[QGIS-trac] Re: [Quantum GIS] #1680: New GRASS shell does not display command gui

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#1680: New GRASS shell does not display command gui
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        Reporter:  cgsbob                            |         Owner:  nobody
            Type:  bug                               |        Status:  new   
        Priority:  major: does not work as expected  |     Milestone:        
       Component:  GRASS                             |       Version:  HEAD  
      Resolution:                                    |      Keywords:        
Platform_version:                                    |      Platform:  All   
        Must_fix:  No                                |   Status_info:  0     
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Comment (by cgsbob):

 Replying to [comment:6 pcav]:
 > This is not what grass-qgis plugin was made for: the idea here is to
 present the user with a simplified set of options. In case you need more
 flexibility, we can always write a more complex module, with all the
 parameters to be filled  (or with pre-set options).

 The grass-qgis plugin is also for the more advanced qgis user.  Why not
 have an Advance user button that would enable the grass gui?  All it takes
 to enable the grass gui is a little extra code that just sets a few grass
 environment variables:

 {{{
 export GRASS_PYTHON=python
 export GRASS_TCLSH=tclsh
 export GRASS_WISH=wish
 unset GRASS_UI_TERM
 }}}

 > Having the full GUI of grass does not make sense here: if you want to
 use the grass GUI you better use grass directly. Furthermore, in this case
 QGIS would also depend on a whole lot of other software, which would make
 packaging (especially for windows) much more difficult.
 > I suggest you to fill wishes for the commands for which you want more
 options available, and we can try to write them.

 Since most users will have this extra software (especially if you are a
 linux user or OSGEO4W users who have also loaded grass), I don't think it
 should make packaging difficult.  I could imagine that logic can be added
 to test for these software component.  If they exist, the grass gui should
 be enabled (see the little code block above).

 In any case, I'll add the code block above to the wiki for those advanced
 qgis users :)

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/1680#comment:7>
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