[Qgis-developer] some questions about GRASS features in QGIS

[Paolo Cavallini]

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Il 09/03/2013 17:40, William Kyngesburye ha scritto:
> - Can the plugin access/start the GRASS GUI?  I mean just the full 
> GUI started with g.gui.  Is there really any benefit to doing this
> in QGIS?

IMHO not

> - Can the plugin use the command mini-GUI things (whatever they're 
> called), that start when you run a GRASS command without
> parameters? Seems redundant if it can, since the plugin has it's
> own GUI forms for filling in command parameters.

Not all the commands and options are included, so yes, it is useful,
even if unelegant.

> - Then there are a couple tools that only run in a small GUI 
> interface, like NVIZ (in its multiple forms).  How does the plugin 
> handle these?  Not at all, or let them run as is?

It lets run them.

> - can the plugin run arbitrary GRASS scripts or modules (ie user 
> scripts and addon modules)?

it could, if the module developer writes also the necessary qgm

Thanks.

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Paolo Cavallini - Faunalia
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