Re: mouse rotation for fltk backend

[Kai Habel]

Am 19.07.2010 23:32, schrieb bpabbott:
> On 19 Jul, 2010,at 03:43 PM, Kai Habel <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> Am 19.07.2010 16:18, schrieb bpabbott:
>> > On 19 Jul, 2010,at 09:05 AM, Kai Habel <address@hidden> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Am 19.07.2010 13:42, schrieb Ben Abbott:
>> >>> On Jul 19, 2010, at 6:54 AM, Kai Habel wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>> Am 19.07.2010 03:58, schrieb Ben Abbott:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> On Jul 18, 2010, at 2:49 PM, Kai Habel wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>> Dear all,
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> I have prepared a changeset which enables rotation of
>> 3D(2D)-plots for
>> >>>>>> the fltk backend. To switch between pan and rotation
>> respectively I have
>> >>>>>> added two buttons (P and R). It works very similar to the
>> analog matlab
>> >>>>>> function.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> To make it fully usable I have removed the zooming and panning
>> limits in
>> >>>>>> axes::properties::zoom_about_point and
>> axes::properties::translate_view.
>> >>>>>> Was there a specific reason to introduce them?
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Kai
>> >>>>>> <mouse_rot.diff>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>> I applied the patch, and am now able to pan (by default), but I
>> don't see the two buttons.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Where should be buttons be located?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Ben
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> p.s. I'm running MacOS X 10.6.4 with fltk-aqua 1.1.10.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>> The buttons should appear after the A|G buttons. The new layout
>> should
>> >>>> be A|G|P|R|? .
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Kai
>> >>>>
>> >>> I don't see any buttons. I ask where they are so that I try
>> clicking in that vicinity .... maybe they're not visible, but active?
>> >>>
>> >>> Ben
>> >>>
>> >> Ben,
>> >>
>> >> I have attached a figure using the fltk-backend to give you a visual
>> >> impression of the layout. Hope that helps
>> >>
>> >> Kai
>> >>
>> >> <moz-screenshotpng>
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> >
>> > When I plot I don't get the bar along the bottom of the plot, on which
>> > the buttons are place. In FLTK lingo what is the bar called?
>> >
>> > Ben
>> >
>> I don't think the bar has a special name. It consists of five
>> Fl_Button(s) and Fl_Output area. But I am not an expert in FLTK
>> programming. Maybe the online doc can help.
>>
>> http://www.fltk.org/doc-1.3/classFl__Output.html
>> http://www.fltk.org/doc-1.3/classFl__Button.html
>>
>> Kai
>  
> I'd hoped to find an application on MacOS X with a similar bar, but no
> luck.
>
> I did find the example below on the FLTK website
>
>     http://geuz.org/gmsh/gallery/screenshot.png
>
> It appears the gmsh app is using the StatusBarGroup class, while
> Octave is doing something else to create its bar.
>
> Since my c/c++ skills are non-existent, I think I'm must spinning my
> wheels and wasting the time of anyone following, so its probably best
> I focus on something else.
>
> Ben
>
Hello Ben,

looking at the fltk docs, it seems that gmsh is using FLTK 2.0 which
provides the StatusBarGroup, while we are using the 1.x series which
does not.

Kai