wx init.sh needs updating

[William Kyngesburye]

Just found some time to take a look at wxgrass again.  The init.sh in  
the svn gui source needs to be updated - there are a bunch of updates  
missing, so if someone overwrites their existing init.sh per the  
readme, the updates will be lost.

I see that most of the wx changes are already in the GRASS cvs  
init.sh.  The other option would be to update the readme install  
instructions - with one update to the CVS init.sh, this step could be  
removed.  The one difference I found is the message about restarting/
starting the gui.  This would take care of the different gui cases (I  
left out d.m):

case "$GRASS_GUI" in
     tcltk | gis.m)
         echo "If required, restart the graphical user interface  
with: gis.m"
         ;;
     wx)
         echo "If required, restart the graphical user interface  
with: wxgrass &"
         ;;
     *)
         echo "Start the graphical user interface with: gis.m"
         ;;
esac

(I could apply that if you like.)

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[Michael Barton]

William,

I thought that the cvs version of init.sh was the one to use now. Please go
ahead and make the one further change. We should get rid of the init.sh in
the svn repository and instructions that say to use it. If you take care of
init.sh in the cvs, I'll take care of the svn version. Thanks for noticing
this.

I started messing around with a python replacement for init.sh, just to see
what is needed. It is going pretty well, but tedious. Once done (and
probably won't work right off) it could be a good opportunity to clean up
the start up script for GRASS. Thinking ahead to a time when the same script
can start GRASS on all platforms.

Michael


On 8/6/07 10:14 PM, "William Kyngesburye" <woklist@...> wrote:

> Just found some time to take a look at wxgrass again.  The init.sh in
> the svn gui source needs to be updated - there are a bunch of updates
> missing, so if someone overwrites their existing init.sh per the
> readme, the updates will be lost.
>
> I see that most of the wx changes are already in the GRASS cvs
> init.sh.  The other option would be to update the readme install
> instructions - with one update to the CVS init.sh, this step could be
> removed.  The one difference I found is the message about restarting/
> starting the gui.  This would take care of the different gui cases (I
> left out d.m):
>
> case "$GRASS_GUI" in
>      tcltk | gis.m)
>          echo "If required, restart the graphical user interface
> with: gis.m"
>          ;;
>      wx)
>          echo "If required, restart the graphical user interface
> with: wxgrass &"
>          ;;
>      *)
>          echo "Start the graphical user interface with: gis.m"
>          ;;
> esac
>
> (I could apply that if you like.)
>
> -----
> William Kyngesburye <kyngchaos*at*kyngchaos*dot*com>
> http://www.kyngchaos.com/
>
> Theory of the Universe
>
> There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly
> what the universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly
> disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarrely
> inexplicable.  There is another theory which states that this has
> already happened.
>
> -Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 2nd season intro
>
>

__________________________________________
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Director of Graduate Studies
School of Human Evolution & Social Change
Center for Social Dynamics & Complexity
Arizona State University

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[William Kyngesburye]

Done.

On Aug 7, 2007, at 12:44 AM, Michael Barton wrote:

> William,
>
> I thought that the cvs version of init.sh was the one to use now.  
> Please go
> ahead and make the one further change. We should get rid of the  
> init.sh in
> the svn repository and instructions that say to use it. If you take  
> care of
> init.sh in the cvs, I'll take care of the svn version. Thanks for  
> noticing
> this.

...

> On 8/6/07 10:14 PM, "William Kyngesburye" <woklist@...>  
> wrote:
>> I see that most of the wx changes are already in the GRASS cvs
>> init.sh.  The other option would be to update the readme install
>> instructions - with one update to the CVS init.sh, this step could be
>> removed.  The one difference I found is the message about restarting/
>> starting the gui.  This would take care of the different gui cases (I
>> left out d.m):
>>
>> case "$GRASS_GUI" in
>>      tcltk | gis.m)
>>          echo "If required, restart the graphical user interface
>> with: gis.m"
>>          ;;
>>      wx)
>>          echo "If required, restart the graphical user interface
>> with: wxgrass &"
>>          ;;
>>      *)
>>          echo "Start the graphical user interface with: gis.m"
>>          ;;
>> esac
>>
>> (I could apply that if you like.)
>>

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http://www.kyngchaos.com/

Theory of the Universe

There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly  
what the universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly  
disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarrely  
inexplicable.  There is another theory which states that this has  
already happened.

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[Michael Barton]

I also took care of the README and deleted the old init.sh from the SVN  gui
folder.

Michael


On 8/7/07 7:24 AM, "William Kyngesburye" <woklist@...> wrote:

> Done.
>
> On Aug 7, 2007, at 12:44 AM, Michael Barton wrote:
>
>> William,
>>
>> I thought that the cvs version of init.sh was the one to use now.
>> Please go
>> ahead and make the one further change. We should get rid of the
>> init.sh in
>> the svn repository and instructions that say to use it. If you take
>> care of
>> init.sh in the cvs, I'll take care of the svn version. Thanks for
>> noticing
>> this.
> ...
>> On 8/6/07 10:14 PM, "William Kyngesburye" <woklist@...>
>> wrote:
>>> I see that most of the wx changes are already in the GRASS cvs
>>> init.sh.  The other option would be to update the readme install
>>> instructions - with one update to the CVS init.sh, this step could be
>>> removed.  The one difference I found is the message about restarting/
>>> starting the gui.  This would take care of the different gui cases (I
>>> left out d.m):
>>>
>>> case "$GRASS_GUI" in
>>>      tcltk | gis.m)
>>>          echo "If required, restart the graphical user interface
>>> with: gis.m"
>>>          ;;
>>>      wx)
>>>          echo "If required, restart the graphical user interface
>>> with: wxgrass &"
>>>          ;;
>>>      *)
>>>          echo "Start the graphical user interface with: gis.m"
>>>          ;;
>>> esac
>>>
>>> (I could apply that if you like.)
>>>
>
> -----
> William Kyngesburye <kyngchaos*at*kyngchaos*dot*com>
> http://www.kyngchaos.com/
>
> Theory of the Universe
>
> There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly
> what the universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly
> disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarrely
> inexplicable.  There is another theory which states that this has
> already happened.
>
> -Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 2nd season intro
>
>

__________________________________________
Michael Barton, Professor of Anthropology
Director of Graduate Studies
School of Human Evolution & Social Change
Center for Social Dynamics & Complexity
Arizona State University

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www: http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton


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[William Kyngesburye]

On Aug 7, 2007, at 12:44 AM, Michael Barton wrote:

> I started messing around with a python replacement for init.sh,  
> just to see
> what is needed. It is going pretty well, but tedious. Once done (and
> probably won't work right off) it could be a good opportunity to  
> clean up
> the start up script for GRASS. Thinking ahead to a time when the  
> same script
> can start GRASS on all platforms.
>
> Michael
>

Yeah, I just noticed a another oddity in init.sh related to wx - the  
gui dependency test is still based on X.  While wxpython on other  
'nix platforms may need X, it doesn't on OSX, and probably not on  
Windows either.  Summarized:

if DISPLAY set (though it may be set but no X is available, at least  
on OSX)
   test gui dependency - python for wx, wish for tcltk
   if it fails
     warn that *wish* doesn't work (oops)
else
   no gui possible
   if a gui is set
     warn that *X* is not available, and there a gui is not possible  
(oops again)

Instead of testing the gui dependency first, maybe this should test  
the gui setting first:

case GRASS_GUI:
   tcltk, etc)
     test X availability
     or better, ignore DISPLAY and test only wish - if it works, X is  
implied, or whatever graphical base needed (this would take care of  
native tcltk implementations, like Aqua or Windows, not that they  
work well)
   wx)
     test python availability (X implied if needed - as long as  
python works)


...just some thoughts...

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particular pleasure I shall kill every ___ I can until the war is  
over. That is my duty."

"Don't you even hate 'em?"

"What good would it do if I did? If all the many millions of people  
of the allied nations devoted an entire year exclusively to hating  
the ____ it wouldn't kill one ___ nor shorten the war one day."

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a bucket filled with hyena offal?
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