[GRASS-user] WxGUI issues: refresh and labels

[Micha Silver]

Hi Hamish:


Hamish wrote:

> Richard:
>   
>>> First - Micha, thank you! I didn't even know there was
>>> another box to check.
>>>       
>
> it's a bit hidden in the wxGUI, but visible in the 1st tab + main
> controls in the Tcl/Tk GUI(s).
>
> Micha wrote:
>   
>> I'd like to raise the question (again) regarding displaying
>> vector labels in wxGUI and the need to check the "attr"
>> checkbox in the "Optional" tab.
>>     
>
> Two things to keep clear here- fancy labels created by v.labels and
> simple attribute text drawn with d.vect.
>
>   
>> The d.vect command requires specifying both the attrcol=xxx
>> and the display=shape,attr parameters. In parallel to that,
>> the wxGUI window for displaying a vector requires in the
>> "Labels" tab to select the labels column, *and* in the
>> "Optional" tab to check the attr checkbox.
>>     
> ...
>   
>> the above GUI arrangement is just not intuitive.  I'm sure Richard
>> won't be the last user to get caught by this.
>>     
>
> I agree.
> In trunk this is already "solved" in the wxGUI by moving the display=
> option to the Required tab. In this case it is plausible that the
> display= option must be set to something, but in general for other
> modules you might want an option on the first tab but not have it be
> strictly required on the command line. a proposed compromise is given
> in trac ticket #886.   https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/886
>
>
>   
Thanks for the explanation. I'll Look forward to seeing display= shifted 
to the Required tab. That will certainly help.
>> Is it not possible to add the display=attr checkbox to the
>> "Labels" tab, so that you do all labeling actions - enable
>> labeling, choose the column along with label fonts, colors
>> etc - in the *same* place?? Perhaps even leave the "Name of
>> column", "Label color", etc all greyed out unless the Enable
>> labeling (i.e disp=attr) is checked...
>>     
>
> That would require us to create (and maintain) a new custom GUI for
> drawing vector maps. I hope that moving display= to the first tab
> in the wxGUI (using whichever method to get there) removes some of the
> need to move away from the zero-maintenance automatic GUI we have now.
>
> I wouldn't mind 4 wrapper scripts for displaying points, lines, areas,
> and text; and then a fifth button for the full d.vect options, but I
> defer to the better judgment of the more GUI-minded devs on that.
>
>
>
> Hamish
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