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- ShowXY 1.00 (14-Jan-97)
-
- Name: ArtWorks ShowXY module
- Purpose: Show pointer position in ArtWorks page units
- Author: Martin Würthner
- Requires: RISC OS 3.1 or higher, ArtWorks 1.138 or higher
- Status: FreeWare (see [5] for details)
-
- Welcome to another free ArtWorks plug-in module!
-
- This is just a small one, implementing a request made by Duncan Horne.
- The original idea comes from DrawPlus (by Jonathan Marten).
-
- Do not miss my other ArtWorks modules:
- Polygon (ShareWare, £10 registration for private users)
- Intersect (available to registered users of Polygon only)
- Translate (FreeWare)
-
- 1) Installation
- ---------------
-
- Copy the !ShowXY application inside the !ArtWorks.Auto directory. (Shift
- double-click on !ArtWorks to open it, then double-click on the 'Auto' folder.
- Then drag the !ShowXY application to the Filer window showing
- <something>.!ArtWorks.Auto in its title bar). This will cause ArtWorks to
- load the module automatically next time it is started.
-
- If you are not using the 'Quick start' feature of ArtWorks, then this is it
- already. Otherwise (this is recognized by the fact the ArtWorks only displays
- one icon 'Quick start' when starting up) you have to go on:
-
- If the 'Quick start' option is selected in the ArtWorks choices window you
- have to perform the following steps in order for ArtWorks to recognize the
- new module:
-
- * Load ArtWorks
- * Open the ArtWorks choices window (icon bar menu 'Choices...', then click on
- the ArtWorks icon in the ArtWorks global choices window)
- * Deselect 'Quick start' and click on 'Save'
- * Quit ArtWorks
- * Reload ArtWorks - while loading ArtWorks shows every module it loads, this
- should now include the ShowXY module. If ArtWorks displays an error message
- like "Due to lack of memory one or more modules could not be loaded ..."
- something has gone wrong and you should check whether you have correctly
- installed the module.
- * Open the ArtWorks choices window again
- * Select 'Quick start' and click on 'Save'
-
- If you ever should want to deinstall the module, remove the !ShowXY
- directory from the !ArtWorks.Auto directory. Then, if you are using
- the 'Quick start' option, you must repeat the same steps above.
-
-
- 2) The ShowXY module
- --------------------
-
- This module adds a menu item "Show coordinates" to the document window's
- "View" submenu. When switched on, a window pops up and continually displays
- the pointer position within the window under the pointer (in your currently
- configured page units).
-
- If you select the option "Suppress grid lock" in the coordinates window, the
- values are not snapped to the nearest grid point even if grid lock is switched
- on. Otherwise, the window shows the coordinates to which ArtWorks would snap a
- click at the current pointer position.
-
- 3) History
- ----------
-
- Version 1.00 (14-01-97): First version so far
-
-
- 4) Contacting me:
- -----------------
- Martin Wuerthner
- Jahnstrasse 18
- 71116 Gaertringen
- Germany
-
- Phone: +49-7034-928986
- Fax: +49-7034-928988
-
- e-mail: wuerthne@trick.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de
-
-
- 5) Copyright:
- -------------
- This ArtWorks module including all related files is Copyright 1997,
- by Martin Würthner and is FREEWARE.
- This means that you may copy it freely provided that
- (a) all files of this application are distributed together without
- modification
- (b) this application is not sold for profit without my explicit written
- permission
-
- I retain the copyright on all files.
-