[GRASS-user] [GRASSLIST:1181] d.m/d.gis mysteries..

[Michael Barton]

Following discussions with Hamish, it seems best to leave things as they are
for 6.2.

In 6.3, I recommend 'decoupling' the menus of d.m and gis.m so as to make
continued updating of the latter easier.

Michael
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Michael Barton, Professor of Anthropology
School of Human Evolution & Social Change
Center for Social Dynamics and Complexity
Arizona State University

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> From: Markus Neteler <neteler at itc.it>
> Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 18:00:52 +0200
> To: Michael Barton <michael.barton at asu.edu>
> Cc: 'GRASS user list' <grassuser at grass.itc.it>
> Subject: Re: [GRASS-user] [GRASSLIST:1181] d.m/d.gis mysteries..
> 
> Michael Barton wrote on 08/29/2006 08:42 PM:
>> The GIS Manager (gis.m) is the default GUI interface in 6.1+. In 6.1, we've
>> maintained the old GUI interface (d.m) for legacy compatibility. To help
>> keep the menus in sync, there is a common menu file for both (menu.tcl). The
>> menu items file for gis.m (gmmenu.tcl) reads menu.tcl for all items it has
>> in common with d.m. For a few new items (e.g., georectifier), it adds them
>> into its own menu file.
>>   
> Question: can we remove
>  gui/tcltk/d.m/menu.tcl
> then since it is unused?
> 
>> I am anticipating that we'll drop d.m completely for 6.2 and merge all the
>> menu items back into a single file
>>   
> To avoid confusion: it is not dropped for 6.2, it even (still?) exists
> in 6.3.
> 
> Markus
> 
>