On May 19, 2010, at 19:11, [email protected] wrote: >> On May 19, 2010, at 17:27, Bill Mohler wrote: >> >>> The lines tool is a generic MacOS interface. Don't assume that every >>> application will employ every available function portrayed in the >>> lines >>> window. It's not Christiaan's responsibility to account for all the >>> buttons in the window that the OS gives him. >> >> Actually, this is not true, it's not a standard interface, though >> I've tried to make it function similar to actual standard interfaces >> (such as the Colors and Fonts panels and controls.) However it is >> true that we are not responsible for which are the valid values for >> the line styles (Adobe is) and we are also not responsible for how >> notes are drawn based on these values (Apple is.) As it is, Apple >> just draws these 3 valid line styles as if it were "Solid line >> style". You can file a bug report with Apple if you like. All we can >> do is gray out these options to indicate that they're not active >> (yet, they may be in a future OS release.) >> >> Christiaan > > > Thanks. No one will blame Skim for something which the OS or other > circumstances restrict. If it's known to the user. If not: How could > anybody know it's an outside issue? Skim is great. Greying out that > buttons (and a note to the manual why they are not functioning) would > make this clear. All the best, > > --J0hn
It IS grayed out, that's the point. Christiaan > > >>> [email protected] wrote: >>>> Does anybody know how / in which modes these Line Styles work? >>>> >>>> "Beveled line style", >>>> "Inset line style", >>>> "Underline line style" >>>> >>>> Haven't found anything in the manual. >>>> >>>> Changing the "Underline Line Style" does not change any underline, >>>> "Beveled" and "Inset" do not change any selected notes frame or >>>> line, >>>> etcetera… >>>> >>>> -- J0hn >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Skim-app-users mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Skim-app-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Skim-app-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Skim-app-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Skim-app-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users
