DESCRIPTION

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

GRASS 7 has a new GUI based on wxWidgets, written in Python:

The old gis.m and d.m Tcl/Tk GUIs from GRASS 6 have been removed.

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

NOTES

Valid values for GUI variable are text and wxpython. g.gisenv variables are stored in the user's home directory in a hidden file called ".grass7/rc". 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.

EXAMPLE

Set the command line to be the default UI:
g.gui text

SEE ALSO

wxPython based new generation GUI, wxGUI wiki-page
g.gisenv, GRASS variables list

AUTHORS

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

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