Sheesh! I didn't know there was a "grab" command. I'll try it. I'm new to LC, so ... Thanks! Bill
William Prothero http://es.earthednet.org On Oct 8, 2013, at 10:42 PM, "Brahmanathaswami, Sannyasin" <[email protected]> wrote: > Why doesn't > > Grab me > > Work for u? > > On Oct 8, 2013, at 7:36 PM, Earthednet-wp <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Folks, >> Thanks for the comments. What I'm doing is dragging an image that is larger >> than the viewing area. I set the loc of the image (according to the >> mouseloc) inside a repeat loop. The general idea is below. >> >> On drag >> repeat while the mouseStillDown >> --set the loc of the image according to the mouseloc >> end repeat >> end drag >> >> The motion of the image is pretty jerky. It's a pretty large image. The >> reason I wanted to add and subtract points is to calculate the new loc for >> the image. I do this now by separating out x and y and operating on them >> individually. I suspect that most of the time is spent moving that large >> image, though, instead of doing the calculations. >> >> The image is a map, and I intend on plotting symbols on it. To speed this >> up, I'm plotting on a snapshot of the visible part of the image (which sits >> on top of the visible part). The plot will need to be updated each time the >> map is dragged or is magnification changed. >> >> If there is a faster way to move a large image around, I'd like to hear of >> it. >> >> Thanks again, >> Bill >> >> William Prothero >> http://es.earthednet.org >> >> On Oct 8, 2013, at 7:33 PM, "J. Landman Gay" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> On 10/8/13 9:29 PM, Monte Goulding wrote: >>>> >>>> On 09/10/2013, at 1:25 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: >>>> >>>>> I think my answer was condescending, I apologize. >>>> >>>> Maybe I read a different answer ;-) >>>>> >>>>> The dictionary in 6.1.1 doesn't have an example of addition in the points >>>>> entry. Is that in a different version's dictionary? >>>> >>>> It's the point entry not the points entry. >>> >>> Aha. Thanks, found it. >>> >>> -- >>> Jacqueline Landman Gay | [email protected] >>> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> [email protected] >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
