> > Correct. Does this work on Windows though? Yes.
> > ... >>> Only thing which is a bit annoying: you have to close the two (cmd and >>> gis.m) seperately (i.e. gis.m does not close when you type exit in >>> cmd.exe). But that's minor in my eyes. >> Users who don't normally use the command line may not know to type exit - >> I think it's a big enough issue not to introduce it as a problem when it >> wasn't there before - see my comments above. > > I agree. This is a pain for most computer users today. I don't find it a > problem, but it makes GRASS look somewhat archaic. > How about adding an entry "Start GRASS Shell" to the Tcl/Tk menus? This way, we could do without starting a shell by default from Init.bat and users can launch as many as they need. We may assume that someone who intentionally launches a shell to do some work also has the wits to close it afterwards (which can be done by simply clicking the little "x" on the window). Benjamin -- Benjamin Ducke, M.A. Archäoinformatik (Archaeoinformation Science) Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte (Inst. of Prehistoric and Historic Archaeology) Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel Johanna-Mestorf-Straße 2-6 D 24098 Kiel Germany Tel.: ++49 (0)431 880-3378 / -3379 Fax : ++49 (0)431 880-7300 www.uni-kiel.de/ufg _______________________________________________ grass-dev mailing list grass-dev@grass.itc.it http://grass.itc.it/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev
