[GRASS-windows] GRASS 6.4.0 RC3 wxpython : command ... not yet implemented (d.barscale etc)

[Vladimir Goncharov]

>> Please look at the subject line: GRASS 6.4.0 RC3
>
> Sorry, missed that. Did you use the osgeo4w installer ?
>
Well, I do. But I made some work manually because I have custom
installation of Python and wxPython for other project.

>> But I can type
>>   d.his elevation i=elevation_shade
>> and
>>   d.vect roadsmajor
>> and it work prefectly.
>
> Funny, here in GNU/Linux and with grass6 development version, d.his
> works, but d.vect doesn't. For the latter, I first have to double
> click on the vector layer and click on Apply for the vector layer to
> appear in the Map Display...
> Can't try on Windows right now.
>
Sure, I add layers through 'Add vector' button usually, but I'm trying
to follow book in this case :)
>> What is difference between d.his and d.barscale?
>> Is it documented?
>
> I don't know. Maybe due to the fact that d.barscale has some
> interactive code for placement... CC'ing to the wxgui developers for
> comment.
Well, OK. I will try to find time and look at the code by myself. The
problem was that I was not sure if it is bug or feature.
>
>>> You can use d.* commands on the command line when you use direct
>>> rendering [1].
>>>
>> What is direct rendering?
>
> When direct rendering is "activated", you can type d.* commands at the
> command line and the result is rendered into a file, instead of the
> screen. See
>
> http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/manuals/html64_user/variables.html#dirrend
> and
> http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/manuals/html64_user/pngdriver.html
>
> To use this, you have to use GRASS via the command line.
>
Thanks! The main goal of my returning to GRASS is developing scripts to
automate process of creaing maps. That's why I am interested
to run commands.
>>> (  BTW,does anybody know is
>>>> there menu item for this command? I can't find it:))
>>> It is not in the main menus, but in the 'Add raster layer' button menu.
>> Sorry? I see d.shadedmap and r.his out there, but not d.his.  Probably
>> r.his does the same work, but it requires more arguments.
>
> Click on the button circled in red on:
> http://geog-pc40.ulb.ac.be/grass/misc/GISManager.png
>
> You then get a menu, of which one choice is "Add HIS layer" which
> opens the d.his dialogue window and adds a layer to the GIS Manager.
>
Oops!  I miss that. Thanks!
>>
>> Again, I'm reading GRASS book and trying to run commands found in the
>> text ( 3rd chapter in this case). It seems that
>> I have to use stable version but not bleeding-edge one.
>
> Well, for windows, the bleeding-edge one is probably much more stable
> than any older ones.
>
> You could try using the gis.m GUI instead of the wx GUI. For that you
> need to find your .grassrc6 file (normally in your home directory,
> which under windows is often in c:\Documents and settings\UserName and
> change the setting of the GRASS_GUI variable to tcltk and then restart
> GRASS.
Thanks again. As far as I understand, I can change this setting through 
Config ->GRASS working environment menu. Can't I?

Vladimir