Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of HowToTestGrass6

Timestamp:

04/19/08 03:14:50 (17 years ago)

Author:

neteler

Comment:

GRASS 6 Test protocol started

HowToTestGrass6

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+== Scope of this page ==
+
+This pages is intended to users and developers who want to test a GRASS installation (test protocol). As side effect, you can also showcase GRASS 6 using these commands.
+
+== Requirements ==
+
+ * GRASS 6 installation ([wiki:DownloadSource source code] and [http://grass.osgeo.org/download/index.php binaries] download)
+ * Educational data set: OSGeo Educational data set North Carolina: [http://grass.osgeo.org/sampledata/nc_spm_07_2007_dec20.tar.gz data] and [http://www.grassbook.org/data_menu3rd.php description].
+
+== Start of the program ==
+
+GRASS 6 is started either from the menu (if installed therein) or from command line. In all cases, select mapset "user1".
+
+{{{
+# show available options
+grass63 --help
+}}}
+
+''Expected result: the help text should be shown.''
+
+{{{
+# start with old Tcl/Tk based graphical user interface (d.m)
+grass63 -oldtcltk
+
+# start with current Tcl/Tk based graphical user interface (g.gis)
+grass63 -tcltk
+
+# start with wxPython based graphical user interface
+grass63 -wxpython
+}}}
+
+''Expected result: the selected graphical user interface should come up.''
+
+{{{
+# start with text based interface
+grass63 -text
+}}}
+
+
+''Expected result: the text user interface should come up.''
+
+== Display various maps (not native winGRASS) ==
+
+{{{
+g.region rast=elevation
+d.mon x0
+d.rast elevation
+d.vect roadsmajor
+}}}
+
+''Expected result: GRASS monitor should open and show the selected maps''
+
+{{{
+d.his i=elevation_shade h=elevation
+d.vect roadsmajor
+
+# set barscale position per mouse click into map:
+d.barscale -mt
+}}}
+