On Aug 7, 2007, at 12:44 AM, Michael Barton wrote:
I started messing around with a python replacement for init.sh,
just to see
what is needed. It is going pretty well, but tedious. Once done (and
probably won't work right off) it could be a good opportunity to
clean up
the start up script for GRASS. Thinking ahead to a time when the
same script
can start GRASS on all platforms.
Michael
Yeah, I just noticed a another oddity in init.sh related to wx - the
gui dependency test is still based on X. While wxpython on other
'nix platforms may need X, it doesn't on OSX, and probably not on
Windows either. Summarized:
if DISPLAY set (though it may be set but no X is available, at least
on OSX)
test gui dependency - python for wx, wish for tcltk
if it fails
warn that *wish* doesn't work (oops)
else
no gui possible
if a gui is set
warn that *X* is not available, and there a gui is not possible
(oops again)
Instead of testing the gui dependency first, maybe this should test
the gui setting first:
case GRASS_GUI:
tcltk, etc)
test X availability
or better, ignore DISPLAY and test only wish - if it works, X is
implied, or whatever graphical base needed (this would take care of
native tcltk implementations, like Aqua or Windows, not that they
work well)
wx)
test python availability (X implied if needed - as long as
python works)
...just some thoughts...
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