[GRASS-user] d.out.file / d.save - Shell-script use issues

[Glynn Clements]

Vaclav Petras wrote:

> > Could you choose a different prefix for these commands, and leave d.*
> > for display commands?
> >
> > This also came to my mind but I had no better idea than `d` which is
> actually pretty good since d.to.rast and d.out.file are saying the same as
> r.to.vect or r.out.gdal (convert raster to vector, convert display to
> raster, ...).
> 
> If you think that only commands which are doing the actual drawing should
> start with `d`, please be more specific.

Not necessarily drawing, but commands which are in some way connected
to the display system (rather than to e.g. wxGUI). So this would
include e.g. d.info and d.where.

>  What about `d.mon` or > `d.what.rast`? Or what would be the right
>  letter to start with?

These are both related to wxGUI, so probably gui.*.

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Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>