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----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2000 1:43
AM
Subject: [Starry Night] Selecting
constellations and other minutiae
A couple more random SN Pro 3.1.1 questions/issues:
i) I
realize that one can select multiple constellations using the
constellation
tool using a series of shift-clicks, and that one can
de-select in the
reverse order using the Edit->Undo menu (cmd-Z). However,
wouldn't
it be natural for a second shift-click on a selected constellation
to
de-select it? This way, one could de-select an
out-of-sequence
constellation, something which I don't currently know how
to do. (I might
add that selecting/de-selecting objects like stars
DOES work in the
expected and traditional fashion. Why shouldn't the
constellation tool
behave similarly?)
Tried doing what you
are saying here but I'm not sure of the problem. I set a dozen constellations
on (shift-click) then just right clicked vaious ones to de-select them. Or
while still holding the shift key and right clicking I can de-select it.
Usually I just put the ones I want on and go back over I want off, right click
and de-select. The others stay on. So I am likely not reading the problem
correctly.
iii) I noticed something a little wacky today: try dragging
anything but a
writeable text file over a SNP window. (A folder, an
application, a
read-only TTRO will all do.) Whatever constellation is
under the file will
display along with the constellation's name. When
one drags the file back
to where it was (or to the menubar) and switches
back to SNP, the affected
constellation names appear as munged shadows in
the current SNP document,
though I can clear them with a little toggle o'
the old windowshade
Tried this one as well because I once had that problem as well. I must now
search to try and find the solution that I got several months ago from I think
ZDNet tips. Did not have SNP at the time but it happened to several other
apps. Does not do it anywhere now. If I find it I'll pass it
along.
Don
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