On Tue, 2007-08-07 at 20:20 +0100, Glynn Clements wrote: > Glynn Clements wrote: > > > > > been trying the latest GRASS 6.3 on windows O/S. > > > > > > > > NVIZ on D.M gives error > > > > 'couldnt execute NVIZ' > > > > > > > > NVIZ on map display just doesnt work.. > > > > Nothing happens when you click on it. > > > > > > This is one of the few items on the Windows native GRASS that doesn't work > > > (apparently some infuriating problems with attribute databases too). > > > > > > From posts a couple months back, it seems that it DID work in this version > > > early on and then stopped working. This suggests that there should be a > > > way > > > to get it running again. > > > > It definitely used to work natively on Windows, and I think that it > > also worked natively on OSX. > > > > ISTR a comment that it stopped around the time that Bob changed NVIZ > > from being a self-contained C module to a combination of a script > > ($GIBASE/bin/nviz) and a modified wish ($GISBASE/etc/nviz2.2/nviz). > > > > That may just be a rumour, though. It would be nice if someone[1] > > could confirm this, by compiling versions before and after 2006-12-11 > > for native Windows. > > Done that. Yep, it's the script; MSys strikes again. > > I've added an nviz.bat script for use on Windows; I've also fixed the > Makefile to ensure that the binary gets the .exe extension. >
This implements one of the suggestion I made for Windows back on May 19, 2007 (Subj.: Nviz on native Windows). I guess no one had tested them?? The other suggestion was try directly running nviz2.2_script .... > Another way, which may be a better solution for windows is to edit the > nviz2.2_script file and replace "#!/nviz -f" with "#! > $GISBASE/etc/nviz2.2/nviz -f". You may need to enter the full path for > $GISBASE. After editing the file copy it to $GISBASE/bin/nviz > (overwriting the old nviz script). Make sure it is executable. Run > nviz (formerly nviz2.2_script). -- Bob _______________________________________________ grass-dev mailing list grass-dev@grass.itc.it http://grass.itc.it/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev
