Chris Morley wrote:
> Greetings
> 
> So I was playing with HAL UI 's new pin - relative position
> and I notice that it does not change from imperial to mm
> when one changes the display type in axis. Is there anyway 
> around this?
> 

Anything is possible, but I'd be very reluctant to go there.  Currently 
all distances in HAL are in "machine units".  Machine units are the 
units used in the ini file.  Typically machine builders in metric places 
will use mm, and in inch places will use inches, but that is up to the 
builder.  At the level where most HAL stuff takes place, changing units 
on the fly would be a disaster.

Halui is a funny beast - it operates at a high level - the user 
interface.  But it uses mechanisms designed for low level stuff - HAL. 
The intent of halui was to allow physical input and output devices like 
industrial oil-tite pushbuttons and indicator lamps to be used for 
operator input, so the low/high level connections make sense.  But I 
think it is being stretched and twisted far beyond the original intent.

What is the problem you are trying to solve?

Regards,

John Kasunich

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