[Qgis-developer] QGIS GRASS plugin - modules upgrade

[Radim Blazek]

On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 9:39 PM, Vaclav Petras <wenzeslaus at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I wonder why UI is not generated on the fly or during compilation? To
>> > maintain manually UI in QGIS is complicated and the result will be
>> > always out-of-date. Just 2 my cents, Martin
>>
>> UI is generated on the fly when a module UI is opened. It is using
>> options description printed by GRASS module (--interface-description)
>> combined with options definition for the module in QGIS (.qgm file).
>> The additional options definition in QGIS is mainly for two purposes:
>>
>> 1) limit number of options not to frighten users, some GRASS modules
>> are also represented as multiple items with predefined options
>
> Hi Radim and Martin,
>
> I guess that one of the reasons for QGIS interface for GRASS. Anyway, is
> there a option of not using .qgm file and using --interface-description
> only? This would not only enable some of the hidden features but more
> importantly, it would enable to use of modules from GRASS GIS Addons
> repository.
>
>> 2) define relations between options (e.g. type or column option
>> relation with input vector) or special options which has dedicated
>> widget in UI (e.g. GDAL/OGR input).
>
> This should be defined in GRASS GIS. If it is missing in GRASS or in the
> --interface-description then it is a bug which should be solved.

How can I recognize G_OPT_V_TYPE in  --interface-description? It does
not have gisprompt.

Radim