butler@BRL.MIL ("Lee A. Butler", VLD/VMB) (10/24/89)
I'v just about managed to do away with the toolchests and the WorkSpace from my 4Sight display (I like all my window ops on a pop-up menu). One thing I can't seem to do is get Icons to automatically go to the corners of the display. 4Sight seems to have a wired in allowance of space on the left for toolchests, and space on the right for the "WorkSpace" window. Has anyone gotten around this without modifying the system files? I readily admit to being a neophyte at writing PostScript, so I may be missing something obvious. On a related note, does anyone have any recommendations for books or documentation on "Introductory NeWS/4Sight?" I've got the books from Adobe, but NeWS seems to be both more and less than the PostScript in those books. The SGI manuals seem to deal mostly with programatic interfaces to 4Sight. Lee A. Butler SLCBR-VL-V Internet: butler@brl.mil Ballistic Research Laboratory Phone: (301) 278-8740 Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD 21005-5066
fsfacca@LERC08.LERC.NASA.GOV (Tony Facca) (10/24/89)
Have you taken a look at the 4Dgifts directory? You have to install it manually from tape, but it has some good sample startup files. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tony Facca | phone: 216-433-8318 NASA Lewis Research Center | Cleveland, Ohio 44135 | email: fsfacca@lerc08.lerc.nasa.gov -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
msc@ramoth.esd.sgi.com (Mark Callow) (10/26/89)
In article <8910231741.aa10720@VMB.BRL.MIL>, butler@BRL.MIL ("Lee A. Butler", VLD/VMB) writes: > I'v just about managed to do away with the toolchests and the WorkSpace from > my 4Sight display (I like all my window ops on a pop-up menu). One thing I > can't seem to do is get Icons to automatically go to the corners of the > display. 4Sight seems to have a wired in allowance of space on the left for > toolchests, and space on the right for the "WorkSpace" window. Has anyone > gotten around this without modifying the system files? I readily admit to > being a neophyte at writing PostScript, so I may be missing something obvious. Put something like the following in your user.ps file. % % Personalize the icon layout % % Left Bottom Width Height 0 0 WORKSPACE-LEFT RGB-TOP /newarea IconTiler send This makes an icon area from the left hand edge over to where the default workspace window starts. The area is the full height of the screen. I also add the following so my icons go down the screen instead of across: /upperleft /corner IconTiler send /vertical /direction IconTiler send > > On a related note, does anyone have any recommendations for books or > documentation on "Introductory NeWS/4Sight?" I've got the books from Adobe, > but NeWS seems to be both more and less than the PostScript in those books. > The SGI manuals seem to deal mostly with programatic interfaces to 4Sight. Try "The NeWS Book" by Arden, Gosling and Rosenthal published by Springer-Verlag. It gives a good introduction and a description of the PostScript extensions that goes beyond that in the 4Sight (and NeWS) manuals. -- From the TARDIS of Mark Callow msc@ramoth.sgi.com, ...{ames,decwrl}!sgi!msc "There is much virtue in a window. It is to a human being as a frame is to a painting, as a proscenium to a play. It strongly defines its content."
butler@BRL.MIL ("Lee A. Butler", VLD/VMB) (10/27/89)
Many thanks to all who responded to my request. I have located the 4Dgifts directory, and it has the examples and explanations I was looking for. Thanks also to those who suggested I get a copy of "The NeWS Book" by Arden, Gosling and Rosenthal. Lee A. Butler SLCBR-VL-V Internet: butler@brl.mil Ballistic Research Laboratory Phone: (301) 278-8740 Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD 21005-5066