[GRASS-user] Display thematic vector map - WinGRASS 6.3 (Vista)

[Matt]

Ken,
You are not alone.  I tried the thematic vector example on page 171 of
Neteler & Mitasova and also encountered the "You must open a display
monitor" message.  I'm running 6.3.0-4 on Vista.
Matt

On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Moritz Lennert
<mlennert at club.worldonline.be> wrote:
> On 06/01/09 17:51, Michael Barton wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for the correction. WinGRASS supports PNG output, not a monitor.
>> d.vect.thematic was rewritten to use direct rendering through PNG, so it
>> should work on Windows.
>
> This was done in 6.4, so it is not available in winGRASS, yet, which is
> based on 6.3. Just replacing the script doesn't work, either as it use the
> fs= parameter of v.db.connect which wasn't introduced until 6.4.
>
> So, another strident call for the a 6.4 winGRASS.
>
> Moritz
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