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The icons in Robolab have the program logic flow from left to right, with
modifiers below each icon. This basic structure typically creates programs that
are very wide, but not very long. If Robolab were changed so the icons would
have program flow from top to bottom with modifiers on the side, then the
default printing capability of Robolab would better fit most programs. This
default printing is where multiple pages represent the vertical structure very
well, but programs wider than one page are "widowed" from their surounding
structure.
To get around this horizontal printing limitation, many Robolab programs are
structured to read like a one page wide column. This is done by programming
icons left to right for the width of one page, then the next icon is below left
with a long connector from the end of one line of icons to the beginning of the
next. An example of this strucrture is the program bugbot3nqc.vi on the CD that
accompanies Dave Baum's book Definitive Guide to Lego Mindstorms.
If Robolab icons were changed to flow from top to bottom rather than from left
to right, the resulting programs would look more like a traditional flow chart
and would be more similar to RIS program flows. IMHO the current
horizontal structure is better since it emulates how most of us read the
written language (sentences). We simply need a better way to print programs
using native Robolab.
In lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, Andy Davidson writes:
> In lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, Ben Erwin writes:
> > have you tried doing a screen capture and then printing it from a
> > different application. not the prettiest solution, but...
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> But that will only capture the visible portion of the program in the window. • So
> I'd have to scroll the window around to do multiple captures to get all of the
> portions, and then paste them back together in PhotoShop to print them. If
> that's what you're suggesting, I agree -- workable but not pretty.
>
> Andy
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