#1891: wingrass: background dosbox from regular wxgui startup
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Reporter: hamish | Owner: grass-dev@…
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone: 6.4.3
Component: Default | Version: svn-releasebranch64
Keywords: wingrass | Platform: MSWindows 7
Cpu: x86-64 |
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Comment(by glynn):
Replying to [comment:24 hamish]:
> should we keep it running DOS, or try for bash-in-a-dos-box before
release?
The last version of Windows to include a version of DOS was Windows ME.
cmd.exe is not DOS, and the command-line utilities are not DOS programs,
even if they are largely compatible with the original DOS programs with
the same names.
Ideally, GRASS 6.x should include options to start a GRASS session:
a) using cmd.exe in a console window, and
b) using bash in a console window.
It shouldn't include any options which involve MSys' rxvt, as it's just
too buggy (and won't work with any curses-based programs, which require a
normal console window).
Windows users shouldn't be expected to be familiar with bash.
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Ticket URL: <http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/1891#comment:27>
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