[GRASS-user] FW: How to allow a file browser dialog in shell
scripts
Markus Neteler
neteler at itc.it
Thu Jun 22 08:55:39 EDT 2006
Hamish wrote on 06/22/2006 11:35 AM:
>Eric wrote:
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>>I'm trying to create a script to load plan ascii files as input. I'm
>>unfamiliar with all of the possible variations for the gisprompt
>>parameter structure. I want to allow the user to browse the Mapset to
>>load each ascii file.
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>>
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>add to the option definition:
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>#% gisprompt: old_file,file,input
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>e.g. m.proj.
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>>While we're on the topic, can anyone explain why there are usually
>>several gisprompt parameters allowed for in most Grass shell scripts?
>>What do all these mean?
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>>
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>somewhere deep in the programmers' manual or lib/gis/parser.c ...
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>from memory:
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>old/new - whether to open map/file browser; checks that it won't overwrite
>element - the directory in $MAPSET, if applicable
>prompt - mostly unused nowadays?
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Here is the list:
http://mpa.itc.it/markus/grass61progman/
-> File List <http://mpa.itc.it/markus/grass61progman/files.html>
-> paerser.c
http://mpa.itc.it/markus/grass61progman/parser_8c-source.html#l00326
Markus
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