Re: SodiPodi Documentation Development Questions

Jeshua Lacock wrote:
> We are currently developing documentation for SodiPodi that we will make 
> available to the community when it is finished. It is more of an 
> overview than in-depth documentation, but it should be a good start.
> 
> We have discovered a few options that we cannot adequately give an 
> explanation for, and we would be grateful for any help or hints with any 
> of the following questions.
> 
> 1. How does the transformation matrix work in the "Item Properties"; 
> specifically what do the six values for the "Transformation Matrix" do?

This is best done if you try playing with the parameters yourself. It 
X-Y size, X-Y skew, and X-Y position.

> 2. What does the "Sensitive" option do in the "Item Properties"?

This locks and unlocks the object to the sheet of paper.

> 3. The "Visible" checkbox is grayed out for all of my objects in the 
> "Item Properties". Can anyone please explain how to use this feature?

This was meant to show and hide the object.

> 4. "Show Guides" is grayed out in the "Desktop Settings". Can anyone 
> please explain how to use this feature?

Doesn't look like this works. It must be a placeholder for toggling 
visibility of guidelines.

> 5. What does the "Object transformation", "Optimize" or "Preserve" 
> options in the "Tool Options" for the selection tool do?

I'm not sure about this one. I'm guessing it deals with the finer points 
of how the transformation of objects are stored in the XML format. I 
would guess that preserve preserves all of the operations (for example 
if an object is resized twice) and optimize would simplify that example 
to one resize. Just a guess though.

> 6. What does the "[Tab] Cycling" in the tool options for the selection 
> tool do? How would one use it?

It modifies how the Tab key behaves when used in the main window. Tab 
goes to the next item in the stack of items, and this modifies how that 
behaves.

> 7. How does the value for "Default cursor tolerance" effect the cursor 
> in the "Desktop Settings" do?

Don't know exactly. I recall this having something to do with tablets.

> 8. What does the "Skip taskbar entry for dialogs" option in the "Desktop 
> Settings" do?

It makes the various dialogs you open not show up in the window 
manager's task list.

--Pat


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