On 01:26 PM 22/03/2002 -0800, JaMi Smith said: >Tony, > >Have they fixed the zomming so that is like the rest of the world out >there or is it still "anti-intuitive" (i.e.: place the cursor in the >left side of the screen and zoom out so that you can then place the >cursor in the right side of the screen and zoom in to the right). > >JaMi Smith
I actually prefer the Protel zoom as it is. I think the current method means less eye flicker as I dance about the screen zooming in and out. It is possible that I am just so used to it that I no longer even think about hitting the Home key to re-centre, and I have the choice of doing it when I want and it takes me practically no extra brain cycles. So I would not like it to change but it could easily be a user option. However, since there was one user (I forget who) that complained vocally about this, and since it is just a personal preference thing, I wrote a simple little freeware add-on to do a zoom-and-pan operation in one go: http://www.considered.com.au/Protel01.htm In fact it would be possible to do this in Client Basic, but as a server it is easier to make the cursor jump to the centre of the screen after the final re-centre and to block the double screen refresh that would be irritating and would slow the operation down. You can replace the PgUp and PgDn functions with these servers or attach them to some other key combination as you wish. I think there may be some issues with replacing some of the key macros - in some situations the environment has hardcoded key mappings (like the X and Y and L keys while moving selections). Others can experiment if they wish. There is no hlp file just the dll, the ins file and a html readme file with some basic info. The usual Protel server installation method should be used. I was informed a while ago that I had the PCB zoom in and out around the wrong way - I fixed this and the corrected version is available for download. (Please your honour, I am not trying to spam the group, honest, it is just that a couple of questions have come up recently that are relevant to servers we have written.) Ian Wilson * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
