[GRASSLIST:1320] grassrc5 problems

[William K]

I've found two env variables in the grassrc5 file that seem to have 
problems.  One is GRASS_ADDON_PATH - it's ignored.  I looked at the 
Init.sh and I see it there-

PATH=$GISBASE/bin:$GISBASE/scripts:$PATH:$GRASS_ADDON_PATH

but nothing gets added to my path from grassrc5.  I have to edit the 
Init.sh to explicitly add the path I want.  Bug?  Or did I miss 
something?


The other is strange - GRASS_WISH.  Here's the setup:

- Mac OS X.  GRASS 5.0 CVS (5.3)
- Tcl/Tck Aqua - a Mac OS X-only version of Tcl/Tk with it's own Wish 
application, I don't/can't use this with GRASS.  Installed as Mac OS X 
framework + wish in /usr/bin
- Apple's Tcl/Tk, doesn't include wish.  Installed in /usr.
- Tcl/Tk I built for UNIX/X11 - this is the one I want to use.  I 
installed it in /usr/X11R6 to keep it out of the way of the others, and 
renamed wish to wish8.4, and tclsh to tclsh8.4.

my PATH has both /usr/X11R6/bin and /usr/bin.

So, everything is distinct - /usr/bin/wish for the Aqua Tcl/Tk, and 
/usr/X11R6/bin/wish8.4 for my X11 Tcl/Tk.  In my grassrc5 I have 
GRASS_WISH set to wish8.4.

Yet, when I first fire up tcltkgrass (grass -tcltk), the initial dialog 
to choose the database, I get the Tcl/Tk Aqua wish (which works, tho 
the rest of tcltkgrass doesn't with Aqua).  After choosing the 
database, it then switches over to the X11 Tcl/Tk.

It's like the GRASS_WISH env isn't set soon enough, it uses the default 
'wish', which is Aqua.  Once the tcltkgrass menu is up in X11 and GRASS 
is taking commands in the terminal, env shows that GRASS_WISH is set 
correctly: 'wish8.4'.  If I edit the Init.sh and change the default 
from 'wish' to 'wish8.4', it uses the X11 Tcl/Tk from the start, as 
desired.

It all still runs fine, it's just a little disconcerting to jump from 
one to the other.  And, of course, there's no problem running 
tcltkgrass from within grass - the database dialog is not used then, 
and the env is set correctly by then.

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