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From: Warren Vick, Europa Technologies Ltd. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 1999 7:22 PM
Subject: Re: MI Q. and another 'why?'......
> Hello Andy,
>
> > Why O Why O Why is it that SNAP disappears when i select pan or zoom =
> > controls? There is no means to just set SNAP on forever... but why not?
>
> There is some logic to it. When a user changes active tool, the new tool
may not have any need
> for snap (such as zoom and pan). It could be thought of as a mode within a
tool, rather than a
> persistent mode in Pro. Once you get used to Pro's behaviour, a quick stab
of the 'S' key is no
> big deal.
>
> One of the items in my own wish list which was presented to MI recently
was the ability to zoom
> in and out while staying within a particular tool. ie. a non-tool based
zoom. This would be really
> handy when tracing polygons, etc. to ensure that start/end points are
where they should be. If MI
> took this suggestion on, you might be able to eliminate the need to change
to the zoom/pan tool
> and snap would never auto-deactivate.
>
> Regards,
> Warren Vick
> Europa Technologies Ltd, U.K.
> http://www.europa-tech.com
>
>
But when a user selects a zoom and pan tools there is no need #not# to get
rid of the snap parameter. Indeed the zoom in and zoom out functions don't
disable snap, but pan does. So there is inconsistency abound here. And it
must be purged one way or the other. (if the new tool does not tally with
snap logically it can always be removed for that purpose and reinstated
afterwards. I do have to press S an awful lot, and yes, compared to all the
problems in the world its about as petty as you can get but it still bugs me
and a causes me slight wrist tension in my left arm)
I like the idea of being able to zoom on the fly, good old plus and minus
keys could be configured for that.
nice to have a UK MI chat. My colleague yesterday said it never happened
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