[Freegis-list] GRASS still quite far from usable

[Paolo Cavallini]

You have the choice: use qgis with the grass plugin. You cannot (still) do all 
what you can do from the command line, but what you *can* do is easy and 
smooth. And, if you want to add further grass commands you need, that is very 
easy.
All the best.
pc

At 21:34, giovedì 15 settembre 2005, Artem Pavlenko has probably written:
> Dear List,
>
> Regarding the recent discussion about GRASS, I feel the time is right
> for some positive changes. Just like Ben Discoe, over the years I have
> tried to like GRASS and it always failed me and I gave up. I was left
> with a feeling that I was somehow not 'smart' enough to use it. I felt
> there was a 'conspiracy' around it of some sort. I felt there must be
> some secret manuals or shortcut keys that one can use to start the
> powerful user interface, but no luck:(
>
> I'm very passionate about Free Software and it is painful for me to see,
> year after year, GRASS taking the same old arrogant 'command-line'
> stance, while at the same time miserably failing potential users all
> over the world. Surely, this can only serve proprietary software
> companies, who have an easy ride by using the 'GRASS way' as a way to
> scare hell out of the poor GIS user in no time. If it baffles
> developers, imagine how these users must feel.
>
> I think something urgent needs to be done. I do believe that there must
> be lots of goodies deep inside GRASS just waiting to come out. I'd like
> to see GRASS become a success story. I'd like to use GRASS in my
> everyday work. I'd like to be able to recommend GRASS to everyone. But I
> also believe time is ticking.
>
> Best
> Artem Pavlenko
> http://mapnik.berlios.de
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