[GRASS-user] Custom d.vect icons in WX-Python GUI
Hi GRASS-users, I have a series of custom icons/symbols that I often use when I create maps or display layers inside of the wx-gui. Older versions of the d.vect UI would recognize my grass-6.4.x/etc/symbol/CustomDirName directory and the list of CustomIcons inside of it. With newer enhancements to the GUI which now displays the icon itself as opposed to directory/name only, I am no longer able to select any custom icons. Note: I can still use the command line to display vector layers using a custom icon (e.g. d.vect map=camp icon=custom/camp) How can I build my version of GRASS to allow me to choose icons in a custom symbol directory using the d.vect UI. I am convinced I have seen documentation on how to do that in the past, but a couple hours of searching around the wiki today has turned up empty. Thanks, Casey p.s. Here is my Grass Builds System Info if relevant GRASS version: 6.4.4svn GRASS SVN Revision: 57320M GIS Library Revision: 50937 (2012-02-25) GDAL/OGR: 1.10.0 PROJ4: Rel. 4.9.0, 22 June 2013 Python: 2.7.3 wxPython: 2.8.12.1 Platform: Linux-3.2.0-51-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-12.04-precise -- Casey Vandenberg Geomatics Specialist SJ Geophysics Ltd. 11966 95A Avenue Delta, BC, Canada, V4C 3W2 Office: 604.582.1100 Mobile: 778.928.1103 www.sjgeophysics.com -- ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
Re: [GRASS-user] Custom d.vect icons in WX-Python GUI
Casey wrote: I have a series of custom icons/symbols that I often use when I create maps or display layers inside of the wx-gui. Older versions of the d.vect UI would recognize my grass-6.4.x/etc/symbol/CustomDirName directory and the list of CustomIcons inside of it. note you can also use $MAPSET/symbol/group/name, but it has to be done for each mapset. (perhaps we should also search ~/.grassX/symbols/ or $GRASS_ADDON_PATH/symbols/ ? [tricky if multiple paths in ADDON_PATH]) the idea is to have custom addon items installed for you install-wide, and survive a version upgrade or 'make distclean' without being deleted. With newer enhancements to the GUI which now displays the icon itself as opposed to directory/name only, I am no longer able to select any custom icons. Note: I can still use the command line to display vector layers using a custom icon (e.g. d.vect map=camp icon=custom/camp) d.vect will get them if the module was built after they were installed. d.graph might work directly with a newly installed symbol. the d.mark addon script needs to be edited by hand, but just the (unique) symbol name, not the group name. How can I build my version of GRASS to allow me to choose icons in a custom symbol directory using the d.vect UI. to see them in the GUI you need to make a thumbnail image with ps.map andinkscape. See gui/images/symbols/README in the grass source code for a script to do that. Put the pngs in that same ./gui/images/symbols/ dir structure. for sharing/backup/possibly get them installed by default consider to contribute them to http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/IconSymbols#Contributions or somewhere in addons svn. regards, Hamish ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
