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Re: [LDAO] Editor Feedback requested
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lugnet.cad
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Fri, 13 Nov 1998 21:35:34 GMT
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Steve wrote:
> Because of functionality Paul Gyugyi has added to LDLite, I've been
> working on a new editor for LDraw files which will work with LDLite to
> provide WYSIWYG[1] editing.
Great!
> Some options (not all mutually exclusive):
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> 1. Use ctrl-keys for all the basic LEdit commands: arrow keys, moving
> parts, changing the part number and color.
Does this mean I would have to hit CTRL-arrow to move a piece insteaad of
just arrow?
> 4. Drop keystroke-based commands for modelers, and add buttons for
> mouse-based commands.
No! No! No! No! No! Please keep keyboard commands for modelers!
> 6. Give it up, and have two different editors, LDAO Modeler and LDAO
> Author.
This would be friendly to beginning users and basic modelers, but
advanced modelers might have a problem with it - for example, I often
mirror parts of a model to save time/energy.
> [1] When was the last time you heard that term?
I have no idea what it stands for...
--Bram
Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com
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| (...) You are correct, sir! It's actually worse than that, because most of the ctrl- arrow, shift-arrow, and ctrl-shift-arrow keys are used in text editing. So the keystrokes to move the pieces would probably be taken from the keyboard. For example, (...) (26 years ago, 13-Nov-98, to lugnet.cad)
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| | [LDAO] Editor Feedback requested
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| Because of functionality Paul Gyugyi has added to LDLite, I've been working on a new editor for LDraw files which will work with LDLite to provide WYSIWYG[1] editing. Right now, the design concept for the editor is for it to be LEdit-compatible, (...) (26 years ago, 13-Nov-98, to lugnet.cad)
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