Mat i suggest implementing the 'text lines' within the properties panel in the blank space as a separate pane maybe? I find it essential personally to have those since it can help in many ways (given my being used to how MLCAD operates too)
On Sat, Jan 10, 2015, 4:03 PM Leonardo Zide <[email protected]> wrote: > I'll try to reply to the last emails in one: > > 1- It works with compilers older than 4.7, they just changed the command > line option in 4.7 from -std=c++0x to -std=c++11. Qt5 handles this but on > Qt4 I have to do it manually. > > 2- I've checked in a fix for this but I don't have any files to test. I > looked at the file you linked but I couldn't see any differences from > before. Also, Philo mentioned LSynth,I don't have any files to test that > either. > > 3- I agree that losing comments is a big problem but that's not easy to > change so it will have to wait. I think the current version is almost ready > for release and it's already a big step in compatibility and features so I > don't want to delay until I can fix that. > > I've always been opposed to showing the text lines, I think it's not > friendly for new or young users and I want to try to support everything you > mentioned through the regular UI. > > A while ago I posted a screenshot of a timeline view but I don't think > it was good enough so I didn't check it in. This is probably the most > requested feature now so I'll work on it for the next version. Fading > previous pieces could also be an option, would this help? > > I also updated the zip file with those changes. > > > > > On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 8:02 AM, Milan Vancura <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Wed 07-01-15 12:28:22, Leonardo Zide wrote: >> > 1- They changed the command line option to enable c++11 on gcc 4.7, I've >> > checked in a fix to the project instead of the patch since I know I'll >> > forget and do the same thing again or use some other new language >> feature >> > and it will break again. >> > >> > 4- This was a bug with the recent changes, it's fixed now. >> >> Thanks for these fixes. I checked that both work, at least with my gcc. >> I'm not >> sure what gcc < 4.7 does and if it was better to announce a dependency on >> gcc >> 4.7 or higher. >> >> > 2- This is a known issue, it's on my list but I haven't gotten to it >> yet. >> > I'll take a look and if it's a simple change I'll fix it next. >> >> Thanks. (I can imagine this needs some time to fix.) >> >> > 3- Also a known problem. I've been working on making everything more >> LDraw >> > compatible but I haven't had a chance to fix this one. >> > >> > 3a- Not sure I understand, do you mean the text area with each line in >> the >> > file? >> >> Basically yes. But better to describe the use case: >> >> While preparing my model instructions I need to move bricks from one step >> to >> another, create, delete or merge steps and so on. Even some of these >> actions >> (if not all) are possible to do from graphical View in LeoCAD, there is >> nothing >> like 'Overview what's in each step'. >> And more - if I used more applications while working on this .mpd file >> each >> such application put its own 'comments' to the file. Then, when I need to >> move >> some bricks to a different step or submodel, I need to check such 3rd >> party >> lines as well and decide if to move them too or not. >> >> So, in sum, the best would be some kind of "View sources", synchronized >> automatically with what's in View. I believe not all text editing >> features are >> needed there, probably cut/copy&paste of whole lines + a context menu >> offering >> already existing LeoCAD popups (part properties etc.) would be enough. >> We may discuss about that. >> >> I wanted to paint a picture of what this feature should be good for. >> Does it make sense for you now? >> >> Milan >> _______________________________________________ >> Leocad mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://list.gerf.org/listinfo/leocad >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leocad mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.gerf.org/listinfo/leocad >
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