[Therion] 5.3.14

[herich at speleodd.sk]

I would point just one thing: line slope - in context menu "border on"  
is missing.
Anyway, for new users of Therion it´s great help, I was dreaming about  
since beginning..
Palo

Quoting Footleg <drfootleg at gmail.com>:

> Thanks for bringing that new feature to my attention Bruce. Somehow I
> completely missed that these context menus had been added. Very useful!
>
> Footleg
>
>
> On 31 March 2014 04:42, Bruce <bruce at tomo.co.nz> wrote:
>
>>   Stacho
>>
>> Just been having another burst of drawing, and the changes in 5.3.14
>> XTherion seem like they will be helpful for new users, and maybe educate
>> some old users as to what options are available for various entities!
>>
>>
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>> I did not think I would use the context menus much, but in fact, although
>> a bit mouse intensive for my liking, they are often an improvement in
>> workflow.  I no longer have to move cursor from drawing to right-hand menu
>> area and back to drawing all the time.  However typing the names and
>> options does still provide some mouse relief.
>>
>>
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>> I notice a small anomaly in the context menus for lines of type wall.
>>
>> Moonmilk is missing off the bottom of the segment subtype menu.
>>
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>> Also the plurals of stalactite and 'mite are missing from the point
>> speleothem menus (I manually typed in the plural in the screenshot)
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>> A small suggestion.  When the 'type' symbol is changed (from both context
>> menu and right-hand menu area) all the options (as far as I have noticed)
>> are reset to their defaults.  This is annoying if you accidentally set the
>> wrong type, set all the options you want, and then correct the type - only
>> to lose all the options.  My preference would be to leave options as they
>> are, when the type of an entity is changed (except when changing the 'type'
>> is the first operation after creating a new entity).  What do other users
>> think?  This could upset some workflows.
>>
>>
>>
>> And one more thing: I notice these days the therion command window that
>> opens during the compilation process stays open and delays access to
>> Xtherion for about 15 sec or more after the compile has completed.  I'm not
>> sure if this is a 5.3.14 thing, or an old dying Win XP thing.  Have only
>> noticed it since 5.3.14
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>> Also, people who have integrated Therion activation into Notepad++ will
>> need to make a small change to accommodate TclTk to 8.6, as I noted on the
>> wiki a while back.
>> http://therion.speleo.sk/wiki/doku.php/contrib:externaleditors#notepad
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Bruce
>>
>>
>>  ------------------------------
>>
>> *From:* therion-bounces at speleo.sk [mailto:therion-bounces at speleo.sk] *On
>> Behalf Of *Stacho Mudrak
>> *Sent:* Sunday, 23 February 2014 9:09 p.m.
>> *To:* List for Therion users
>> *Subject:* [Therion] 5.3.14
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi everybody,
>>
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>>
>> yesterday I have updated xtherion a little bit. "Edit->Hide inactive
>> scraps" should work now as well as right clicking on point or line invokes
>> context menu.
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>> If you have some idea, what else should go to context menu or how items
>> there should be arranged, please let me know.
>>
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>> For windows users: I have upgraded bundled TclTk to 8.6 (in fact, only 8.5
>> features were needed), but I had to compile it my self. I hope, there will
>> be no major issues.
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards, S.
>>
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