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
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