[GRASSLIST:3222] Missing 'output' in d.his (& d.shadedmap)

[Karine ZUERCHER]

Hello everyone,

Until Grass5beta11, I used to create shaded maps with d.shadedmap tcltk 
module, but with grass5.0.0pre3 I realized I could no longer write an output 
map. In fact it is the d.his module that no longer has an optional output 
option.

It was very handy to have, and since D_cell is only 8bit colors, I guess 
the only way to get nice shaded maps is to export through the PNG driver and 
reimport into grass, or everytime use d.his (which is well slower than a 
simple d.rast...). Am I right there, or did I miss another way to create 
shaded maps?

Would it not be convenient to leave the optional output to d.his? Leave more 
possibilities open...

Thanx in advance for your help.
In Kindness

Karine

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