On May 19, 2010, at 20:00, [email protected] wrote:

> On May 19, 2010, at 7:23 PM, Christiaan Hofman 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.
> 
> 
> Not for me. I can select them, they change their color to blue.
> 
> <Picture 1.png>
> 
> 
> --J0hn
> 

The IMAGES are grayed.

Christiaan

> 
>> 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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