Daniel Calvelo wrote:
> > How do we invoke the wxPython UI as a stand-alone process?
> >
> > For the Tcl/Tk UI, G_gui() essentially does:
> >
> > fp = popen("$GRASS_WISH", "w");
> > fprintf(fp, "source $env(GISBASE)/etc/gui.tcl\n");
> > generate_tcl(fp);
> >
> > We need an equivalent sequence for wxPython, e.g.:
> >
> > fp = popen("python", "w");
> > fprintf(fp, /* WHAT GOES HERE ? */);
> > generate_xml(fp);
> >
> > [There isn't a generate_xml() function at present; it's called
> > G_usage_xml() and has stdout hardcoded, so that needs to be
> > re-factored.]
>
> Currently, menuform.py if run standalone will accept one argument, the
> grass command, and will call it on its own to get back the
> --xml-description. So an execve() should be enough, I think.
IOW:
sprintf(script, "%s/etc/wx/gui_modules/menuform.py", G_gisbase());
execlp(script, "menuform.py", pgm_name, NULL);
G_fatal_error(_("Unable to invoke wxPython GUI"));
?
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Glynn Clements <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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