--- On Tue, 7/13/10, Hamish <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Hamish <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [GRASS-user] Beginner (Mac): How do I display a raster in Map > Display window using line commands > To: [email protected], "I. Syncrasy" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, July 13, 2010, 8:57 PM > I. Syncrasy wrote: > > I'm a complete beginner using GRASS > > 6.4.0 on a PowerPC Mac (OS 10.4.11). > > > > I using the "North Carolina" sample data. > > > > I am able to run line commands in the Output-GIS.m > window > > (lists, info, etc.), but I am not able to use line > commands > > to display graphical items in the Map Display window. > For > > example, if I run "d.rast Slope", the command > apparently is > > understood, but the Map Display remains blank. > > > > Here is the Output-GIS.m log: > > > > ------ > > > > PNG: GRASS_TRUECOLOR status: TRUE > > > > PNG: collecting to file: > > > /Users/my_home_directory/grass/nc_spm_08/user1/.tmp/G5.local/891.0.ppm, > > GRASS_WIDTH=690, GRASS_HEIGHT=486 > > > > ------ > > > > Is there some special command I need to add to > "target" the > > Map Display window? Do I have to set up a special > directory > > first? > > > > (Note: I am able to display rasters using the GIS > Manager > > (GUI) window, so I know Map Display works, but I have > to > > learn how to use line commands to accomplish the same > > tasks.) > > > First you need to have X-Windows installed (it comes on the > Mac install > DVD). Then the magic command line command is "d.mon x0" to > open a X-monitor. > > As you discovered these can not be manually redirected to > the main GUI > at this time. > > > regards, > Hamish Hamish, Ahhh, yes I did try using an X-monitor earlier. It worked for raster display as you suggest. But when I tried to use "zoom" commands, I found that my Kensington Orbit trackball would not release the cursor to finish selecting the zoom area. Do I have to change the behavior of my right and left buttons? I suspect I will have to create my map exercises twice: once in X-monitor to learn about line commands, and again in the GUI to create the actual map and have more control over layers. Is this the type of difficulty I should expect from GRASS on a Mac? Thanks. _______________________________________________ grass-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
