mjw@f.gp.cs.cmu.edu (Michael Witbrock) (06/13/87)
Keywords:
Okay, I give up...
I haven't done a proper search through the manuals yet, but maybe this'll
be faster.
What ON EARTH is snapshot for. I naievely assumed that it would have
something to do with storing the current arrangement of some set of WB items
on disk. You know, if a disk is selected, store the sizes and positions of
currently open drawers. If a window is selected, store the size, position,
and position of Icons within, of that window. This would be neat. I could
put icons in nice places in windows, and expect them to be there next time I
opened the drawer.
Since nothing like this happens... WHAT IS SNAPSHOT FOR.
P.S. If the answer is obvious, and ANY amiga owner should know it,
please reply by email - don't want to clog the net up with 100 identical 'it
does X Y Z, you idiot!' replies.
Michael
--
====================================================================
Michael.Witbrock@f.gp.cs.cmu.edu
US Mail: Michael Witbrock
Dept of Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh PA 15213-6890
USA
Telephone : (412) 268 3621 [Office]
(412) 681 3806 [Home]
========================================================
I took out the cute quotes. If you need some, finger me at f.gp.cs.cmu.edu.mjw@f.gp.cs.cmu.edu.UUCP (06/15/87)
Keywords:
Thanks to those who replied.
Snapshot does what I thought it should.
The catch is that one must SELECT everything whose position one wants
recorded.
One can do this using extended (shift Left mouse) select.
I did this in a windo with about 100 assorted icons. It works, but is rather
slow.
P.S.
I think that if you are going to put a help button on the computer, you
should also put in some minimal context sensitive help.
P.S.2
When is a between windows, within windows cut/paste buffer going to be
implemented. I realise that there is a clipboard device. Why isn't it ever
used? Even a simple minded, X type text cut/paste buffer would be nice.
P.S.3
Finally got round to starting to play with programming the beast. One of
these days I might even contribute something useful to the net.
--
====================================================================
Michael.Witbrock@f.gp.cs.cmu.edu
US Mail: Michael Witbrock
Dept of Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh PA 15213-6890
USA
Telephone : (412) 268 3621 [Office]
(412) 681 3806 [Home]
========================================================
I took out the cute quotes. If you need some, finger me at f.gp.cs.cmu.edu.