---
name: "d.slide.show"
section: "1grass"
platform: "linux"
package: "grass-doc"
version: "6.4.4-1"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/d.slide.show"
---

# d.slide.show(1grass)

Slide show of GRASS raster/vector maps.

## NAME

**d.slide.show**  - Slide show of GRASS raster/vector maps.

## KEYWORDS

display, slideshow

## SYNOPSIS

**d.slide.show**\
 **d.slide.show help**\
 **d.slide.show** \[-**v**\]  \[**prefix**=*string*\]   \[**across**=*integer*\]   \[**down**=*integer*\]   \[**mapsets**=*string*\[,*string*,...\]\]   \[**delay**=*integer*\]   \[--**verbose**\]  \[--**quiet**\]

### Flags:

- **-v**

  Show vector maps rather than raster maps

- **--verbose**

  Verbose module output

- **--quiet**

  Quiet module output

### Parameters:

- **prefix**=*string*

  Map prefix. Specify character(s) to view selected maps only

- **across**=*integer*

  Map number show across the monitor

- **down**=*integer*

  Map number show down the monitor

- **mapsets**=*string\[,string*,...\]

  Mapsets to use. Specify multiple mapsets comma separated

- **delay**=*integer*

  Number of seconds to pause between slides\
   Options: *0-60*\
   Default: *0*

## DESCRIPTION

*d.slide.show* is a UNIX Bourne shell macro which clears the entire screen, creates a series of display frames on the graphics monitor, and displays in slideshow format each of the raster/vector map layers listed in the user-specified *mapsets*.  This is a shell script example which makes extensive use of GRASS and UNIX commands.  Users are encouraged to examine this macro and develop similar on-line demos using their own data files.

## EXAMPLE

The following command sequence shows the available raster maps, saves the view to a PNG file and then converts it into a PDF file:\
 `# reset region:`\
 `g.region -dp`\
\
 `# open GRASS monitor with defined size:`\
 `GRASS_WIDTH=800 GRASS_HEIGHT=1000 d.mon x0`\
\
 `# we have around 40 maps in the Spearfish PERMANENT mapset:`\
 `d.slide.show across=5 down=8 mapsets=PERMANENT`\
\
 `# From Monitor to PNG to PDF:`\
 `d.out.png out=spearfish_maps.png res=2`\
\
 `convert spearfish_maps.png spearfish_maps.pdf`\
 `xpdf spearfish_maps.pdf`\

## SEE ALSO

*d.erase*\
 *d.frame*\
 *d.text*\
 *g.mapsets*\
 *xganim*\
\

## AUTHOR

James Westervelt, U.S.Army Construction Engineering  Research Laboratory\
 Vector update, fixes: Markus Neteler

*Last changed: $Date: 2011-11-08 12:29:50 +0100 (Tue, 08 Nov 2011) $*

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