From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: tlaronde@polynum.com Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 02:01:29 +0200 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] RFC: menu server for UI Message-ID: <20070630000129.GA2748@polynum.com> References: <20070629170950.GA289@polynum.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Topicbox-Message-UUID: 8c48c5da-ead2-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 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 ;) -- Thierry Laronde (Alceste) http://www.kergis.com/ Key fingerprint = 0FF7 E906 FBAF FE95 FD89 250D 52B1 AE95 6006 F40C