GRASS GIS: g.gui

NAME

g.gui - Launches a GRASS graphical user interface (GUI) session.

KEYWORDS

general, gui

SYNOPSIS

g.gui
g.gui help
g.gui [-u] gui=string [workspace=name] [--verbose] [--quiet]

Flags:

-u: Update default GUI setting
--verbose: Verbose module output
--quiet: Quiet module output

Parameters:

gui=string: GUI type; Options: tcltk,oldtcltk,wxpython; Default: tcltk; tcltk: Tcl/Tk based GUI - GIS Manager (gis.m); oldtcltk: Old Tcl/Tk based GUI - Display Manager (d.m); wxpython: wxPython based next generation GUI
workspace=name: Name of workspace file

DESCRIPTION

This program allows user to start a selected graphical user interface (GUI) from the command line prompt.

Currently three different GUIs are supported:

tcltk - Current Tcl/Tk based GUI aka the gis.m GIS Manager
oldtcltk - Old Tcl/Tk based GUI aka the d.m Display Manager
wxpython - New wxPython based GUI aka wxGUI

If the -u update flag is given or the g.gisenv GRASS_GUI variable is missing, then the GRASS_GUI variable is permanently changed and the selected GUI will be used as the default UI from then on.

NOTES

Valid values for GRASS_GUI are text, tcltk, oldtcltk, and wxpython. g.gisenv variables are stored in the user's home directory in a hidden file called ".grassrc6". They are not shell environment variables and the "rc" file is not a classic UNIX run command file, it just contains persistent GRASS variables and is not executed.

AUTHORS

Martin Landa, FBK-irst, Trento, Italy
Hamish Bowman, Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand (fine tuning)

$Date: 2008-02-14 12:51:06 -0800 (Thu, 14 Feb 2008) $

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