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EEDRAW Functions
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File menu:
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LoadEEDFile - Prompts for a file name (List question), and reads it
from the current directory, if SELECT key, abort if ABORT key.
Note file type must be '.eed'. A new window is created for it and
the user is prompted to set the window size (see ResizeWindow).
NewEEDFile - Creates a new drawing window not assosicated with any
file. This is the way to create new drawings. The user is
prompted to set the window size (see ResizeWindow).
SaveAllEED - Saves all unsaved drawings. This is probably useful
before quiting eedraw.
SaveEEDFile - Saves currently edited file. This routine can be used
only after a new file was saved at list once, or it was loaded.
In both cases, it will be saved on the same name, after
renaming old one to have '.bak' extension.
Ask for verification (Yes/No question).
SaveEEDAsOld - Same as SaveEEDFile, but prompts with list of all '.eed'
files in current directory, and saved by the name selected if
SELECT key, or abort if ABORT key.
SaveEEDAsNew - Same as SaveEEDFile, but prompts for a new file using
String question.
SaveNetList - Save a net list for the active window. Default name is
same as '.eed' but with '.net' type.
CloseEEDFile - Closes a drawing window associated with a file. Note
that non of the above saving functions close the window,
and this function is the only way to close a window.
Ask for verification if data modified (Yes/No question).
ClearAll - Clears all eedrawing data in a picked window. The user is
requested to "click" on the window to clear.
Ask for verification (Yes/No question).
Directory - Display content of current directory as in List question.
both SELECT key and ABORT key can be used to exit this mode.
Unlike LoadEEDFile, all files are displayed.
ChangeDir - Prompts with String question for a new directory. Old
directory is provided to begin with.
ShellToDos - "Fork"s (I wish this was true...) to the DOS O.S. . Type
'exit' at the DOS prompt to return to EEDraw.
ExitEEdraw - Exits the Program.
Ask for verification (Yes/No question) and issue a warning
if not all files were saved.
Window menu:
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PopWindow - Pops up a window the user picks. The window is being
picked by "clicking" on it. ABORT key aborts this operation.
PushWindow - Pushes down a window the user picks. The window is
being picked by "clicking" on it. ABORT key aborts this operation.
MoveWindow - Moves a window the user picks. The window is being
picked by "clicking" on it. ABORT key aborts this operation.
The picked window frame is poped up so current position is
all visible. The cursor prompt changes to a box in the window
size that the user needs to place as the new position.
ResizeWindow - Same as MoveWindow but for resizing the window.
FullSize - Blows up a window the user picks. The window is being
picked by "clicking" on it. ABORT key aborts this operation.
This make the window as big as possible in the current
display device. Calling this function again on the window
will recover its original size.
This function may be activated on drawing windows only.
ShowName - A toggle to show/hide window name. The window name is
simply the filename the window is associated with. Also
displayed is O)riginal, M)odified, or S)aved file status
as O/M/S letters.
MakeActive - All drawing operations are performed on the active
window. If only one drawing window exists it is the active
one. If more, exactly one of them is the active one. This
function selects the active window by a user pick. The window
is being picked by "clicking" on it. ABORT key aborts this
operation.
NameActive - All drawing operations are performed on the active
window. If only one drawing window exists it is the active
one. If more, exactly one of them is the active one. This
function selects the active window by name. A list query of
all drawing window (file) names is being poped up and the
selected becomes the active one.
PanWindowLeft - Pan the ACTIVE window a half window to the left.
PanWindowRight - Pan the ACTIVE window a half window to the right.
PanWindowUp - Pan the ACTIVE window a half window up.
PanWindowDown - Pan the ACTIVE window a half window down.
Display menu:
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ZoomOut - Zoom out (center of screen remains at center) by factor of 2.
Note that if you zoom out from regular zoom factor, text will
disappear as it can not be shrinked. You can enable text from
the Status menu manually.
ZoomIn - Zoom in (center of screen remains at center) by factor of 2.
ZoomReset - Reset Zoom value to the regular zoom factor.
RedrawAll - Redraw all screen.
Libs menu:
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LoadLibrary - Prompts for a file name (List question), and reads it
from the library directory (see ChDirLibrary below), if SELECT key,
abort if ABORT key. Note file type must be '.lib'.
LoadLibByName - Loads one or several libraries (seperated by commas)
by providing their names. To load EPROM.LIB and LINEAR.LIB
"eprom,linear" should be typed. Libraries are been search in all
directories as specified by the PATH environment variable.
FreeLibrary - Prompts with all loaded libraries with List question,
and frees the selected one if SELECT key, abort if ABORT.
ViewLibrary - Prompts with all loaded libraries with List question,
If a library has been selected via SELECT key, prompt with
all parts defined in this library again with a List question.
Selection of a part with SELECT key will display it. ABORT will
go back to library List question, which can be aborted again
via the ABORT key.
DirLibrary - Displays content of library directory library files
(those with '.lib' extension) as in List question.
both SELECT key and ABORT key can be used to exit this mode.
ChDirLibrary - Prompts with String question for a new directory
for library search. Old directory is provided to begin with.
This directory is used for Load/DirLibrary routines above
only. LoadLibByName and auto library loading upon eedraw file
loading will search all ddirectories as specified by the PATH
environment variable.
Draw menu:
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DrawLine - Enters drawing mode. If HVLines is set (see SETUP,
EEDraw.cfg section), only horizontal/vertical lines are allowed.
In this mode, pressing SELECT key will insert a new point
in the created polyline and pressing ABORT will delete the
last entered point.
If however, there are no points at all in the current polyline,
ABORT key will abort this mode.
Also, pressing SELECT twice (at the SAME place as the last
point entered) will complete the drawn polyline.
DrawBus - Same as DrawLine, but draw thicker lines.
DrawConnect - Draw a connection junction, if SELECT key is pressed,
or abort if ABORT key is pressed.
DrawText - Prompts for a string with String question, and then
position the text horizontally or vertically. If the positioning
is terminated with ABORT it is ignored, SELECT will update.
DrawLibItem - Prompts for a part name with String question. If
this is not the first invocation to this mode, last part will
be used as default string (remember you can always use Esc to
clear to a fresh line). If part is found (name is exactly the
same as shown in the ViewLibrary function above), a pop up
menu will allow to rotate it 90 degree CW or CCW or mirror it.
Successive SELECT will transform the library item to the
desired orientation, while ABORT will abort this DrawLibItem
mode. SELECT PlaceIt (top menu entry) will allow to position
the part in the exact place.
The user is also been prompted for Chip (i.e. 74LS00) and Part
(i.e. IC7) names if they are required/allowed (see Appendix on
library file definition) for this part. These are positioned
similar to the way DrawText position its text, except that
Chip name is already known and can not be modified.
Modify menu:
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This menu is heavily based on Picking objects. a single object
is being picked if the cursor is on an object. The cursor is
considered on an object if one of the following:
A. Line and Bus items: the cursor is on one of the Line/Bus end
points (any point that was set by SELECT when it was created,
including internal points).
B. Connect item: the cursor is on the Connect center.
C. Text item: the cursor is inside the smallest axes parallel
bounding box holding this text.
D. Library item: the cursor is on any polyline end point
(including internal points).
The picked object will blink. SELECT key will select it, ABORT
key will cause the next object, if such exists at this position,
to blink until one is selected via the SELECT key, or no more
objects can be picked.
If no object at all is found at the cursor point, the point is
used as first corner of a box to pick a set of objects - a second
SELECT key will pick the second corner of the box, ABORT key will
abort this mode. All objects intersect with the defined box, will
be considered picked, with no more verification.
ModifyMove - Pickes object(s), and moves it (them) to a new
position. Once the object(s) is (are) picked, SELECT key will
set its(their) new position, ABORT will leave it unchanged.
ModifyCopy - Pickes object(s), and copies it (them) to a new
position. Once object(s) is (are) picked, SELECT key will place
it(them) in new position, ABORT will abort the copy operation.
EditLibItem - if the picked object(s) is a single library item,
allows editing any of the following (via a pop up menu):
A. Editing the part name. This is the only way to add a part
name to a library item if the library item has none by
default.
B. Toggle to Draw/Undraw chip name (if this chip is allowed
to have one).
C. Reposition Chip name (if this chip have one).
D. Reposition Part name (if this chip is allowed to have one).
E. Reorient the lib part.
Picking one of the above via SELECT will allow text
positioning or text editing (via String question). ABORT or
selecting Done (first menu entry) will abort this EditLibItem
mode.
ModifyDelete - Deletes the picked object(s). The deleted object(s)
is (are) saved in a special 10 places deep stack, and deleted
items can be undeleted using the ModifyUnDel function.
Each of the 10 placed stack can hold any result of a pick
no matter how many objects are inside.
This Delete/Undelete mechanism can be used to cut and paste
even between different files/windows - this stack is never
being cleared.
ModifyUnDel - Undelete the last delete operation (see ModifyDelete),
from the delete stack (LIFO).
ModifyCut - Same as ModifyDelete, but original is NOT deleted. The
object is being pushed onto the undelet stack and can then be
ModifyUnDel, ModifyPaste etc.
ModifyPaste - Same as ModifyUnDel, but the undelete stack is NOT
modified. This function enables pasting and placing the same
object few times.
ModifyDrop - Drops the top of stack from the undelete stack. May be
used to drop a cut/paste object sequence from stack.
Status menu:
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Help - Pops up an help window and displays the content of
eedraw.hlp. If the help window is already poped up, this
function will close it (acts like a toggle.).
GetMemoryFree - Prompts with a continue question, on the
current free memory. Getting close to zero is unsafe!
GetZoomFactor - Allows you to see the current zoom factor
SetDrawText - Sets drawing of text smaller than minimal size
(8x8). This will draw text at 8x8 size which is too big,
but may be sometimes useful.
SetTextSize - Sets the scaling (up only) of the text size.
By default this is equal to 1, but up to scaling up by 7
is allowed.
SetAutoPan - If TRUE, auto panning will occur when placing
objects that have been moved off the active WINDOW. The
object will be place so it is centered in the window.
SetHVLines - Allows drawing of diagonal lines as well if set
to FALSE. Uses Yes/No question.
SetSnapFactor - Sets the invisible grid the cursor position is
snapped to. You probably do not want to change this,
especially not in the middle of file editing.
Uses String question, and display current Snap factor to
begin with.
Other (not in any menu):
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SameAgain - Executes the last function again.
If you have a mouse with 3 buttons, pressing middle button
will execute this command (hard-bound).
if you have a mouse with 2 buttons, pressing both buttons
will execute this command (hard-bound).