On 06.10.2014 20:39, Michael Michaud wrote: > Hi >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Macro recording an action on a selected layer : >>> >>> There is an interesting question about plugins executed on a selected layer >>> or category (some are dialogless like delete or copy/paste) >>> User starts a macro, delete selected layer A and stop the macro. >>> What is the expected behaviour when the macro is run again ? >>> - should it delete the selected layer (whatever its name is) >>> - or should it delete layer A, regardless of whether it is selected or not. >>> >>> Use cases are welcome to try to define a behaviour both consistent >>> and useful. >>> >> as the plugin works with selected layers i'd expect the recorded plugin to >> work on a selected layer as well. this, of course, raises the question how >> to control selection during macro playing. > Yes, difficult question. I think it would be easier to rely on the layer > name by default > (and it would make macro more independant from the UI), > But maybe it would be possible to add an option to switch from layerName to > selectedLayer during macro recording when it is really needed (the > parameter value > would be changed from "MyLayer" to "${SelectedLayer}" for example. >
maybe just another argument to have the macrorecorder create an editable script (beanshell, groovy ...) to allow users to finetune their macro. ..ede ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Slashdot TV. Videos for Nerds. Stuff that Matters. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=160591471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Jump-pilot-devel mailing list Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel