[GRASS-user] Problems with GRASS python code in osgeo4w

[Moskovitz, Bob]

Thanks for the info.  I didn't know about the assoc and ftype.  Looking at the output of these two commands, I see that my system is set up correctly.  

So, I still don't know why the grass.parser() is not working for me.  I even modified my program to use pdb to see what is happening.  The debugger is aborted right after I reach os.execvp("g.parser.exe", [name] + argv) in grass.py.  But if I use "python c:\osgeo4w\apps\grass\grass-6.4.0svn\scripts\m.dipslope.py --help", I get the expected results.

Bob Moskovitz
Research Analyst I
Seismic Hazard Evaluation Project
California Geological Survey
http://gmw.consrv.ca.gov/shmp

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Glynn Clements [mailto:glynn at gclements.plus.com]
> Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 7:03 PM
> To: Moskovitz, Bob
> Cc: Grass-User (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: [GRASS-user] Problems with GRASS python code in osgeo4w
> 
> 
> 
> Moskovitz, Bob wrote:
> 
> > I'm trying to figure out how to write python scripts using grass.py
> > under osgeo4w.  I was hoping that python script (and the binary
> > commands) would behave similarly to the grass environment 
> on my Ubuntu
> > box.  You know...just type the command and the gui for that command
> > comes up.  What I have to do now is type "python
> > c:\osgeo4w\apps\grass\grass-6.4.0svn\scripts\m.dipslope.py" 
> instead of
> > just type "m.dipslope.py".  I've also notice that the command gui or
> > even the command help does not come up when you just enter 
> the command.
> > Ultimately I would like to put my commands in the QGIS GRASS module
> > tree.
> 
> 1. Ensure that .py files are configured to be run with the Python
> interpreter. You should be able to double-click on a .py file in
> Explorer and have it run. This should be done by the Python installer,
> but I don't know if the OSGeo4W installer does this.
> 
> If it isn't, you can use e.g.:
> 
>   assoc .py=python.file
>   ftype python.file="C:\Program Files\Python25\python.exe" "%1"
> 
> [Change the pathname to wherever Python is installed.]
> 
> 2. The PATHEXT environment variable needs to contain ".PY" if you want
> to use "m.dispslope" rather than "m.dispslope.py". You can do this
> temporarily with:
> 
>   set PATHEXT=%PATHEXT%;.PY
> 
> or you can make it persistent either using the Control Panel or
> through the registry.
> 
> For the Control Panel in XP, it's:
> 
> My Computer
>  Control Panel
>   System
>    Advanced (Tab)
>     Environment Variables
> 
> For the registry, the system-wide setting is taken from the PATHEXT
> value of the key:
> 
> HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment
> 
> Or you can override it for the current user by adding a PATHEXT value
> to the key HKCU\Environment
> 
> -- 
> Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>
>