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

Tue May 14 10:45:56 PDT 2024

+1 for me!
Anna

On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 12:29 PM Veronica Andreo via grass-psc <
grass-psc at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

> Dear PSC,
>
> Linda has just completed her student grant project and submitted the final
> report (forwarded below).
>
> I hereby propose to approve her final report and issue the second payment.
>
> Big thanks to Linda and her mentors for their work and commitment! Thanks
> as well to those testing and providing feedback! Very nice work Linda!!
> Congratulations!
>
> I start with my +1
>
> Vero
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> De: Linda Karlovská via grass-dev <grass-dev at lists.osgeo.org>
> Date: lun, 13 may 2024 a las 14:15
> Subject: [GRASS-dev] Final reports for Mini project 2024: Easy command
> history navigation through the History browser panel
> To: GRASS developers list <grass-dev at lists.osgeo.org>, <
> grass-user at lists.osgeo.org>
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I am sending the short report for weeks 7-9 and the final report of the
> Mini Project devoted to improving GUI, particularly the History browser
> pane. The goal of this project was to provide a user with a better command
> history navigation and I think it was quite successful :-), you can have a
> look at screenshots here: [1]
>
> *What did I complete during weeks 7-9?*
> I completed the PR <https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/3421>[2]
> implementing time node branching in the history tree. Moreover, I also
> added a button to update the current region based on the region used during
> command execution (PR <https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/3679>[3]).
> Besides that, I introduced icons representing command status (success,
> failed, running, aborted, unknown) and added them in front of history
> entries (PR <https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/3679>[4]).
>
> Thanks Anna Petrasova for the valuable comments in the reviews!
>
> *Final report*
> *Abstract*
>
> This project builds upon the work initiated during the OSGeo sprint in
> Prague in the summer of 2023, which focused on creating a new History
> Browser panel to facilitate access to the command history. Although the new
> History Browser panel became available in the GRASS development version
> starting December 8th (refer to the PR [5]), initially it provided only a
> basic, single-level display of commands from the history log, with the
> capability to relaunch commands but lacking detailed command information.
> This project aims to enhance the basic functionality by incorporating
> several improvements.
>
> *The state of the art BEFORE the start of the Mini project:*
> The History Browser panel displayed a simple tree of command entries
> loaded from a plain-text history log. It had only the capability to
> relaunch commands.
>
> *The state of the art AFTER Mini project:*
> Implemented changes include:
>
>    - Transitioning the plain text format of the history log
>    (.wxgui_history) to JSON format, allowing more information to be stored for
>    each executed command. Newly, the log stores information about the
>    timestamp, command status, runtime duration, region settings, and mask
>    usage.
>
>
>    - Instead of implementing the initially planned context option "Show
>    Info" and displaying a small dialog with process information, the history
>    pane was redesigned into two sections. The upper part features the history
>    tree, while the lower part includes two static boxes presenting information
>    stored in the history log. The first box contains general details, and the
>    second box displays the computational region during command execution.
>
>
>    - Adding a symbol in front of each command in the tree based on the
>    command's status.
>
>
>    - Branching the tree based on the date of command execution - tree is
>    branched into days and sorted from the Today node to older nodes. Command
>    nodes are sorted from the oldest to the newest.
>
> The task of filtering commands based on status was not addressed during
> the project due to higher-priority issues that emerged:
>
>    - Adding the "Update current region" button, which dynamically updates
>    the region based on the executed command and its information stored in the
>    JSON-formatted history log.
>    - Introducing a new Delete option in the command tree
>    - Rearranging the Export History button
>
> *Next Steps:*
> Possible improvements for the History browser pane:
>
>    - Fixing of command status for nonsense entries (already noted here:
>    [6]):
>    - Sorting the commands in the history tree from the newest to oldest
>    (seems more logical)
>    - Implementing efficient refresh methods (currently all nodes are
>    refreshed when adding a command)
>    - Showing the complete error text if a command fails. (Now there is a
>    “failed” status written but no clue what actually happened).
>    - Adding the new combo box restricting the filtering based on the
>    command status
>    - Adding the Copy context menu option to command nodes
>
> Permanent links to GitHub PRs and screenshots of the improved History
> Browser pane can be found at [7] and [1].
>
>
> [1]
> https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/wxGUIDevelopment/EasyCommandHistoryNavigation#ScreenshotsofHistoryBrowserimprovements
>
> [2] https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/3622
>
> [3] https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/3421
>
> [4] https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/3679
>
> [5] https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/3234
> <https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/3234https:/github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/3234>
>
> [6] https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/issues/3698
>
> [7] https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/wxGUIDevelopment/
> EasyCommandHistoryNavigation#FinalReport
>
> Have a nice week.
> Linda
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