[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS-user] GRASS6.3 on Windows

[Moritz Lennert]

Thanks Glynn,

I won't be able to provide new binaries before Aug. 20, so whoever wants
to try this before will have to compile themselves.

Moritz

On Tue, August 7, 2007 21:23, Michael Barton wrote:
> Hot dog!!
>
> Thanks a million.
>
> Michael
>
>
> On 8/7/07 12:20 PM, "Glynn Clements" <glynn at gclements.plus.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Glynn Clements wrote:
>>
>>>>> been trying the latest GRASS 6.3 on windows O/S.
>>>>>
>>>>> NVIZ on D.M gives error
>>>>> 'couldnt execute NVIZ'
>>>>>
>>>>> NVIZ on map display just doesnt work..
>>>>> Nothing happens when you click on it.
>>>>
>>>> This is one of the few items on the Windows native GRASS that doesn't
>>>> work
>>>> (apparently some infuriating problems with attribute databases too).
>>>>
>>>> From posts a couple months back, it seems that it DID work in this
>>>> version
>>>> early on and then stopped working. This suggests that there should be
>>>> a way
>>>> to get it running again.
>>>
>>> It definitely used to work natively on Windows, and I think that it
>>> also worked natively on OSX.
>>>
>>> ISTR a comment that it stopped around the time that Bob changed NVIZ
>>> from being a self-contained C module to a combination of a script
>>> ($GIBASE/bin/nviz) and a modified wish ($GISBASE/etc/nviz2.2/nviz).
>>>
>>> That may just be a rumour, though. It would be nice if someone[1]
>>> could confirm this, by compiling versions before and after 2006-12-11
>>> for native Windows.
>>
>> Done that. Yep, it's the script; MSys strikes again.
>>
>> I've added an nviz.bat script for use on Windows; I've also fixed the
>> Makefile to ensure that the binary gets the .exe extension.
>
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