Newbie questions

[Rick Thompson]

Hi Li,
> 1) Is there a way to size the GRASS monitor automatically (through scripting
> or by modifying the fifo device file) at the beginning of a GRASS session.

  You can put these lines as an example in your ~/.grassrc file:
XDRIVER_HEIGHT: 800
XDRIVER_WIDTH: 750
XDRIVER_LEFT: 500
XDRIVER_RIGHT: 875 
  
> 2) When one has scripted several GRASS display commands, is there an easy way
> to "lock" the screen display until all the commands are complete, so the user
> can just look at the end result rather than all the intermediate display
> operations.

  Don't think so unless you combine vector maps into one with different 
categories, then using d.vect.cats (?) to display with different colors. Rick
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