[GRASS-user] xganim tools

[Michael Barton]

On Feb 7, 2009, at 10:00 AM, <grass-user-request at lists.osgeo.org> <grass-user-request at lists.osgeo.org 
 > wrote:

> Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2009 02:18:45 +0000
> From: Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>
> Subject: Re: [GRASS-user] xganim tools
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> Michael Barton wrote:
>
>>>> I tried use xganim for animating a raster files.
>>>> http://grass.itc.it/grass62/manuals/html62_user/xganim.html
>>>>
>>>> when I  typed xganim, the answer is command not found
>>>
>>> It is present in 6.4, but GRASS needs to be built with motif/lesstif
>>> support for xganim to be there.
>>>
>>> Install the lesstif2-dev package and "./configure --with-motif"
>>
>> A TclTk replacement for xganim is included in GRASS 6.3 and above. It
>> is a little nicer than the original and doesn't require motif/lestif.
>
> Note that it's part of gis.m, not a standalone program.
>
> In 7.0, the standalone xganim has been re-written using wxWidgets; it
> could probably use some testing.
>
> -- 

If it is the module in bin with the same name (i.e, xganim), I tried  
it and it doesn't work on the Mac at least. It opens and loads the  
files, but the interface locks up and none of the buttons are  
responsive.

Michael