TclTkGRASS 2.5 released

[Andrew M McDermott]

Markus Neteler wrote:
> 
> Hi again,
> 
> TclTKGRASS 2.5 - the platform independent graphical user
> interface for GRASS is released:
> 
> http://www.geog.uni-hannover.de/grass/main_tclgrass.html
> (on the mirrors soon)
> 
> We all have to thank Jacques Bouchard for his big job on
> the user interface!
> The software is tested on SUN/SGI/Linux.
> 
>    Important, when *updating*: You have to remove former
>               versions and the startscript link in
>               /usr/local/bin
> 
> So, what's new:
>  - bug fixes, several new modules integrated in menus
>  - improved structure
>  - new installation procedure (with "make")
>    the "tcltkgrass" directory can be put anywhere
>  - "tcltkgrass" must now be launched from the GRASS shell
>    (as the TCL/TK shell was not very pleasant to use);
>    GRASS and TCLTKGRASS can be used at the same time
>  - new "Config" menu
>        + several monitors can be started / stopped with one action
>        + global management of module windows
>        + font selection
>        + default driver geometry can be set
>  - the monitors geometry is saved / restored
>    (unfortunately, this is known to be bugged on SGI IRIX)
>  - the active monitor is now erased after region operations
> 
> Have fun
> 
>   Jacques Bouchard & Markus Neteler
Installation painless, trivial, and entirely successful. The
modifications from the previous version correct some annoying problems.
Thanks, and please continue the good work.