Opening a can of worms here, but I like confirmation boxes
to pop up for functions like EXIT, HOME, and UNHOME.

Steve Stallings

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John
> Kasunich
> Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 10:41 AM
> To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)
> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] "Un-Homing" an axis
> 
> 
> Dave Engvall wrote:
> 
> > The problem starts  
> > with the placement of the home
> > button next to jog which means it is easy to have the mouse wander  
> > when one is jogging while watching an
> > edge finder. Ask me how I know. ;-)
> > 
> 
> I guess there are two schools regarding homing.  Those who home to the 
> part instead of using offsets will never use the touch-off button, and 
> will home multiple times per session.  Those who home the machine and 
> then use work offsets will home each joint exactly one time, and then 
> use the touch-off button.
> 
> It's impossible to make both sets of people happy.  Personally I'd like 
> home and unhome to be side by side in a menu somewhere, since I use the 
> second approach.  I'd also like to see 'home' grayed out if you are 
> already homed, and 'unhome' grayed out if you are not homed.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> John Kasunich
> 
> 
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