Re: Default menus for fltk backend

[Kai Habel]

 Hello Jordi,

On 14.12.2010 05:04, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote:
> Hi, Kai.
>
> On 13 December 2010 13:28, Kai Habel<address@hidden>  wrote:
> > O.k. I have pushed this change now. Please give it a try and report any
> > issues you see.
> I see that the default mode for 3d plots is now pan, which undoes an
> old change of mine to make rotation the default. Was this intentional?
I don't see this. For me rotate still is the default mode. Can you be 
more specific. What did you do and what did you expect?

> I also see you created a GUI mode option whose utility I don't see
> immediately. Shouldn't it be the data's job to know if it's 2d or 3d,
> not the user's?
No. I think the user should be in ultimate control. Automatisms are 
fine, but if the user decides differently the software should respect 
that. Maybe we can have an 'auto' and 'manual' mode for this purpose too.
>   I created a C++ implementation of__calc_dimensions__
> for this purpose. I envisioned that whenever new data were plotted,
> __calc_dimensions__ could be called to recompute the dimension and
> automatically change the GUI mode accordingly. Was there a problem
> with this plan?
No, as I said, it works for me.
> Thanks,
> - Jordi G. H.
Kai