[GRASS-windows] Re: [GRASS-user] Xming as X server for winGRASS?

[Luigi Ponti]

Dear Paul and Glynn: thank you very much for your feedback.

Glynn Clements wrote:
> [...]
> The problem with using monitors on native Windows isn't the graphics,
> it's the client-server communication.
>   
OK: hopefully I won't bother the list any longer on X-monitors.
> [...]
> If the environment variable GRASS_RENDER_IMMEDIATE is set to TRUE, PNG
> or PS, all d.* commands write graphics directly to a file, without
> using a monitor.
>
> The filename, format and dimensions are set by environment variables,
> as described at:
>
> 	http://grass.ibiblio.org/gdp/html_grass63/variables.html#png
> 	http://grass.ibiblio.org/gdp/html_grass63/variables.html#ps
>
> All of the functionality of the PNG and PS drivers is available in
> this way.
>   
This works fine in my Cygwin/grass6.2.2 installation, although the 
GRASS_PNG_READ variable does not seem to be available in grass6.2 
http://grass.ibiblio.org/gdp/html_grass62/pngdriver.html so the overlay 
thing suggested by Paul wouldn't work.

Trying the same with native winGRSSS 6.3.0 RC5 is less of a success: (1) 
no way to set environment variables via the GUI Output - GIS.m window; 
(2) not able to start GRASS via cmd.exe as suggested at
http://grass.gdf-hannover.de/wiki/WinGRASS_Current_Status

by typing the following at the cmd.exe prompt:

    C:\grass63RC5\bin\grass63.bat -text

I get the output below:

    Welcome to GRASS 6.3.0RC5 (2008)

    GRASS homepage:                          http://grass.itc.it/
    This version running thru:               Windows Command Shell (cmd.exe)
    When ready to quit enter:                exit
    Help is available with the command:      g.manual -i
    See the licence terms with:              g.version -c

    "cmd.exe" non è riconosciuto come comando interno o esterno,
     un programma eseguibile o un file batch.

(the Italian error message would sound more or less like: "cmd.exe" is 
not recognized as an internal or external command, an executable program 
or a batch file.)

Thanks again for your time and insights,

Luigi







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