[GRASS-user] r.out format

[Tyler Smith]

On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 at 07:21:58AM +0000, Glynn Clements wrote:
> 
> If you're using bash, there should be a .bash_history file in the
> mapset directory. Typing "history" within a GRASS session will display
> the history.

I have been using the history command, but I've got two
problems. First, I rip through 500 commands in pretty short order as I
experiment with different commands and options. Of course I should
increase the HISTFILESIZE, but I also have a problem figuring out the
results of those commands when they are displayed with no context to
suggest if they were correct when i used them the first time!

> 
> I use XEmacs' shell-mode for everything except programs which require
> curses. Some tips if you want to go that route:

Wow, thanks for this! There's some very handy suggestions here.

> 
> 1. export GRASS_PAGER=cat (no need to use "more" or "less" when you
> have unlimited scrollback).
> 
> 2. export GRASS_MESSAGE_FORMAT=silent
> 
> This only works in the most recent CVS version. It disables the
> percentage output, which would otherwise dumps lots of:
> 
> 	0%^H^H^H^H^H   3%^H^H^H^H^H ...
> 
> into the buffer.
> 
> 3. Pass the grass63 script the full path to the mapset directory, to
> skip the curses-based startup window.
> 
> Alternatively, you can avoid using the grass63 script altogether. My
> ~/.bashrc sources ~/.bashrc.grass, which contains:
> 
> 	export GISBASE=/opt/grass-6.3.cvs
> 	export GRASS_GNUPLOT='gnuplot -persist'
> 	export GRASS_WIDTH=640
> 	export GRASS_HEIGHT=480
> 	export GRASS_HTML_BROWSER=firefox
> 	export GRASS_PAGER=cat
> 	export GRASS_PERL=perl
> 	export GRASS_TCLSH=tclsh
> 	export GRASS_WISH=wish
> 	
> 	export PATH="$GISBASE/bin:$GISBASE/scripts:$PATH"
> 	export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$GISBASE/lib"
> 	export GRASS_LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
> 	
> 	export GIS_LOCK=$$
> 	export GRASS_VERSION="6.1.cvs"
> 	
> 	tmp=/tmp/grass6-"`whoami`"-$GIS_LOCK
> 	export GISRC="$tmp/gisrc"
> 	mkdir "$tmp"
> 	cp ~/.grassrc6 "$GISRC"
> 
> This allows you to use GRASS commands in any shell; if your X startup
> sources ~/.bashrc, then you can run them directly from X programs,
> e.g. using M-! in XEmacs.
> 
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Regards,

Tyler Smith