Phil, (01)
Thanks for pointing that out. I will add in the rest of the mouse button
combinations. (02)
You bring up a good question about how Doug decided on the mapping for
viewspec pairs. It is a question we should definitely ask him. I'll see
if Eugene can get his answer on audio or video, for the record. (03)
Jeff, do you have any recollection about how the mapping evolved? (04)
Jonathan (05)
Philip Gust wrote:
> Jonathan,
>
> The chord keyset mappings at
> http://chm.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?NlsTechnical/KeysetMap doesn't show
> how the additional mouse button combinations were used. For example 111
> produced a set of distinct uppercase viewspecs,
>
> It's kind of interesting that Doug's scheme didn't use matching
> uppercase/lowercase viewspec pairs for opposites/toggles. There are
> quite a few of these paird viewspecs. I recall that this was a fairly
> common convention at the time. So, for example, 'a' is"show one level
> less", so you'd think 'A' would be "show one level more". This scheme
> would break down, of course, for the few viewspecs that are not paired,
> such as 'f': "recreate display"
>
> We should ask Doug about the rationale for mapping viewspec letters. It
> might indicate an organic evolution of the viewspec commands that made
> it more difficult to allocate viewspec pairs in this way. (06)
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