explain command mapping to wxGUI menus

[timmie]

Hello, there was nice PDF file created by Hamish that shows which grass command (module) is mapped to which menu in the wxGUI.

I cannot find it on the following doc pages:

• ​http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/manuals/html64_user/index.html
• ​http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/manuals/html64_user/wxGUI.html

It would be really helpful to have it included in the docs at a prominent location.

Thanks in advance, Timmie

[hellik]

Replying to timmie:

Hello, there was nice PDF file created by Hamish that shows which grass command (module) is mapped to which menu in the wxGUI.

I cannot find it on the following doc pages:

• ​http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/manuals/html64_user/index.html
• ​http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/manuals/html64_user/wxGUI.html

It would be really helpful to have it included in the docs at a prominent location.

Do you mean this one: GRASS 6.4.0 Command list? ​http://grass.osgeo.org/gdp/grassmanuals/grass64_module_list.pdf

it's linked in the moment on the first page of ​http://grass.osgeo.org/ under # 17 Sep 2009: GRASS 6.4.0 module synopsis published - A list of all modules with GUI menu locations

Helmut

Thanks in advance, Timmie

[timmie]

Replying to hellik:

Replying to timmie:

Hello, there was nice PDF file created by Hamish that shows which grass command (module) is mapped to which menu in the wxGUI.

Do you mean this one: GRASS 6.4.0 Command list? ​http://grass.osgeo.org/gdp/grassmanuals/grass64_module_list.pdf

Yes, I am referencing to that document. Please add it to the GRASS documentation. This is also linked to #645 ​http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/645

Using the GUI, I often find myself lost when trying to find certain modules!

[hellik]

Replying to timmie:

Replying to hellik:

Replying to timmie:

Hello, there was nice PDF file created by Hamish that shows which grass command (module) is mapped to which menu in the wxGUI.

Do you mean this one: GRASS 6.4.0 Command list? ​http://grass.osgeo.org/gdp/grassmanuals/grass64_module_list.pdf

Yes, I am referencing to that document. Please add it to the GRASS documentation. This is also linked to #645 ​http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/645

Using the GUI, I often find myself lost when trying to find certain modules!

the linked pdf should be updated to the GRASS64-release of september 2010.

in the upcoming GRASS6.4.1 there are 3 improvements for finding modules in the wxgui:

(1) there is the search-module-tab in the wxgui-layer manager (just as in grass65) (2) in the command console tab in the wxgui the search module engine can be activated for a quick launch of a certain module (3) in the command console tab you can type for example r.o and you jump automagically to all raster output-commands (r.out.xxx) and can choose the desired command

I'm starting the most time a module by option (3), it's a very fast way to avoid searching a module in the wx-pulldown.menues.

HTH Helmut

[timmie]

Yes, I also use the option 3) a lot.

But the suggested addition of the PDF to the docs would be a nice complementary.

Thanks for looking into this.

[hamish]

Hi,

fyi the tools/module_synopsis.sh script which makes the PDF also produces a html version:

"$GISBASE/docs/html/module_synopsis.html"

it needs at least a dummymapset to run. (and so could easily create translated results)

see also "$GISBASE/etc/wxpython/gui_modules/menudata.py"

Hamish

[timmie]

I couldn't find that page in ​file:///usr/lib/grass64/docs/html/

on Ubuntu 10.10 with grass64.

OSGEO4W doesn't install any docs at all...

[hamish]

Replying to hamish:

fyi the tools/module_synopsis.sh script which makes the PDF also produces a html version:

"$GISBASE/docs/html/module_synopsis.html"

it needs at least a dummymapset to run. (and so could easily create translated results)

see also "$GISBASE/etc/wxpython/gui_modules/menudata.py"

Replying to timmie:

I couldn't find that page in ​file:///usr/lib/grass64/docs/html/

it isn't generated automatically (currently), you need to run it by hand. (same for make pdfdocs which seems to be on holiday right now)

Hamish

[hamish]

btw, the HTML version of the same:

​http://grass.osgeo.org/gdp/grassmanuals/grass64_module_list.html

(the relative link to "../../images/grasslogo.gif" is broken since the website move)

Hamish