[GRASSLIST:5626] Re: d.zoom with vector map

[Daniel Victoria]

Also I noticed that d.zoom does not work when I have a
rgb composite (using d.rgb) on the monitor. Is this an
old version problem (I still have pre5 installed)

Daniel
--- "Eric G. Miller" <egm2 at jps.net> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 04:39:33AM +0000, Glynn
> Clements wrote:
> > 
> > Eric G. Miller wrote:
> > 
> > > > d.zoom will not work unless a raster file name
> is provided. Why won't it
> > > > work with vector files only? This a is an
> inconvenience when importing
> > > > vector formats into a new location before
> converting them to raster.
> > > 
> > > Which version of GRASS?  AFAIK, there was such a
> problem and it was
> > > fixed.  The problem was actually with d.vect (or
> whatever).
> > 
> > No, it's a problem with d.zoom, still present in
> CVS HEAD:
> > 
> >     if(!rast && !vect && !site)
> >     {
> > 	  rmap->required = YES;
> > 	  just->answer = 1;
> >     }
> > 
> > The rast, vect and site variables correspond to
> whether any raster,
> > vector or site maps are currently displayed in the
> monitor (IOW, the
> > results of D_get_{cell,dig,site}_list()).
> 
> I don't see that as such a problem.  Maybe it should
> just exit an do
> nothing in that case.  With OP's mention of vectors,
> I assumed an older
> version of d.vect was being used where there once
> were bugs regarding
> setting the drawing command list so d.zoom wouldn't
> know about previous
> d.vect commands...
> 
> -- 
> echo ">gra.fcw at 2ztr< eryyvZ .T pveR" | rot13 |
> reverse
> 


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