[GRASS-user] Disabling gis.m

[Glynn Clements]

Joel Pitt wrote:

> Is there an option somewhere to change the startup GUI to d.m?
> 
> I dislike having three new windows pop up everytime I want to run
> grass but still like having a GUI to manage the display. Also all my
> custom tools use x0 monitors.

Start GRASS in text mode to avoid running gis.m; you can start d.m
from ~/.grass.bashrc.

> Also another question: Does gis.m use a seperate viewing region that
> is different from the working region which modules use?

gis.m uses a separate region for display commands and the
georectifier. AFAICT, other commands run from the menus should use the
normal region (although it's debatable whether this is a good idea).

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>