#499: fresh windows startup not very friendly ---------------------------+------------------------------------------------ Reporter: hamish | Owner: [email protected] Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: minor | Milestone: 6.4.0 Component: default | Version: 6.4.0 RCs Resolution: | Keywords: wingrass startup Platform: MSWindows XP | Cpu: x86-32 ---------------------------+------------------------------------------------ Comment (by hamish):
Maris: > > > Probably it would be better to remove completely presetting > > > location etc. in init scripts Hamish: > > no way, that's super useful. just deal with the lack of > > .grassrc6 gracefully, that's all. Maris: > Can You, please, explain usefullines of .grassrc6 file with > location <UNKNOWN> and mapset <UNKNOWN>? I thought you meant to remove saving the last mapset etc in .grassrcX. nevermind. None the less, having <UNKNOWN> is a clear indicator of what is missing. More so than just a missing entry; it helps with debugging. > Would r35991 make things better? yes, it is nice, thank you. > Still it may be a good idea to set GISDBASE for first run to > user home dir on windows. Still I have no idea how to do that. me neither but a web search suggests that putting %HOMEPATH% into init.bat instead of %CD% might be the way. If doing that, probably sync init.sh to use $HOME instead of $PWD. > And will it work safe with spaces in path? no idea. > Do we have windows gurus here? Hamish? not me. > Not RTFMing is not a major GRASS issue. ... grass has 500+ FMs to read, and for many users they are in a foreign language. Launching the program should not require hours of study. A smart user should be able to figure out how to render a map in <10 minutes. If they can't see that tangible feedback many will just give up and walk away. > It's PEBKAC. what I am saying is that unintuitive behaviour is a mistake by the developers, not the users. Hamish -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/499#comment:5> GRASS GIS <http://grass.osgeo.org>
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