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Re: Another idea
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Thu, 2 Aug 2001 17:11:47 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Gary Williams writes:
> For the CAD system I'm developing, I'm planning to have multiple ways of
> issuing commands:
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> Drop-down and pop-up menus
> Speedbuttons
> Keyboard shortcuts (configurable to user preferences)
> Command line interface (like in AutoCAD)
> ...the idea being that *every* command would be available through both menus
> and the command line interface, while the user would be able to assign up to
> 26 commands to normal keyboard shortcuts, and pick which speedbuttons he
> wanted.
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> It would be neat if we could develop a standard convention for command names
> and syntaxes across future CAD programs.
Cool, I love keyboard interfaces.
Keep in mind that we already have a something of standard keyboard
convention in place. The LEdit key commands. They may not be the
best, but they're short and they're built into several of the CAD
programs already out there. Many of them begin with the '/' or the
ESC key so you shouldn't find too many conflicts. I added a bunch of
extensions to these for the LEdit emulation mode of ldglite but
I'm probably the only one using that, so I can change them to match
a new standard command syntax if we develop one.
You can find Bram Lambrecht's nifty LEdit key reference here.
http://library.thinkquest.org/20551/keys.html
Don
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| (...) I would prefer developers of new CAD programs use key interfaces that make sense, and not ones hamstrung by idiosyncrasies of pre-existing software. I'm not saying LEdit's commands are good or bad (I wouldn't know, I've only used MLCAD). I'm (...) (23 years ago, 3-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| For the CAD system I'm developing, I'm planning to have multiple ways of issuing commands: Drop-down and pop-up menus Speedbuttons Keyboard shortcuts (configurable to user preferences) and... Command line interface (like in AutoCAD) In AutoCAD I (...) (23 years ago, 2-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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