[GRASSLIST:8561] Re: d.m - commands output pollute the Grass terminal

[Glynn Clements]

Hamish wrote:

> > Hi all, I am not sure if this is a welcome suggestion, but perhaps we 
> > could copy/send all of those terminal messages to a screen that sits 
> > embedded within the display manager itself and leave the other
> > terminal  blank.  Perhaps a small scrollable window that can be
> > resized at the  bottom?  That way all d.m stuff sits in one place
> > (commands plus  command lines).  I am not sure that I want another
> > window that has to  pop up.  It is too easy to have 6 or 7 GRASS
> > terminals/monitors going  already.
> 
> I like this idea, more terminal windows just make things more cluttered
> and less useful IMO.
> 
> How about save command history to a temporary file (GRASS tmp files are
> cleared at start & end of session so it will never grow too huge),
>   echo "$cmd" >> "$cmd_tmp"
> then display that file in a dialog such as Firefox's Tools->Javascript
> console (with clear,refresh buttons). Maybe from the d.m Help menu?

Or display it in a dialog that can be hidden (with "wm withdraw") when
not required.

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Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>