Hi,
2008/2/21, Glynn Clements <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Moritz Lennert wrote:
> > as wxgui is a shell script, g.gui wxpython (which does:
> >
> > else if (strcmp(type->answer, "wxpython") == 0) {
> > sprintf (progname, "%s/etc/wxpython/scripts/wxgui", G_gisbase());
> > if (rc_file->answer) {
> > G_spawn(progname, "wxgui", rc_file->answer, NULL);
> > )
> >
> > will not work.
since gis.m and d.m are also shell scripts, g.gui tcltk|oldtcktk will
not work too(?)
> > I don't really see the need for this script and it is a nuisance for
> > wingrass ot require a shell to launch the python gui...
>
>
> Right; it may as well just do:
>
> sprintf(progname, "%s/etc/wxpython/wxgui.py", G_gisbase());
> if (rc_file->answer) {
> G_spawn("python", "wxgui", progname, "--workspace",
> rc_file->answer, NULL);
> }
> else {
> G_spawn("python", "wxgui", progname, NULL);
> }
>
> AFAICT, the only reason for making g.gui a C program rather than a
> script is so that you don't need a Bourne shell (MSys etc) to start
> the GUI.
There is one problem, when you run `g.gui wxpython`, the program is
waiting for thread termination. So you cannot use xterm when wxGUI is
running. I am not sure how to fix it since I am not so familiar with
G_spawn*.
Martin
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