Re: [9fans] RFC: menu server for UI

[tlaronde@polynum.com]

On Fri, Jun 29, 2007 at 11:46:33PM +0100, Steve Simon wrote:
> I have never used GIS software but used to do circuit design with cad software.
> My favorite by a hugue margin was Viewlogic. It had (has ?) a gui which allowed
> you to select and move components about, but that worked closely coupled
> with keyboard commands - net to add a wire, bus to add a group of wires,
> a component name to place a named object from the library (IC, resistor etc).
>
> The use of a command window with a mouse based gui was very expressive and
> though there where optional pull down windows I never needed nor wanted them.

I have used a lot CAD software, mostly Microstation and first thing I
had always done is to put the command line back in the GUI since I have
never used the buttons and pull-down menus but always gave command lines
--- using the mouse for graphic related stuff, and the keyboard for
menu/commands.

So there will be a "command line" window too, since that's the way I
prefer to work too ;)
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