[GRASSLIST:7715] Re: g.mapset OR g.gisenv (GUI wishlist discussion)

[Michael Barton]

Glynn,

This is indeed the best way for this to work. If we could get a browse
function that could recognize directories, it would also be useful elsewhere
(e.g. V.in.ogr). 

Michael


On 7/26/05 12:54 AM, "Glynn Clements" <glynn at gclements.plus.com> wrote:

> 
> Michael Barton wrote:
> 
>> You need to know the name of the database, location, and/or mapset you want
>> to move to. No browse buttons at the moment, but as Glynn says they could be
>> added to the GUI with some programming.
> 
> More precisely, g.mapset could be made to enumerate the legal values
> for location/mapset, in which case the GUI would automatically show a
> combo box rather than a text field.
> 
> However:
> 
> 1. You can't enumerate the set of possible database directories. You
> might be able to specify it as type "file", in which case a "browse"
> button would appear which opens a file selection dialog. However, I
> don't know if this works with directories at present; if it doesn't,
> it shouldn't be a great deal of work to change it.
> 
> 2. It would only be practical to enumerate the locations for the
> current database directory, and the mapsets for the current location.
> If you wanted to change all three, you would have to do it one step at
> a time (change database, change location within the new database,
> change mapset within the new location).

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