How to configure middle-click for the zooming function in GRASS with imacs mighty mouse?
On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 2:03 PM, maning sambale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Great! Thanks for the tips. Using the mac right now. This screen is huge > maning > > On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 11:19 PM, Michael Barton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> On Jul 22, 2008, at 7:19 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:18:48 -0500 >>> From: William Kyngesburye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Subject: Re: [GRASS-user] tips on GRASS Mac users >>> To: maning sambale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Cc: grass-user@lists.osgeo.org >>> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes >>> >>> On Jul 22, 2008, at 5:29 AM, maning sambale wrote: >>> >>>> By the end of this week we will have a new imac as a GIS workstation, >>>> I am familiar with GRASS on linux and windows, but not on a mac. I >>>> know GRASS and QGIS install OK on a mac, so that won't be a problem. >>>> Any other advise/caveats/warning as we do the migrate? We will still >>>> be using our linux machine for GRASS in parallel with mac, >>>> specifically: >>> >>> Overall, OSX is much like *nix, since it's unix-based. >>> >>>> >>>> 1. all GRASS database files should be accessible on both machines, I'm >>>> thinking of using the mac as the GRASS database repo (since it has a >>>> larger Hdd capacity) and have linux read/write access >>> >>> OSX should have Unix file sharing, but you may have to dig around to >>> configure and enable it. Easiest on the Mac side would be Appleshare >>> (AFP), and I think there is Linux client software for that. Or you >>> could use Windows file sharing on the Mac (it uses Samba), and it >>> would also be available to Windows machines. >>> >>> Watch out for lots of network activity, though. You probably don't >>> want to write data over the network, lots of temp file usage in >>> GRASS. I'd say symlink common data mapsets to your linux >>> workstation's GRASS data dir, and only do active work directly on the >>> linux ws, then copy to the Mac when done. >>> >>> mac mount >>> grassdb >>> location >>> linux grassdb >>> readonly loc -> mac mount/grassdb/location >>> working loc >>> >>>> >>>> 2. Shell scripts are usable on both machines >>> >>> FYI the default shell on OSX is bash. AND, sh IS bash. Other shells >>> are available if you prefer another. >>> >>>> >>>> 3. Remotely access linux machine on the mac >>>> >>> No problems there. I use ssh all the time for shell access between >>> Macs. VNC would be nice for GUI access. OSX Leopard, which you will >>> get on a new Mac, includes a nice builtin VNC client, and there are >>> other free ones available. >> >> To William's sage advice, I'd add.... >> >> 1) If you are installing binaries from William Kyngesbury's site, don't >> forget to install the frameworks (i.e., dependencies) first. >> 2) Make sure that you have x11 installed if you are using the TclTk >> interface. I think it is finally installing by default with OS X 10.5, but >> it is an optional install on all other Mac OS X systems. You need to get it >> from your system disks. >> 3) If you want to try the new wxPython interface, it *should* work with the >> Python and wxPython that comes with OS X 10.5. For any earlier systems, you >> will need to install this yourself because the version of Python that came >> with prior systems is too old and did not include wxPython. You might want >> to get a new version of Python and wxPython anyway. But if you do a BIG >> CAVEAT!! Unless it's been fixed in recent weeks, do NOT get the current >> wxPython 2.8.8.0. The Mac binary installation does not include some files >> that are used in a startup version check (i.e., the *.py files; it only has >> the *.pyo binaries) and the GUI will not start. >> >> Michael >> _______________________________________________ >> grass-user mailing list >> grass-user@lists.osgeo.org >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user >> > > > > -- > |---------|----------------------------------------------------------| > | __.-._ |"Ohhh. Great warrior. Wars not make one great." -Yoda | > | '-._"7' |"Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden| > | /'.-c |Linux registered user #402901, http://counter.li.org/ | > | | /T |http://esambale.wikispaces.com| > | _)_/LI > |---------|----------------------------------------------------------| > -- |---------|----------------------------------------------------------| | __.-._ |"Ohhh. Great warrior. Wars not make one great." -Yoda | | '-._"7' |"Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden| | /'.-c |Linux registered user #402901, http://counter.li.org/ | | | /T |http://esambale.wikispaces.com| | _)_/LI |---------|----------------------------------------------------------| _______________________________________________ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user