I think that DialogGen was written a long time ago, before tk_messageBox existed.
Michael On 9/3/07 2:38 AM, "Maris Nartiss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > when I wrote additional error trapping for GRASS startup screen I used > DialogGen as it was already used there. Now maybe it's time to ask - > why DialogGen instead of plain tk_messageBox? Is there some reason why > startup screen uses DialoGen and not tk native widgets? Probably we > should get rid of DialogGen popups in startup screen too. > > About errorCode You can read more in TCL/Tk docs: > http://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl8.4/TclCmd/tclvars.htm#M18 > > Just my 0.02, > Maris. > > 2007/9/3, Michael Barton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> I just put in a large number of error message boxes instead of routing >> errors to the terminal. >> >> In general, it has generally seemed like a better idea to use a built in >> TclTk tool like tk_messageBox if one was available, than to use a custom >> function that we have to maintain to do the same thing. In the x11 version I >> use on my Mac, I kind of like the looks of tk_messageBox better than >> DialogGen, but that's just a matter of personal opinion. >> >> But I don't have a sense of what the difference between the two is on >> Windows and would always like to have a better looking interface. It might >> be nice to have error reporting have a consistent look across the entire >> program--either DialogGen or tk_messageBox. And if there is a general >> preference to the custom function (DialogGen) I don't feel that strongly >> about it either way--as long as someone else wants to change over the 130+ >> of tk_messageBox dialogs I just installed ;-). >> >> On a different error trap note...anyone have a feel for whether it's >> worthwhile to use this check for all error traps? >> >> if {[lindex $::errorCode 0] eq "CHILDSTATUS"} { >> >> if it returns better information, it might be worth the effort. >> >> Cheers >> Michael >> > > __________________________________________ Michael Barton, Professor of Anthropology Director of Graduate Studies School of Human Evolution & Social Change Center for Social Dynamics & Complexity Arizona State University phone: 480-965-6213 fax: 480-965-7671 www: http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton _______________________________________________ grass-dev mailing list grass-dev@grass.itc.it http://grass.itc.it/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev
