[GRASS-PSC] [Motion] Approve Linda's student grant final report and make the 2nd payment

[Veronica Andreo]

Dear PSC,

Linda has just completed her project for the student grant and submitted
the final report (I FWD it here in case you missed it).

I hereby propose to approve her final report and issue the second payment.
Big thanks to Linda and her mentors for your work and commitment! Thanks as
well to those testing and providing feedback along the process! Great work
Linda!! Congratulations!

I start with my +1 !!

Vero


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De: Linda Kladivová <L.Kladivova at seznam.cz>
Date: dom, 5 mar 2023 a las 19:12
Subject: [GRASS-dev] Final report for Mini project 2023: Improving
Single-Window GUI user experience
To: <grass-dev at lists.osgeo.org>, <grass-user at lists.osgeo.org>

Hello everyone,

I am sending my final Mini Project report.

First, sorry for the huge delay. By the end of January, all PRs were almost
finished but there were still some minor lacks that needed more time to
address. Mainly the undocking functionality needed to ripen a bit. At the
same time and later (till the end of February) I was also finishing
preparations for my doctoral professional debate so It was quite a hectic
period.

The next rows include a brief version of the final report. The full version
with permanent links on GitHub PRs and with screenshots of Single-Window
GUI improvements can be found in the project wiki [1].

*Abstract:*
This project follows ideas for Single-Window GUI improvements mentioned in
the last-year Mini-project final report (please see
<https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/wxGUIDevelopment/RedesigningStatusbar#FinalReport>
[2]).

The core part of the project is devoted to undocking map display
functionality. This ability is essential to users who prefer the well-known
Multi-Window GUI arrangement. The other part focuses on improving the
layout of the Console pane. Related to the Console pane issue, the
toggleable Log file button in the Console pane is replaced by the simple
Export history button which can store the whole history of executed
commands. The project also verifies if workspaces work well in
Single-Window and addresses saving the current user layout to a workspace
file. The workspace file also remembers and loads undocked map displays.


*The state of the art BEFORE the start of the Mini project:*

   - The Single-Window GUI does not allow rearrangement to Multi-Window
   GUI.
   - The widget with buttons managing the Command prompt is partly hidden
   after the GRASS launch.
   - The Single-Window arrangement is not stored within the workspace.

*The state of the art AFTER Mini project:*
Starting with GRASS 8.4 we can come across several Single-Window
improvements that were implemented as part of this project. First, there is
the new possibility to create a Multi-Window interface by undocking map
displays. Moreover, we can store a new arrangement within workspace files.
Last but not least, the Console layout better fits the Single-Window
interface.

*Next Steps:*
Possible improvements for Single-Window GUI:

   - Each user should be able to choose a convenient arrangement of
   widgets. Creating, saving, and selecting perspectives could be part of a
   new tab menu.
   - It is necessary to change the rendering of the 3D View panel. Now the
   3D View pane is added as another panel under the Display tab - very
   problematic in terms of space.
   - Modify the appearance for the dark mode. Some parts are ugly and
   illegible (names of AuiNotebook tabs, names of panes, ugly gradients, etc.).

Permanent links and screenshots can be found at [3] and [4].

[1]
https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/wxGUIDevelopment/ImprovingSingleWindowUX

[2]
https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/wxGUIDevelopment/RedesigningStatusbar#FinalReport

[3]
https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/wxGUIDevelopment/ImprovingSingleWindowUX#FinalReport

[4]
https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/wxGUIDevelopment/ImprovingSingleWindowUX#ScreenshotsofSingle-WindowGUIimprovements

Have a nice week.
Linda
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