line
commands was provided, which where wrappers for raster and vector
commands -- see
https://grasssvn.itc.it/grasssvn/grassaddons/trunk/grassaddons/gui/scripts/#_trunk_grassaddons_gui_scripts_
 for examples. I used temporary files for the communication, because of
AFAIK, there are problems with sockets on non-unix platforms (correct
me, if I'm wrong).

Sorry, I'm not as involved in GRASS development, as I was before (I hope
to return once). But Trevor, feel free to update/write from scratch this
feature. I'm sure, we two are not the only ones, who would like to have
new nice Wx GRASS monitors, manageable from command line.

Jachym 


Trevor Wiens píše v Út 27. 11. 2007 v 16:19 -0700:
> On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:54:17 -0700
> Michael Barton <michael.barton at asu.edu> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On 11/26/07 3:00 PM, "twiens" <twiens at interbaun.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > ----- 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)
> > > 
> > >> Hi wxgrass developers,
> > >> 
> > >> let me repeat my wish from earlier this year (which I
> > >> share with many users, I get regularly asked about this):
> > >> 
> > >> 
> > >> 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.
> > 
> > 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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