[GRASSLIST:4862] GRASS 5.4.0 for OS X ready

[Lorenzo Moretti]

New GRASS GIS COMPLETE for OSX is ready. Download free at:

	           http://wwwamb.bologna.enea.it/forgrass/

It required: OS X 10.2.8 or later and X11 installed

It includes: new Grass Libraries, grass 5.4.0 app built with shared 
lib (thanks to Paul Kelly), grass 5.7.0 app and demo data.

File size
95.5 MB (down from 160 MB of last version, grass 5.4.0 is much 
smaller). In separate packages you can see grass540 file size: only 
14.7 MB

Features
Grass54 and Grass57 are two applications. They work anywhere in your 
hard disk. I install them in /Application/Grass folder but you can 
move anywhere. You can run grass from app or from terminal (read the 
doc inside). These apps require only Grass libraries installed. The 
libraries are very big and can be used for other package like 
MapServer

Future product: GRASS GIS CVS (file size under 30 MB)
Features: it contains only 2 apps, grass54cvs and grass57cvs and it 
requires GRASS GIS COMPLETE.

Help: if you want to help me for improving libraries for grass (GDAL 
for example) under OS X you can contact me


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Why not TCLTK AQUA?
I have an aqua version with Menu up like a true Mac application but 
... it requires always X11 terminal and the the jump from Wish (tcltk 
aqua app) and X11 is annoying and slow.
What are the advantages?
Menu up like Mac, chooser dialog for file like a Mac app
.. and cons?
Aqua version is slower than X11 version, X11 is always need for NVIZ 
and for commands. The jump from Aqua and X11 is annoying. X11 version 
is faster and now with new menu (GIS Manager for 5.7cvs from Michael 
Barton) is very easy to work with X11.

Bye

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