Re: Help with using Draw

Hi,

 moving the reference frame of the picture is done with the arrow keys, to change the z-order of objects you have to select them (by moving the cursor over them) and then press ctrl+pgup or pgdown. 

if TeXmacs does not select what do you want, for example because several objects are superposed, you can use tab to cycle through them.

I would suggest also to give a look at Help->Manual->Creating technical pictures, for an overview of the main commands of the graphical mode, and  at this tutorial (which is slightly outdate, but still useful) https://www.texmacs.org/tmweb/documents/tutorials/TeXmacs-graphics-tutorial.pdf

HTH,
Best
Max


> On 9 Feb 2025, at 19:16, Eduardo M M Mendes <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> First of all, I would like to thank the developers for releasing a stable beta version of TeXmacs. I have had no issues using it on a Mac M1—great work!
> 
> Now, to my question. I must admit that I am quite confused about which keys to use when running TeXmacs on a Mac.
> 
> In the YouTube video “Drawing a Simple Geometric Picture with TeXmacs” (timestamp 2:11-2:18), the figure was moved up and down. However, I am not sure how this was achieved. What keys should be pressed on a Mac? Is it just the down arrow key?
> 
> Additionally, I didn’t understand which keys were used to move the first parallelogram on the left to the back, making the edge in the front visible.
> 
> Is there any specific key or combination to select an edge or a face?
> 
> Apologies if my questions seem a bit naive.
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> Ed
>