Thanks much for the instructions, Anna! In the end, what I did was to download the whole folder, unzip, extract only the m.printws, zip it and use g.extension
g.extension m.printws url=/home/veroandreo/software/m.printws.zip and it worked perfectly :) best, Vero 2016-08-03 16:14 GMT-03:00 Anna Petrášová <kratocha...@gmail.com>: > On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 2:49 PM, Veronica Andreo <veroand...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hello Robert, > > > > I would like to test this new add-on very much, but I haven't been able > to > > install it with g.extension as explained here: > > https://grass.osgeo.org/grass73/manuals/g.extension.html for the case of > > repositories other than SVN. This is the command I'm using: > > > > g.extension m.printws > > url=github.com/kuszinger/giscomgrass7addons/tree/master/m.printws > > Fetching <m.printws> from > > < > https://github.com/kuszinger/giscomgrass7addons/tree/master/m.printws/archive/master.zip > > > > (be patient)... > > ERROR: Extension <m.printws> not found > > > > (I'm using a freshly recompiled grass73 - r69069M under Linux-Fedora24) > > > > Am I using g.extension properly? Any ideas? > > I think it's because it's not at top level in the repository. > g.extension expects the module is at top level and creates an URL of > the zip. Github doesn't seem to allow you to download a subdirectory > from the repo as a zip, so I don't think we can do anything about it, > at least not easily. > > Either download the module manually and run in the directory with the > module: > make MODULE_TOPDIR=/path/to/trunk > make install MODULE_TOPDIR=/path/to/trunk > > or Robert can split the repo into two, one for each addon. > > Anna > > > > > Best, > > Vero > > > > 2016-08-03 11:15 GMT-03:00 Robert Kuszinger <kuszin...@giscom.hu>: > >> > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I've created a new python script which generates: > >> > >> quick printout (pdf) from workspace definitions > >> supports multiple display definitions in one workspace ( = multiple > >> printouts in one run) > >> UTF-8 text could also be printed (ps.map supports only latin1, this was > >> the initial reason to create alternative print method) > >> > >> known major issues: > >> > >> barscale and northarrow positioning should be revised in the respective > >> d.* modules > >> ImageMagick dependency should be eliminated longer term > >> regexp processing of workspace files instead of formal XML processing > >> needs more calibration on txt/symbol resizing according to printout dpi > >> change > >> > >> > >> This module is NOT for professional prints but for quick&dirty and > >> hopefully comfortable > >> printout making. > >> > >> Tested under: > >> > >> Linux: 7.0.4,7.2 latest, 7.3 weekly snapshot > >> Windows: 7.3 binary OSGeo4W > >> > >> > >> Source and doc are here: > >> > >> https://github.com/kuszinger/giscomgrass7addons/tree/master/m.printws > >> > >> best regards > >> Robert > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> grass-dev mailing list > >> grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org > >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > grass-dev mailing list > > grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org > > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev >
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