[Xastir] Mouse actions vs modes

[Curt, WE7U]

On Mon, 21 Mar 2005, James Ewen wrote:

> First off, I apologize for my usual ignorance...
>
> > Yea, we change the cursor to a pencil in that mode, and change the
> > cursor in Measure or Move mode as well, so you can tell that
> > something different is going to happen.
>
> Here's what I see happening...
>
> In regular mode:
> Regular cursor : arrow
> left click : no action
> left drag : define zoom area
> right click : open options menu
> both (third button)? : zoom out
>
> In draw mode:
> Draw cursor : pencil
> left click : no action
> left drag : define zoom area
> right click : open options menu
> both (third button) click : set CAD points
>
> In measure mode:
> Measure cursor : crosshairs
> left click : define measurement point
> left drag : define measurement area
> right click : open options menu
> both (third button) click : zoom out
>
> In move mode:
> Move cursor : crosshairs
> left click : select object/item
> left drag : drag object/item
> right click : open options menu
> both (third button) click : zoom out
>
> Is this accurate, or am I missing anything?

Think we need a table in the docs for this?  Might be useful.

There may be additional things you can do which aren't obvious.  I
think you can do the drag-zoom while you're in CAD object mode for
instance, so you can continue drawing a large detailed polygon.

You can also use the arrow keys to pan and the PageUP/PageDown keys
to zoom in most (all?) of these modes.

You can double-click on an item in the View->Weather Alerts menu to
go snag the full text of the alert from the WXSVR (if you have an
internet connection that is).


> PS Does anyone have a copy of the old win32 install docs? I need info from
> there, but can't find it anymore.

There's a link to README.win32 from the Xastir home page.  Youc an
also get there from this way from the SourceForge pages:

    CVS->Browse CVS->xastir.

Are you specifically searching for an older copy, or the current
one?  It should be sitting in your Xastir source directory as well.

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